For the political portion of our history Green’s _History of the English People_ will probably be sufficient for general readers; and it contains occasionally a reference to industrial events. Mr George Howell’s _Conflict of Capital and Labour_ should be read, as affording a clear view of the old gilds and their modern descendants, the Trade Unions; and no student of modern industrial questions should omit to familiarize himself with the {242} _History of Co-operation_, by Mr Holyoake. A little book called _The Romance of Trade_ gives a number of interesting industrial facts in a disconnected sort of way, and may be read with advantage when the student knows the general outlines of industrial history. Harrison’s _Elizabethan England_ (now published in the Camelot Classics Series) might be read in a similar way, as giving a picture of sixteenth century life. I must acknowledge my indebtedness to all the above works, which I have freely used in this little history, and especially to the works of Professor Thorold Rogers, without which no complete industrial history could have been written. I have also utilized in some places the material already existing in my own _Short Account of the Growth of English Industry_ in the _Co-operative Annual_ of 1890, and in my article on _English Agriculture_ in the _Westminster Review_ of December 1888. I have preferred to state in this note the more accessible works that I have consulted, omitting others which are not immediately necessary for ordinary readers, rather than to burden my pages with continual footnotes and references. I trust that the works here indicated may help to guide students of economic history in reading far beyond the limits within which this short outline is necessarily confined. I have also dealt with this subject more fully in a larger work entitled _Industry in England_ (Methuen: London, 1896). H. de B. G. Of recent years some standard works on Domesday have been published, including Round’s _Feudal England_, F. W. Maitland’s _Domesday Book and Beyond_, Vinogradoff’s _Villeinage in England_ and Ballard’s _Domesday Inquest_--the last being an excellent summary. Webb’s _Industrial Democracy_ and _History of Trade Unionism_, Hobson’s _Evolution of Modern Capitalism_ and Booth’s monumental _Life and Labour of the People of London_, all deal with the modern period. No serious student should fail to consult the publications of Government departments and Royal Commissions concerning questions of trade, industry, and social progress. The census returns and the current Statistical Abstracts are also useful. Bowley’s _Elementary Manual of Statistics_ affords valuable help in the interpretation of these publications. M. E. H {243} NOTES