[Railway Reading.] Workmen's Earnings, Strikes, and Savings. By Samuel Smiles, author of 'Life of George Stephenson,' 'Self Help,' etc. Reprinted from the 'Quarterly Review.'

12mo, 168 pp. In original red printed wraps, yellow endpapers. Attractive bookseller's ticket of 'Hunt Books 1919 Southborough Kent England' on front pastedown. Internally sound, with a little light staining and some unobtrusive marking in margins. Wraps chipped and worn at corners and spine, with small ink stain on back. Front wrap headed 'RAILWAY READING.' Small neat ownership stamp of J. D. Bowen at head of title. Divided into two sections: 'Earnings and Savings' (including chapters on 'Alleged Degradation of the Working Classes', 'Military Savings Banks', 'Penny Banks' and 'Post Office Savings Banks') and 'Strikes' (including chapters on 'Attempts to Regulate Wages by Legislation and Combination', 'The Preston Strikes', 'Irish Strikes' and 'Note on the Builders' Strike').