Problems of a Great City

White, Arnold

1887

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CROSS COUNTRY REMINISCENCES. BY FOX RUSSELL. DEDICATED BY SPECIAL PERMISSION TO HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF BEAUFORT, K.G. (Crown 8vo., 7s. 6d.)
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ENGLAND AT WAR: THE STORY OF THE GREAT CAMPAIGNS OF THE BRITISH ARMY. BY W. H. DAVENPORT ADAMS. (Two Vols., Demy 8vo., 25s.
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POETS' WALK. AN INTRODUCTION TO ENGLISH POETRY, FOR THE USE OF SCHOOLS. CHOSEN AND ARRANGED BY MOWBRAY MORRIS. (Feap. 8vo., 5s.) THIRD EDITION NOW IN THE PRESS.
"This book deserves a place beside Mr. Thackeray's Greek and Latin anthologies as one in which literature, and not merely instruction, is aimed at. The extracts, which are plenteous, prettily printed, and furnished with annotation confined very judiciously to the minimum of needful explanation, are well selected."-Athenaum.
"The volume has a character of its own which renders it equally attractive to readers of all ages. No better work of the kind has ever been published; very few have been published which are half so good. The volume, it should be added, is beautifully printed, prettily bound, and of manageable size."- World.
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SOME PRESS OPINIONS UPON THE FIRST EDITION OF PROBLEMS OF A GREAT CITY.
" Mr. Arnold White strikes with good effect at the root of things evil. There cannot be any doubt that the ugly facts and figures adduced by the author imperatively demand the inquiry of a Royal Commission."-Saturday Review.
" Mr. Arnold White puts forth a volume wherein the difficulties of our modern citizenship are boldly grappled with."- Daily Telegraph.
" Mr. Arnold White has a high ideal, and his work, his influence, and his book will all undoubtedly do good, and may do much good."-Athenæum.
" The motive of Mr. Arnold White's ' Problems of a Great City' is admirable, and his treatment of his subject leaves little to be desired."- Graphic.
" There is much in this book that may be read with profit by those who desire to know more about the problems of life among their poorer brethren."-Morning Post.
"Mr. White's ideas are clearly expressed, and he supports them by an array of facts skilfully marshalled and selected." -Pall Mall Gazette.
"Mr. White uses no honeyed phrases ; he puts things as they are."- Whitehall Review.
" Mr. White has written a thoughtful and careful essay on a subject which is every year attracting more and more attention."-Newcastle Chronicle.
"Mr. White's work is an exceedingly valuable one, and we wish the well-fed philosophers, who snugly rub their hands and fancy that all is well, could be induced to read it."- Christian World.
" The volume is a highly valuable one and will not have been written in vain."-Christian. REMINGTON & Co., Henrietta Street, Covent Garden.