ABSTRACT

The emergence of Mrs. Sidney Webb—The Poor Law Commission—The Minority Report —Unemployment—The National Committee for the Prevention of Destitution—“Vote against the House of Lords”—Bernard Shaw retires—Death of Hubert Bland—Opposition to the National Insurance Bill—The Fabian Reform Committee —The “New Statesman”—The Research Department—” The Rural Problem”—“The Control of Industry”—Syndicalism—The Guildsmen—Final Statistics—The War.