THE INDUSTRIAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND

THE INDUSTRIAL
HISTORY OF ENGLAND

BY

H. DE B. GIBBINS,

LITT.D., M.A.

SOMETIME SCHOLAR OF WADHAM COLLEGE, OXFORD AND UNIVERSITY (COBDEN) PRIZEMAN IN POLITICAL ECONOMY

WITH FIVE MAPS AND A PLAN

TWENTY-SEVENTH EDITION

METHUEN & CO. LTD.

36 ESSEX STREET W.C.

LONDON

First PublishedJuly 1890
Second Edition1890
Third Edition1892
Fourth Edition1895
Fifth and Sixth Editions1897
Seventh Edition1900
Eighth Edition1902
Ninth Edition1903
Tenth Edition1904
Eleventh and Twelfth Editions1906
Thirteenth and Fourteenth Editions1907
Fifteenth Edition1908
Sixteenth Edition1910
Seventeenth Edition1911
Eighteenth Edition, Revised1912
Nineteenth Edition1913
Twentieth Edition1914
Twenty-First Edition1916
Twenty-Second Edition1917
Twenty-Third, Twenty-Fourth and
Twenty-Fifth Editions
1918
Twenty-Sixth Edition1919
Twenty-Seventh Edition1920