An Expository Outline of the "Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation" / With a Notice of the Author's "Explanations:" A Sequel to the Vestiges

by S. Laing

AS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN "THE ATLAS."

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By SAMUEL LAING, Esq., Jun.,

Late Fellow of St. John's, Cambridge.

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PART I.

Chap. I.—General Considerations—Absence of the usual Historical
Symptoms of National Decline—Definition of the Evils which Threaten
Society.

Chap. II.—Official Pauperism and Unrecognised Destitution—Evidence respecting the Condition of the Lower Classes in Large Towns.

Chap. III.—Extent of Destitution in Large Towns—Condition of Hand-loom
Weavers and other Classes of Unskilled Manufacturing Operatives.

Chap. IV.—Condition of Class of Agricultural Labourers.