The civilisation of our day. A series of original essays on some of its more important phases at the close of the nineteenth century.

Part I. The general progress of the century -- The utilisation of natural products: -- Introduction. -- 1. Bear, W. E. The land and the cultivator. -- 2. Bannister, R. The food of the people. -- 3. Graves, H. G. Subterranean treasures: coal, iron, steel, &c. -- 4. Same. The permanent ways of travel and commerce. -- 5. Samuelson, J. Locomotion on sea and land. -- 6. Baines, F. E. Posts, telegraphs, and telephones, and their relations to trade, &c. -- Part II. Social and economic; -- 7. Samuelson, J. The progress of the labouring classes.Mode of access: Internet