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have now in this closely printed volume of more than

five hundred pages, a report of the papers read and of the discussions which were thus originated. Among the readers of papers were Mr. Lloyd Jones, Sir Thomas Brassey, Miss Edith Simcox, Professor Alfred Marshall, Professor Beesly, Mr. A. J. Balfour, Lord Bramwell, and Mr. Frederic Harrison. The opening address was given by Sir Charles DiIke. To do more than to give this description of the con- tents of the volume would be to grapple with the whole subject of Social Science.