William Cunningham, 1849-1919. By W. R. Scott. (H. Milford for
the British Academy. Is. 6d. net.)—Professor Scott's memoir of the late Archdeacon Cunningham is a worthy tribute to that very able man, who did so much for the study of British economic history. The first edition of his Growth of English Industry and Commerce was published in 1882, but that slender book grew with successive editions into three stately volumes, as the author's investigations were widened and deepened. Dr. Cunningham's conclusions on some points may be disputed or corrected, but he was a pioneer in an important field of history where many students are now at work. Professor Scott reminds us that Dr. Cunningham had many interests apart from Economics and that he rendered great services to the Church as a parish priest at Cambridge and as Archdeacon of Ely.
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