who now earns 3 shillings a day spends, for a family of eight, 15
shillings a week in bread, cheese, butter, washing, tea, sugar and
schooling. How much cheese, tea, butter, washing, sugar and schooling
did our friend and his cubs of the fourteenth century enjoy?
Invention and economy are keeping far in advance of the effects of
growth in population. In 1766 England and Wales had but 8,500,000
inhabitants; now, there are 25,000,000. The same thing is