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644 expressions of the expanding principle of mutualism. Including patronal, labor agricultural and miscellaneous syndicates there were reported 13 organizations and 11 dissolutions in November and 44 organizations and 14 dissolutions in December. The labor syndicates formed the largest proportion of those organized in each month. Ten cases of arbitration and conciliation are reported for the two months. (Bulletin de L'Office du Travail, December 1895, January 1896.)

Labor in Belgium.—The first number of the Belgian Labor Bulletin appeared in January, to be followed by monthly issues. It reproduces that commendable feature of the French bulletin, the general analysis of the conditions of labor in each locality and industry. Eight strikes are reported for the month of December and three cases of arbitration or conciliation. The account of the mutual aid societies reveals an increase from 369 in 1890 to 765 in 1895. A very complete study of the unemployed in Belgium during the winter of 1894–5 is given. A general statement of labor legislation and labor chronicles for the leading industrial countries is given as in the other labor bulletins. With the Revue is incorporated the Bulletin of Labor Inspection, which discontinued separate publications with the December issue. (Revue du Travail de Belgique, January 1896.)

Cultivation of Vacant City Lots by the Unemployed.—The experience of nineteen cities is described in a pamphlet of 48 pages, containing tables and illustrations. Practical philanthropists may well consult this report and learn that the butt of so much fluent newspaper wit has proved a feasible means of relieving want and rescuing some people from dependence. (A. I. C. P. Notes, Vol. I., No. 1, December 1895. Published by The New York Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor, 105 E. Twenty-second street. New York. Single numbers, 10 cents; yearly subscriptions, 50 cents.)

Bulletin of the Department of Labor.—No. 1, November 1895. Strikes and Lockouts in the United States, from January 1, 1881, to June 30, 1894. ''Strikes and Lockouts in Great Britain, Ireland, France, Italy and Austria in Recent Years. Private and Public Debt in the United States. Digest of recent reports of state bureaus of labor statistics—Connecticut, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Wisconsin. Digest of the report of Miss Collet on the statistics of employment of women and girls in England and Wales. Employer and employé under the common law. Bureaus of Statistics of Labor'' (in the United States and foreign countries).

No. 2, January 1896. ''The poor colonies of Holland. The industrial revolution in Japan. Digest of recent reports of state bureaus of labor statistics—Colorado, Illinois, Maine, Indiana, New Hampshire, Ohio. Trade Unions in Great Britain and Ireland. Wages and hours of labor in Great Britain and Ireland. Strikes in Switzerland in recent years. Notes concerning the money of the United States and other countries. The wealth and receipts and expenses of the United States. Decisions of courts affecting labor. Extract relating to labor from the new constitution of Utah. Note regarding bureaus of statistics of labor.'' Edited by, Commissioner of Labor, and. Chief Clerk. (Washington. Government printing office.)

Industrial Union of Employers and Employed.—(1) Report of proceedings at preliminary conference, held in London, March 16, 1894. 72 pp. Contains list of members of the conferences, report of sectional meetings, report of joint conference, proceedings of provisional committee, and an appendix containing the invitation circulars, list of approving employers, operatives, and social authorities, opinions of various of these classes, a memorandum on the Midland iron and steel wages board, some quotations from the press and an index.

(2) Report of proceedings at the inaugural conference, held in London, June 21 and 22, 1895. Pp. 62+xviii. Contains list of officers, list of representatives attending the conference, minutes of the sessions, and the by-laws of the Union of which the declared basis is: The recognition of association and combination both of employers and workmen and of the underlying common interests of both classes. The Union