1. The Origin of Statistics. 2. The Growth of Statistics. 3. The Present Condition of Statistics. 4. The Future Development of Statistics. 5. The Statistical Offices and Societies of the World (with Addresses). 6. The Statisticians of the World (with Biographies and Portraits). 7. Summary of the Statistical Work of the A HANDBOOK FOR THE USE OF THE STATISTICIAN AT WORK, STUDENTS IN COLLEGES AND ACADEMIES, AGENTS, BY CHARLES F. PIDGIN, CHIEF CLERK OF THE MASSACHUSETTS BUREAU OF STATISTICS OF LABOR. THE WILLIAM E. SMYTHE COMPANY, No. 3 TREMONT PLACE. Econ 7958.88 1889. v. 26. Harvard University. Social Questions Library DETALING OF SOCIAL ETHICS Jun, 5, 1923 Copyright, 1888, by CHAS. F PIDGIN. ΤΟ HON. CARROLL D. WRIGHT, CHIEF OF THE MASSACHUSETTS BUREAU OF STATISTICS OF LABOR, AND COMMISSIONER OF LABOR OF THE UNITED STATES, This Book IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED; FOR IT IS TO HIS ENCOURAGEMENT AND ADVICE, DURING FIFTEEN YEARS OF OFFICIAL WORK TOGETHER, THAT THE AUTHOR IS GREATLY INDEBTED FOR WHATEVER SUCCESS HE MAY HAVE ATTAINED AS A PRACTICAL STATISTICIAN. |