IN PREPARATION: BY THE SAME AUTHOR. TO BE PUBLISHED EARLY IN 1889, “A HISTORY OF STATISTICS," Embracing in its List of Subjects considered 1. The Origin of Statistics. World (with Addresses). raphies and Portraits). World. Works and Papers. . COPYRIGHT, 1888, By CHAS. F PIDGIN. PRESS OF PRINTERS RAND AVERY CO., AND BINDERS. TO 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 YBARS OF OFFICIAL WORK TOGETHER, THAT THE AUTHOR IS GREATLY INDEBTED FOR WHATEVER SUCCESS HE MAY HAVE ATTAINED AS A PRACTICAL STATISTICIAN. |