Betting & gambling, a national evil
By: edited by B. Seebohm Rowntree.
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 1905
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
Subjects: Gambling; Great Britain -- Social life and customs
Notes: First ed., Mar. 1905; reprinted Aug. 1905.
Table of contents: value: Hobson, J. A.  The ethics of gambling.; value: Hawke, J.  The extent of gambling.; value: Wilson, A. J.  Stock exchange gambling.; value: Hogge, J. M.  Gambling among women.; value: Horsley, Canon.  Crime and gambling.; value: The deluded sportsman, by a bookmaker.; value: McDonald, J. R.  Gambling and citizenship.; value: Hawke, J.  Existing legislation.; value: Rowntree, B. S.  The repression of gambling.; value: Appendices: 1. Lords' recommendations, June 1902.  2. Lord Davey's street betting bills 1903 and 1905.  3. Summary of Lords' committee.  4. Opinions of eminent men on betting.  5. A note on pedestrianism.  6. Tipsters and tipsters' advertisements.  7. Betting statistics.  8. Bibliography.