I am currently completing a paper on temperance and 'modernity' in
Edwardian Britain and have been asked to provide a little context to my
discussion of the views of Sir George White, VP of the United Kingdom
Alliance and President of the Baptist Total Abstinence Society.  White's
views were very strongly ifluenced by William Hoyle's book _Our Natural
Resources and How They are Wasted_ first published in 1871.
 
My question is how widespread were Hoyle's ideas?  I have come across one
other major paraphrase of his work in Dr Kate Mitchell's _The Drink
Question_ (1891) but would be especially interested to know if they
feature in Rowntree and Sherwell's 1897 pamphlet or any other writings by
'radical paternalists' like Cadbury.  Hope you can help.
 
Barry Doyle
University of Edinburgh
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