A review by W. J. Ashley, published in the Economic Journal in 1912, of the new edition of G. R. Porter's The Progress of the Nation, revised by F. W. Hirst and staff of The Economist. Ashley criticizes the editorial method of abridging Porter's text and adding later statistical chapters, citing omitted passages and inconsistent figures such as the silk export tables. The review touches on the silk industry, the Jacquard loom and the Cobden Treaty. The scan begins with the end of a preceding review by I. G. Gibbon on German insurance and ends at the start of a review of Cunningham's The Case Against Free Trade.