Excerpt from A Brief Sketch of Social and Industrial History In those days men worked because they were hungry and, in northern latitudes, because they were cold. Yet, although it was a joyful open-air life, full of excitement and change of scene, it had drawbacks. For sometimes food would be plentiful and sometimes it would be scarce. One day men ate more than was good for them, and a few days later they would suffer the pangs of hunger. With stomachs of limited capacity and bodies requiring regular nourishment they found what few boys believe, but every one has to learn, that little and often is a golden rule. Monday's dinner did not last until Thurs day's breakfast, and the attempt to lay in sufficient to cover the unknown interval between meals was probably painful, and must certainly have resulted in discomfort. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.