1723 BELLERS'S "COLLEDGE OF INDUSTRY" 021. BELLERS, John. An Essay for Imploying the Poor to profit, humbly dedicated and presented to The Lords and Commons of Great Britain, In Parliament Assembled. London: Printed and sold by the Assigne of J. Sowle, at the Bible in George-Yard, Lombard Street. 1723. Quarto, 8p. Rebound in quarter calf. A very nice copy. HANSON 3253. GOLDSMITHS 6244. John Bellers (1654-1725), a Quaker philanthropist who - in some ways anticipating the Communist Utopia-Builders of the first half of the nineteenth century- projected a "College of Industry", which was to be, under the humane administration of the wise, "an epitome of the world". Bellers's suggestions were noticed with approval by Robert Owen and Karl Marx. In the present pamphlet, one of his last productions, Bellers again sets out his plans for a "Colledge of Industry" indicating the advantages which would result from it. See Beatrice and Sidney Webb The Old Poor Law p.107-8.