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CONTENTS.
Letter IX. | |
History of an Orphan Boy, | 65 |
Letter X. | |
The Lace-Makers of Nottingham, | 84 |
Letter XI. | |
Flax Spinners, | 88 |
Letter XII. | |
A Factory conducted on Christian Principles, | 94 |
Letter XIII. | |
The Contrast, | 100 |
Letter XIV. | |
Condition of Female Operatives, | 105 |
Letter XV. | |
Value of Human Life in English Factories, | 111 |
Letter XVI. | |
Statistical Facts—Increase of Machinery—Ditto of Individual Labor, and of early Superannuation of Operatives, | 128 |
Letter XVII. | |
Wages, Strikes, and Turn-outs for Wages—Means used by the manufacturers to prevent them—Ten-hour System—Conclusion, | 128 |
A Voice from the Factories—A Poem, |
149 |