This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1874 Excerpt: ... is a woman, the rest are men.' Before quitting this subject, I cannot refrain from pointing out that the farmers of this district, so far from being lukewarm in promoting the education of the children of their labourers, or hostile to it (as they are said to be in other parts of the country), give every possible ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1874 Excerpt: ... is a woman, the rest are men.' Before quitting this subject, I cannot refrain from pointing out that the farmers of this district, so far from being lukewarm in promoting the education of the children of their labourers, or hostile to it (as they are said to be in other parts of the country), give every possible encouragement to the schools; in some cases supporting them altogether, and in others paying the school-fees entirely or in part. 1 desire to express in the strongest terms my sense, not only of the courtesy of the working people, but of the interest taken by them in this inquiry. They are a remarkably sober race, rarely Very shortly before his death my father had a conversation with Mr. Henley on the difficult subject of the education of the children of the rural poor. His experience of the necessities of agriculture did not allow him to think that the same laws could be applied to the agricultural population which regulated the work and education of the factory districts. Taking all things into account, he told Mr. Henley that he was inclined to think that young people in the country must be allowed to work continuously in the fields in summer, and attend school continuously in winter, not neglecting night-schools. The results of such an arrangement, privately adopted, have certainly not been unfavourable in Northumberland. touching beer at their work, and they bear a high character for honesty. Crime of a serious character may be said hardly to exist among them, as is shown by the statistics of the Wooler Petty Sessional Division. I was directed to discover by personal.inquiry and examination the actual state of education among the young found at work, and I was to 'regard the question of education, not in the restricted sense of the mere ordina...
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