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History Of English State Education.* 4 ' There Is No...

country in the world where the edu- cation of the poor has been so grossly and infamously neglected as in England." So, in 1806, wrote Sydney Smith, in the course of his smart......

Habits Of French Authors.*

WiEnt the hours of factory folks are regulated by law, and it is proposed to limit the hours of shop employes in like manner, and rehouse the poor at the expense of the State,......