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BOY LABOUR AND APPRENTICESHIP

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SOME PRESS OPINIONS

Times.--"The problem already felt acutely in London and in large towns has
now appeared even in the country town and village, and to those who still
doubt its extent or seriousness we commend this most instructive work."

Morning Post.--"An important book on an important subject."

Daily News.--"Mr. Bray's book is as full of counsel as of instruction, and
it should be in the hands of every student of one of the most serious of
social problems."

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BOY LABOUR AND APPRENTICESHIP

by

REGINALD A. BRAY L.C.C.

Author of "The Town Child"







Second Impression

London
Constable & Co. Ltd.
1912




PREFACE


We are beginning to realize clearly that all is not well with the youth of
this country. From all sides complaints of neglect, and the evils of
neglect, are thronging in. Boys as they leave school are casting off the
shackles of parental control, and, with no intervening period of youth,
are assuming the full independence of the adult. The old apprenticeship
system is falling into disuse, and methods of industrial training are at
once unsatisfactory and, for the majority, difficult to obtain. Boys