them. When the complete history of education is written it may be expected to comprise some account of their noble efforts, but that is not within the design of these pages. The Scotch and Irish systems, and such ancillary measures as the Factory and Workshop Laws, Reformatory, Industrial, and and Vagrant Vagrant Schools, are touched only incidentally, and as they bear on the main lines of the story. It is proper I should also add, that although the views expressed may be presumed to be in general harmony with those of the members of the League, no one but myself is responsible for any statement, whether of fact or opinion, contained in the book. FRANCIS ADAMS. YARDLEY, BIRMINGHAM, January, 1882. CONTENTS. Henry VIII. and Work of the Reformation Edward VI. and Grammar Schools Mary and Elizabeth and Grammar Schools Hostilities of Charles I. and Laud against Puritans Act of Uniformity-Conventicle Acts, &c. Necessity of Education gaining Recognition Condition of Church Clergy--Their Neglect of Education Neglect and Opposition of the Government Scotch, New England, and Continental Schools Adam Smith's Doctrine finding acceptance Sydney Smith on Education of the Poor Mr. Whitbread's Parochial Schools Bill, 1807 ... London University Proposed Central Society of Education and Statistical Societies ... Influence of Cheap Postage System on Education Decline of Lord Brougham's Influence ... Parliamentary Efforts by Mr. Roebuck and Mr. Wyse... Further Efforts in Parliament-Their Effect Statistics and Statistical Returns on Education General Condition of Education at this Period Relations of Parties ... Principles of Action of the Department-Their Effect... Ministerial Proposals in regard to Education in 1847... PERIOD. FROM THR FORMATION OF THE LANCASHIRE PUBLIC SCHOOL ASSOCIATION, 1847, TO THAT OF THE LEAGUE, 1869. The Lancashire Public School Association Agitation 147 Basis of the New Proposals ... ... ... Government Proposals in 1853 ... The Borough Bill and Capitation Grant The Manchester and Salford Bill, 1854... Mr. Milner Gibson's and Sir John Pakington's Bills, 1855 Appointment of Vice-President Lord John Russell's Resolutions, 1856 ... Mr. Lowe's Accession to Office Attacks on Mr. Lowe ... ... |