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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