Being unable at this late day to obtain the original English, the
translator has been compelled to re-translate from the German the
passages quoted in the text from the following sources:--G. Alston,
preacher of St. Philip's, Bethnal Green.--D. W. P. Alison, F.R.S.E.,
"Observations on the Management of the Poor in Scotland," 1840.--The
_Artisan_, 1842, October number.--J. C. Symonds, "Arts and Artisans at
Home and Abroad," Edin., 1839.--Report of the Town Council of Leeds,
published in _Statistical Journal_, vol. ii., p. 404.--Nassau W. Senior,
"Letters on the Factory Act to the Rt. Hon. the President of the Board of
Trade" (Chas. Poulett Thomson, Esq.), London, 1837.--Report of the
Children's Employment Commission.--Mr. Parkinson, Canon of Manchester,
"On the Present Condition of the Labouring Poor in Manchester," 3rd Ed.,
1841.--Factories' Inquiries Commission's Report.--E. G. Wakefield, M. P.,
"Swing Unmasked; or, The Cause of Rural Incendiarism," London, 1831.--A
Correspondent of the _Morning Chronicle_.--Anonymous pamphlet on "The
State of Ireland," London, 1807; 2nd Ed., 1821.--Report of the Poor Law
Commissioners: Extracts from Information received by the Poor Law
Commissioners. Published by Authority, London, 1833.