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290 about 500 children are taught the solid, useful branches of English education. I was struck with a large printed bill put up in the very gateway of the works, setting forth the views and wishes of the proprietors in regard to this important question, which is now exciting so much interest in England. On reading it. I begged a copy, which will make the most useful page in this volume to large manufacturers who may read it. There is also a library of 2,000 volumes for the people of the works and their families, and an experienced surgeon is employed to look after their physical well-being. The following is the announcement of the Messrs. Chance to their employés:

"Glass Works. November, 1867.

"An examination of the boys, girls, and young persons employed in the various departments of our glass works, shows that many of them, of both sexes, do not possess that knowledge of the rudiments of education which every person, at least, in this neighbourhood, who is old enough to work, ought, by this time, to have acquired.

"We have therefore resolved, in future, (1) to discountenance the employment of boys and girls in our works who do not possess at the time of seeking employment a fair acquaintance with the elements of reading, writing, and arithmetic, with the addition of freehand drawing for the ornamental department; and (2) to open an additional day school for glass-house boys, and an additional evening school for girls and young women.

"In the case of glass-house boys who have at their disposal a great deal of leisure time, we expect all of them, under eighteen years of age, to attend the day school at least three times each week for the present, and in the case of all other young persons,