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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), July 1862, Edition 1 of 1, Page 353

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      being absorbed by the middlemen . The slop workers were in even a worse position ; and Miss Barleehaving- devoted three chapters of

      , her book to the subject of needlewomen , suggested that an emporium for needlework should be opened in a central part of London ; that

      all ladies interested in the Institution should send work to be executed there ; that authorized army and navy agents should be solicited to

      report such an establishment , & c . & e . Finally , she made up her mind to begin the practical carrying out

      of this plan , and those who know anything of the actual working of charitieswill easily understand that friendly help and ample

      , funds soon came in when it was known that an active responsible head was devoted to the success of the work . For indeed there is

      no . lack of kindness nor of helpfulness in England ; what is wanted in our benevolent schemes is the wholly devoted workerlooking

      , neither to the right nor to the left until the object is accomplished . Such was the manager of the Needlewomen's Institution .

      Glancing over the Heport , we see the names of many people ever foremost in charity . Mr . Stephen CaveM . P . Mr . and Mrs . Gurney ,

      Lord Shaftesbury , the late Lord Herbert , , all , helped . The latter gave an order for 20 , 000 shirtsin his capacity of Secretary for the

      , War Department , and raised the wages when it was represented to him that they had been too low the previous year to _jDay for the

      labor . Lord Herbert thus gave practical testimony against admitting the principle of competition in its sharpest results . The

      first three sewing machines were given by a never-failing friend to good works , Lady Goldsmid ; there are now sixall of which are

      , worked by fatherless children under fourteen years of age , whose wages average from five to six shillings per week .

      The Report , which can be had on application to No . 2 , Hinde Street , Manchester Square , gives details which would greatly help

      any ladies wishing to start such an institute elsewhere , and to it our space obliges us to refer them , with a hearty assurance that

      we know from personal inspection how worthy it is of imitation .

      Books Of The Month. 3 53

      BOOKS OF THE MONTH . 3 53

      Books Op The Month. This Season Is Remar...

      BOOKS OP THE MONTH . This season is remarkable for the publication of works of a

      semi-historical character , bearing upon the biographies of celebrated public men .. The records of Pitt's early life is now followed by

      that of Burke , in " The Leadbeater Papers . " ( Bell . ) Mrs . Leadbeater was the daughter of Richard Shackletonthe friend and

      schoolfellow of Burke ; the correspondence refers to , the early history of the future Statesman , and extends from 1744 to 1788 . The

      volumes also contain an interesting diary of the times , besides letters of Mrs . Trench and of Crabbe the poet , and anecdotes of

      contemporary celebrities . "An Embassy to the Court of St . James's in 1840 " by F .

      Guizot , ( Bentley _, ) embracing a more recent period . The volum , e is

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    • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), July 1, 1862, page 353, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01071862/page/65/