BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
In preparing the historical part of this essay I have consulted many authorities, and in particular I have made free use of the following works.
DEFOE, Daniel
A plan for the English Commerce, London, 1728.
BAINES, Edward
History of the Cotton Manufacture in Great Britain. London, 1835.
GUEST, Richard
A Compendious History of the Cotton Manufacture. Manchester, 1823.
The Theory and Practice of Cotton Spinning. Glasgow, 1833.
URE, Andrew, M.D.
The Philosophy of Manufactures. London, 1835.
BABBAGE, Charles
On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures. London, 1822.
CARLYLE, Thomas
Essay on Chartism.
TAYLOR, Richard Whately Cooke-
The Modern Factory System. London, 1891.
ABRAM, Annie
Social England in the Fifteenth Century. London, 1909.
Among the many articles printed in the periodical press the following from the Quarterly Review are especially helpful.
Vol. XLI, 1829. Condition of the English Peasantry.
Vol. LVII, 1836. The Factory System.
Vol. LXVII, 1841. Infant Labour.