CARROLL D. WRIGHT.
Washington, May, 1898.
CONTENTS.
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction | [iii] | |
| I. | Lowell Sixty Years Ago | [1] |
| II. | Child-Life in the Lowell Cotton Mills | [25] |
| III. | The Little Mill-Girl’s Alma Mater | [40] |
| IV. | The Characteristics of the Early FactoryGirls | [60] |
| V. | Characteristics (Continued) | [83] |
| VI. | The Lowell Offering and its Writers | [97] |
| VII. | The Lowell Offering (Continued) | [109] |
| VIII. | Brief Biographies of some of the Writersfor The Lowell Offering | [132] |
| IX. | The Cotton Factory of To-day | [202] |
LOOM AND SPINDLE.
CHAPTER I.
LOWELL SIXTY YEARS AGO.
“That wonderful city of spindles and looms,
And thousands of factory folk.”