I have endeavoured, even at the risk of being termed unduly dogmatic, to make my proposals for reform as definite as possible. I have done so in the cause of clearness. But if I fail to carry my readers with me all the way, I shall be well content if only I have succeeded in starting them on a pilgrimage in quest of the new apprenticeship system.

REGINALD A. BRAY.

Addington Square,
Camberwell, S.E.

CONTENTS

PAGE
Preface[v]
[CHAPTER I]
The Essentials of Apprenticeship[1]
[CHAPTER II]
The Old Apprenticeship[4]
I. The Age of the Gilds[4]
II. The Statute of Apprentices[11]
III. The Industrial Revolution[20]
[CHAPTER III]
The Age of Reconstruction[26]
[CHAPTER IV]
The Guardianship of the State[36]
I. State Supervision[36]
§ 1. State Regulation[37]
(a) Prohibition of Employment[41]
(b) Limitation of Hours[43]
(c) Protection of Health[52]
§ 2. State Enterprise[59]
II. State Training[62]
(a) The Elementary School[63]
(b) The Continuation School[65]
III.State Provision of an Opening[70]
[CHAPTER V]
Apprenticeship of To-Day[75]
I. The Contribution of the State[76]
§ 1. State Regulation[76]
§ 2. State Enterprise[83]
§ 3. Summary[88]
II. The Contribution of Philanthropy[89]
III. The Contribution of the Home[92]
§ 1. The Boy of School Age[96]
§ 2. The Boy after School Days[100]
IV. The Contribution of the Workshop[103]
§ 1. London[104]
(a) The Employment of School-Children[105]
(b) The Entry to a Trade[113]
(c) The Passage to Manhood[142]
(d) Summary[149]
§ 2. Other Towns[151]
(a) The Employment of School-Children[151]
(b) The Entry to a Trade[155]
(c) The Passage to Manhood[160]
§ 3. Rural Districts[161]
V. The Break-up of Apprenticeship[165]
[CHAPTER VI]
The New Apprenticeship[176]
I. Supervision[191]
(a) The Raising of the School Age[192]
(b) The Prohibition of Child Labour[195]
(c) The New Half-Time System[197]
(d) The Parents’ Point of View[202]
II. Training[207]
III. The Provision of an Opening[221]
IV. General Conclusions[231]
List of Authorities[241]
Index[245]

BOY LABOUR AND APPRENTICESHIP

CHAPTER I