Chapter V: Apprenticeship of To-Day 75

I. The Contribution of the State 76
Sec. 1. State Regulation 76
Sec. 2. State Enterprise 83
Sec. 3. Summary 88
II. The Contribution of Philanthropy 89
III. The Contribution of the Home 92
Sec. 1. The Boy of School Age 96
Sec. 2. The Boy after School Days 100
IV. The Contribution of the Workshop 103
Sec. 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
Sec. 2. Other Towns 151
(_a_) The Employment of School-Children 151
(_b_) The Entry to a Trade 155
(_c_) The Passage to Manhood 160
Sec. 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