It
is too late for a peaceful solution. The classes are divided more and
more sharply, the spirit of resistance penetrates the workers, the
bitterness intensifies, the guerilla skirmishes become concentrated in
more important battles, and soon a slight impulse will suffice to set the
avalanche in motion. Then, indeed, will the war-cry resound through the
land: "War to the palaces, peace to the cottages!"--but then it will be
too late for the rich to beware.

TRANSLATORS NOTE.

Being unable at this late day to obtain the original English, the
translator has been compelled to re-translate from the German the
passages quoted in the text from the following sources:--G. Alston,
preacher of St. Philip's, Bethnal Green.--D. W. P. Alison, F.R.S.E.,
"Observations on the Management of the Poor in Scotland," 1840.--The
_Artisan_, 1842, October number.--J. C. Symonds, "Arts and Artisans at
Home and Abroad," Edin., 1839.--Report of the Town Council of Leeds,
published in _Statistical Journal_, vol. ii., p. 404.--Nassau W. Senior,
"Letters on the Factory Act to the Rt. Hon. the President of the Board of
Trade" (Chas. Poulett Thomson, Esq.), London, 1837.--Report of the
Children's Employment Commission.--Mr. Parkinson, Canon of Manchester,
"On the Present Condition of the Labouring Poor in Manchester," 3rd Ed.,
1841.--Factories' Inquiries Commission's Report.--E. G. Wakefield, M. P.,
"Swing Unmasked; or, The Cause of Rural Incendiarism," London, 1831.--A
Correspondent of the _Morning Chronicle_.--Anonymous pamphlet on "The
State of Ireland," London, 1807; 2nd Ed., 1821.--Report of the Poor Law
Commissioners: Extracts from Information received by the Poor Law
Commissioners. Published by Authority, London, 1833.

INDEX

Accidents, 109, 143, 150, 164, 165, 294.

Adulteration, 67, _et seq_.

Apprentices, 169, 191, 197, _et seq_. 209.

Charter, 225, _et seq_. 280, 296.

Chartism, xiv., xix., 65, 123, 228, _et seq_. 275, 292.

Chartists, 135, 176, 199, 231, _et seq_. 253, 258.

Corn Laws, 113, 261, 268, 279, 280, 294.
League, 122, 231, 268, 280.
Repeal of, vi., 17, 231, 232, 275.

Cottage System, v., 182, 183, 251, 252, 256.

Crime--Form of Rebellion, 266, _et seq_. 274.
Increase of, 130, _et seq_.
Juvenile, 200, 204.
Result of Overcrowding, 65, 120, 121.

Diseases, Engendered by Dwellings, 201, 202.
Filth, 35, 40, 41, 64, 96, 97.
Occupation, 162-3, 177-8, 191-2, 206.
Overwork