Gipsy Life Part 16

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THE LIFE OF GEORGE SMITH, OF COALVILLE.

"The name of George Smith, of Coalville, is familiar as household words, and the unpretending memoir just published by Messrs. Haughton & Co. of him, to whose deep sympathy and ceaseless effort the populations of our brick-yards and ca.n.a.ls owe so much, will be read with interest by all."-_The Graphic_.

"Readers of Mr. Smith's letters in numerous papers, and of his descriptive articles in the _Ill.u.s.trated London News_, _Graphic_, and other journals and magazines, will be glad to possess this little work, which tells the story of his career in a brief but interesting manner.

The book is elegantly printed on good paper, and is embellished with an excellent portrait and with an engraving of Mr. Smith among the Gipsy children."-_Capital and Labour_.

"This is 'a chapter' in philanthropy, yet it contains three times as much in the way of practical philanthropy as would suffice to make any man a benefactor to his generation. His devoted, self-denying, persistent, and successful endeavours on behalf of the brick-yard children, the ca.n.a.l population, and more recently the Gipsy 'arabs,' of our country and time, are concisely and vividly set forth in this neat volume."-_The Christian_.

"The name of George Smith, and his n.o.ble work amongst the ca.n.a.l-boat folk and the Gipsies, have become familiar and welcome to mult.i.tudes in Great Britain. This volume is an excellent sketch of Mr. Smith; it contains a capital likeness, and should be read by all who desire to possess increasing zeal in rescuing the peris.h.i.+ng."-_Christian Age_.

"A smartly written biography of a man who may be justly termed the Children's Friend. It is well got up, and contains an excellent portrait of the great social reformer. It is well that this fascinating sketch should be given to the world."-_Literary World_.

"In this book we are presented with a sketch of the life and labours-labours which have been attended with a large measure of success-of one of the most devoted of living philanthropists."-_Scotsman_.

"A fine biography, which every one should read in order to understand the n.o.ble character of a man who must be p.r.o.nounced a great benefactor."-_Free Press_.

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OUR Ca.n.a.l POPULATION: A CRY FROM THE BOAT CABINS, WITH REMEDY.

New Edition, with Supplement.

By GEORGE SMITH, F.S.A., Coalville, Leicester.

"A little book called 'Our Ca.n.a.l Population,' lately published and written by Mr. George Smith, of Coalville, furnishes the most incredible details of what is going on on our silent highways."-_Morning Advertiser_.

"The notorious state of 'Our Ca.n.a.l Population,' the women and children who live on barges, and in whose condition Mr. George Smith, of Coalville, has awakened public interest, is described as 'revolting and intolerable.' If only a part of the statements made were true it would be enough to make the ears of them that hear it tingle for pity and shame."-_Daily News_.

"Although the statements made by Mr. George Smith, of Coalville, in 'Our Ca.n.a.l Population,' were doubtless, in some instances, open to the charge of exaggeration, in the main they were largely correct. Mr. Smith has earned the thanks of the community in this philanthropic object, as he previously earned our thanks for his efforts to ameliorate the condition of children in the brick-yards."-_Standard_.

"Ca.n.a.l Boats.-On the 1st inst. came into operation an Act (the 40 and 41 Vic., c. 60) which is calculated to do much good. Hitherto 'Our Ca.n.a.l Population' were left pretty much to themselves. They were considered outside the pale of local and educational authorities. They were permitted to live in their boats as they pleased, and to bring up their children without any interference from school authorities. Mr. George Smith, of Coalville, whose efforts on behalf of the children employed in brick-fields were attended with such beneficial results, turned his attention to 'Our Ca.n.a.l Population,' and the credit likely to be won by the pa.s.sing of the Act of last Session will be mainly his."-_The Times_.

"Mr. George Smith, of Coalville, who has done so much for the well-being of 'Our Ca.n.a.l Population,' is now busied in attempts to ameliorate the condition of juvenile Gipsies."-_Daily Telegraph_.

"This gentleman represents by name, at least, a very large family, but he has won for himself considerable distinction among the 'Smiths' for his unparalleled efforts to ameliorate the wretched condition of 'Our Ca.n.a.l Population' on the English ca.n.a.ls, the women and children working in the brick-yards, and the Gipsy children."-_Christian Herald_.

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THE CRY OF THE CHILDREN FROM THE BRICK-YARDS OF ENGLAND, AND HOW THE CRY HAS BEEN HEARD,

With Observations on the Carrying-out of the Act.

By GEORGE SMITH, of Coalville, Leicester.

SIXTH EDITION.

"We heartily commend to our readers' notice a new edition of a work which is full of thrilling interest to those who sympathise with childhood, whose hearts bleed at the story of its wrongs and leap for joy at any humane or beneficial measures on its behalf."-_Sunday School Chronicle_.

"This book, now in its sixth edition, has many capital ill.u.s.trations, and is a monument to the patient self-denial and unwearying zeal brought to bear in favour of the poor children by the author."-_Weekly Times_.

"His cry for the protection for the helpless little ones is one that must a.s.suredly command attention."-_Daily Chronicle_.

"This book is the record of a splendid service n.o.bly done. The author is likewise the hero of it. The value of the book is enhanced by the careful and tasteful manner in which Messrs. Haughton have fulfilled their share of the undertaking."-_Derby Reporter_.

"This is a t.i.tle of an interesting work. The whole forms a most interesting record of a n.o.ble-hearted work. We hope the book will meet, as it deserves, with an increasingly large circulation."-_Derbys.h.i.+re Advertiser_.

"'The Cry of the Children' and 'Our Ca.n.a.l Population' are unique in many ways. They have brought prominently before public attention two unsuspected blots upon our civilisation. We wish any word of our's could give still wider publicity to his self-denying labours."-_Live Stock Journal_.

"Mr. Smith writes with vehement energy, which he puts into everything he does. Some will perhaps think that his language is occasionally too little measured, but then it is probable that a man of more delicacy of feeling and expression would have never undertaken, and we think it is certain that he would never have carried through, the work which Mr.

George Smith has accomplished. That work is of no small value."-_Staffords.h.i.+re Sentinel_.

"A good deal of new matter is inserted in this edition, including an interesting account of the history and progress of the movement. . . .

The volume is certainly worthy of a careful perusal."-_Birmingham Gazette_.

"In it is written the author's account of his single-handed struggle for the emanc.i.p.ation of the poor children of the brick-yards-a struggle long and patiently sustained, and which at last, in 1872, met with its past merited reward in freeing 10,000 of these little ones from their dark slavery."-_The Graphic_.

"This is a deeply interesting book, both from the facts which it sets forth and the cause it advocates."-_Christian Age_.

"Every true philanthropist will read with deep interest Mr. Smith's account of the history and the pa.s.sing of the Act, which marks one of the brightest victories yet won over prejudice and self-interest in the United Kingdom."-_Derby Mercury_.

"This excellently got-up work will strike a cord of sympathy in the bosoms of all who are interested in the works of Christianity and philanthropy. . . . Should find a place upon every book-shelf because its contents are of thrilling interest. . . . The book is essentially a statement of facts, and no one can peruse its pages without feeling the impulse of the living spirit which breathes in this 'Cry of the Children.'"-_Potteries Examiner_.

"Mr. George Smith has, in his 'Cry of the Children from the Brick-yards of England,' raised issues too serious, and advanced pleas too pa.s.sionate, to be treated with indifference."-_Daily Telegraph_.

"In the present volume, which contains a number of excellent woodcuts, we have gathered up the full story of the evils which used to prevail, which in the hands of a person of less moral courage and perseverance than Mr.

Smith would have failed."-_Leicester Daily Post_.

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