BY JAMES HIRD. London: SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, & CO. Bradford: T. BREAR (LATE H. B. BYLES), KIRKGATE. 1866. [ENTERED AT STATIONERS' HALL.] WILL APPRECIATE THE FEELING IN WHICH IT HAS BEEN WRITTEN ; THE MORE SO, PERHAPS, WHEN THEY KNOW THAT THE AUTHOR WAS COMPELLED TO TOIL FOR HIS BREAD IN A FACTORY, FROM HIS SIXTH YEAR, AT A TIME WHEN THE WORKING HOURS WERE FAR MORE NUMEROUS THAN NOW; AND WHEN THEY KNOW THAT THE WRONGS AND SUFFERINGS DEPICTED IN MANY OF THE FOLLOWING LINES, ARE BUT THE REFLEX OF ACTUAL EXPERIENCE AND OBSERVATION. |