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William Lisle Bowles - Thoughts on the Increase of Crimes, the Education of the Poor, and the National Schools

Title: Thoughts on the Increase of Crimes, the Education of the Poor, and the National Schools
Description: London, Not Stated, 1819. Disbound. A very scarce study on the increase of crime and the education of the poor by William Lisle Bowles. The second edition of this very scarce work.An essay on the increase of crime, education of the poor, and the national schools of Georgian England, written as a letter to Sir James Mackintosh, who was trying to reform the systems. An interesting study, written before a time of very renovations of the criminal judicial system and care for the poor in England. By William Lisle Bowles, a priest, poet, and critic, who was chaplain to the Prince Regent. Dual paginated as 33pp, and 30-59pp. Published from 'The Pamphleteer', Vol. XV No. XXIX. Disbound, with remnants of a backstrip. Internally, generally firmly bound, with the title page and first leaf of text detached but present. Pages are lightly age-toned and clean, with a few scattered spots. Good Only . Ill.: None. Good Only .

Keywords: Thoughts on the Increase of Crimes, the Education of the Poor, and the National Schools crime education james mackintosh crime None

Price: GBP 75.00 = appr. US$ 107.10 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 949P29

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