Excerpt from The History of the Factory Movement, Vol. 1 of 2: From the Year 1802, to the Enactment of the Ten Hours Bill in 1847
Custom has established the rule, that authors should state the reasons why they write books. Recent discussions in parliament, and the tone of a portion of the periodical literature of the time, have convinced the Author that the facts of the factories, as these existed prior to factory regulation by law, were either forgotten or misunderstood, and, that the means taken to change that condition have been frequently misapprehended; he, therefore, considers it to be a duty to present to the public and to statesmen a narrative, compiled from authentic sources, embodying these facts.
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