Meliora: A Quarterly Review OF Social Science IN ITS Ethical, Economical, Political, and Ameliorative Aspects. VOL. XI. 'VIDEO MELIORA PROBOQUE. OVID. METAMORPH., lib. vii. 20. LONDON: S. W. PARTRIDGE, 9, PATERNOSTER ROW. 1868. LEGISLATION ON THE SUNDAY SALE OF INTOXICATING DRINK ADMINISTRATION OF THE POOR-LAW IN THE METROPOLIS Meliora. TECHNICAL EDUCATION. 1. Schools Enquiry Commission. Report Relative to Technical Education. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode. 1867. 2. Copy of Letter from B. Samuelson, Esq., M.P., to the Vice President of the Committee of Council on Education, concerning Technical Education in various countries abroad. Ordered by the House of Commons to be printed, 26th November, 1867. 3. Geological Survey of the United Kingdom: Museum of Practical Geology, and Royal School of Mines. Seventeenth session, 1867-8. London: Eyre and Spottis woode. 4. The London Daily Papers, January 24th and 25th, 1868. 5. The Birmingham Daily Papers, January 7th, 1868. 6. The Manchester Daily Papers, January 15th, 1868. 7. The Leeds Daily Papers, February 8th, 1868. 8. Progress of the Working Classes, 1832-67. By J. M. Ludlow and Lloyd Jones. London: Strahan. 1867. WE E remember nothing more remarkable in the political and social history of this country than the sudden prominence which the subject of education has acquired during the last six months. The passing, by the Conservative party, of a Reform Bill, more extensive than that which they had rejected as too sweeping the year before, to a certain degree prepared the country for other important and startling changes. Mr. Lowe, when he found that all his protests against an extension of the franchise were in vain, declared that it was then become necessary to educate our masters, and thenceVol. 11.-No. 41. A |