Education of Girls in Pauper Schools - Report On, No. 22, within Parliamentary Papers: Education, vol. 25

Education of Girls in Pauper Schools - Report On, No. 22, within Parliamentary Papers: Education, vol. 25

Senior, Jane Elizabeth

London: Eyre & Spottiswood, 1874. Parliamentary Papers: Education, vol. 25, no. 22, 1874, pp. 311-45

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1874

George Eliot to Mrs. Nassau John Senior, [?] [May] [1874]. “I think your report is admirable for fullness, clearness, and wisdom of suggestion. But I can understand how the pointing out of evils under a system may be regarded by officials as an "attack," and that as the old professor considered Sir Humphrey Davy "a verra troublesome fellow" in chemistry, so a clear-eyed ardent practical woman may be found very troublesome as an inspector. I confess that the Report deepens my sad conviction that the whole Poor Law System is an evil to be got rid of as soon as possible rather than developed. And on this ground it would seem to me an unspeakable advantage if you could evoke voluntary work quite independently of the Government organization.” GEL 6: 46

Senior, Jane Elizabeth, Education of Girls in Pauper Schools - Report On, No. 22, within Parliamentary Papers: Education, vol. 25, George Eliot's Reading, George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett. https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org, Accessed September 7, 2026. https://www.georgeeliotarchive.org/items/show/57010

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