THE Industrial Revolution that began in the -L latter part of the eighteenth century, generated, amongst its by-products, an intense and bitter discontent in the minds of the masses who suffered by it. This discontent, worked upon by different influences, manifested itself in different ways-the exploits of the Luddites and the machine-breakers, the campaigns for Parliamentary Reform, the Bristol Riots, and Chartism. In this talk Mr. Lambert will survey the evolution of the industrial masses, through friendly societies, trade unions, co-operative movements, and political leagues, from ill-directed violence to constitutional reform. Ho will deal particularly with the Chartist Movement, which at one point seemed almost capable of plunging England into a revolution such as those in which half the countries of Europe were involved at that time.
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