Excerpt from The Eight Hours Day E the following work is an attempt to put together in accessible 'zform as much information as possible concerning the Eight ehours Movement. The authors recognise that a complete 5chistory is beyond their powers, but they venture to think that, at the present time, a convenient account of that movement, in its historical, economic, and social aspects, will be of service to politicians and the public. The bibliography at Zthe end of the volume may facilitate the research of other 1 students of what bids fair to be the most important industrial movement of the close of the century. Additions to, or 5 corrections of, that bibliography will be thankfully received. A small portion of the work appeared in two articles in the Nt'neleerztlz Century and the Conlemporary Review respec tively, and is reproduced by permission of the proprietors of 1 - 75: those magazines. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.