PREFACE
CONTENTS
LIST OF PLATES
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I EARLIEST YEARS IN A ONE-ROOMED HOME
CHAPTER II AS A CHILD IN THE WORKHOUSE
CHAPTER III SCHOOLS AND SCHOOLMASTERS
CHAPTER IV ROUND THE HAUNTS OF HIS BOYHOOD
CHAPTER V IN TRAINING FOR A CRAFTSMAN
CHAPTER VI TRAMPING THE COUNTRY FOR WORK
CHAPTER VII ONE OF LONDON'S UNEMPLOYED
CHAPTER VIII THE COLLEGE AT THE DOCK GATES
CHAPTER IX THE COLLEGE AT THE DOCK GATES
CHAPTER X A LABOUR MEMBER'S WAGES
CHAPTER XI ON THE LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL
CHAPTER XII TWO OF HIS MONUMENTS
CHAPTER XIII THE TASK OF HIS LIFE BEGINS
CHAPTER XIV THE MAN WHO FED THE POOR
CHAPTER XV TURNING WORKHOUSE CHILDREN INTO USEFUL CITIZENS
CHAPTER XVI ON THE METROPOLITAN ASYLUMS BOARD
CHAPTER XVII A BAD BOYS' ADVOCATE
CHAPTER XVIII PROUD OF THE POOR
CHAPTER XIX THE FIRST WORKING-MAN MAYOR IN LONDON
CHAPTER XX THE KING'S DINNER AND OTHERS
CHAPTER XXI THE MAN WHO PAID OLD AGE PENSIONS
CHAPTER XXII ELECTION TO PARLIAMENT
CHAPTER XXIII ADVENT OF THE POLITICAL LABOUR PARTY
CHAPTER XXIV THE LIVING WAGE FOR MEN AND WOMEN
CHAPTER XXV FREE TRADE IN THE NAME OF THE POOR
CHAPTER XXVI PREPARING FOR THE UNEMPLOYED ACT
CHAPTER XXVII AGITATION IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
CHAPTER XXVIII THE QUEEN INTERVENES
CHAPTER XXIX HOME LIFE AND SOME ENGAGEMENTS
CHAPTER XXX COLONISING ENGLAND
CHAPTER XXXI THE REVIVAL OF BUMBLEDOM
CHAPTER XXXII APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE
CHAPTER XXXIII "THE HAPPY WARRIOR"
INDEX
Books by George Haw.
FROM WORKHOUSE TO WESTMINSTER
WILL CROOKS, M.P.
Photo: G. Dendry.
WITH INTRODUCTION BY G. K. CHESTERTON
FOUR FULL-PAGE PLATES
CASSELL AND COMPANY, LIMITED London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne MCMIX
First Edition February 1907. Reprinted March, June and August 1908. January and November 1909.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
TO Mrs. WILL CROOKS THIS SLIGHT RECORD OF HER HUSBAND'S CAREER IS DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR
