FROM WORKHOUSE TO WESTMINSTER The Life Story of Will Crooks, M.P. By George Haw

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.