Excerpt from A Tabulation of the Factory Laws of European Countries: In So Far as They Relate to the Hours of Labour, and to Special Legislation for Women, Young Persons, and Children The author is indebted to the Statistical Committee of the Women's Industrial Council (12 Buckingham Street, Strand, London) for the use of its collection of Govern ment Publications and other volumes, which formed the chief part of the material from which she was able to frame the scheme of this Tabulation. She has to thank both English and foreign experts for most courteous and valuable assistance in the difficult task of proof correction, and for other kindnesses unsparingly rendered. 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.