CHAPTER XVII.

Education of the Rural Population -- what Education is doing, and leaving undone in the Poetry of Village Life -- Peculiar Social Condition of Surrey -- its Effect on the Peasantry -- Need of Schools -- Mr. Allen’s School of Industry at Lindfield in Sussex -- Schools of Industry established by the Earl of Lovelace, and Lady Noel Byron -- School of Lady Noel Byron, at Ealing, Middlesex -- School of the Earl of Lovelace, at Oakham, Surrey 593