Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Macmillan's Magazine, 1861, Vol. 4
But this circumstance does not justify us in saying that Institutes have been a failure. It is something that they have found amongst the middle classes persons glad to take advantage Of them. At the same time it must be confessed that, even with any class, theirs has been a very partial and imperfect success. There are, it is said, about eight hundred Institutes in the country; and their members are estimated at in the aggregate. Of these nearly one-half belong, as might be expected, to Yorkshire and Lancashire. On the whole, then, we see that fewer than one per cent. Of the population are connected with Mechanics' Institutes and we cannot, therefore, build much upon their assistance in accomplishing the work of popular edu cation.
Efforts have, however, been made from time to time to extend their in?uence and increase their efficiency. One obvious expedient was to place them, as much as possible, under the management of the class for whose use they are intended; and accordingly the directorate of most Institutes contains a certain proportion Of working men.
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