Author:
Farrer Herschell, first Baron Herschell (DNB)(1837–1899), lord chancellor.
Publication details:
[Printed heading] 46 Grosvenor Gardens, SW [London] 31 January 1896.
Three pages, 12mo, some staining, but text clear and complete. In asking your consideration of the claims of the Childrens' Aid Society a Branch of the Reformatory & Refuge Union of which I am the President, I am not seeking your help for a mere experiment but for work which has been in progress now for nearly forty years with marked success. By means of this Society large numbers of children have been rescued from criminal & vicious surroundings, from the almost certain fate of a future of dishonesty & vice, & have become honest & honourable men & women and useful members of society.
