Childhood and Children in England in Foreign Travelers’ Perception (the end of the XVIII - the middle of the XIX century)
The article considers the works by foreign travelers who visited England at the end of the XVIII - in the middle of the XIX century. This paper analyzes the main themes concerning childhood and children, such as the English family, home and school education, poverty and crime. The conditions of the children from different classes of the English society, and the social problems that existed in early Victorian England including poverty are discussed.