sees his mistake in having remained Chairman of the Board, 274; his reply to the Inspector's report, 280; appeals to the public in defence of his policy, 281; receives letters of encouragement, 287; is assured by Mr. John Burns that there had been a misunderstanding, 294; is besought not to leave Poplar, 295 Crown Lands and small holdings, 264 D _Daily News_ Woolwich Election Fund, 188 Deaths from starvation, 278 Dickens, Charles, References to, 19, 32, 149, 118 Dock Strike, The Great, 67-69 Dolling, Father, 23, 166, 235 Drage, Mr. Geoffrey, 191, 193 E East India Company, The, 28, 29 F Fair Rent Courts advocated by Crooks, 162 Fair Wage Clause in the L.C.C.'s contracts, 87 Farm Colonies, 231, 243, 266, 268 Feeding Necessitous Scholars, 297-300 First offenders, Children as, 138 Foreshore reclamation, 220 Free Church Council, Crooks and the, 261 Free Trade defended by Crooks, 191, 214 Frenchman, A, on Poplar, 257 Fry, Mr. C. B., 148 G General Election of 1906, 200 George the Fourth at Blackwall, 31 Gorst, Sir John, 209 Government employees' wages, 203 Guardians, _see_ Poplar Board of Guardians Guildhall Poor Law Conference, 121 H Hardie, Mr. Keir, 189, 195 Hills, Mr. A. F., 224, 226, 247 Hollesley Bay Farm Colony, 268 Holyoake, George Jacob, 42 Hungry 'Forties, The, 284 I Illness of Crooks, 241, 296 J Juvenile Offenders' Bill, 137 K King's Coronation Dinner to the Poor, 158, 169; his Majesty's visit to Poplar as Prince of Wales, 102 L Labour Co-partnership, 41 Labour Representation Committee, The, 199, 242 Laindon Farm Colony, 266 Lansbury, George, 105, 232, 235, 242, 249, 273, 276, 281 Lawson, Sir Wilfrid, 195 Libraries for Poplar secured by Crooks, 65, 174 Licensing Bill of 1904, 260 Liddon, Canon, 47 Little Englanders, 215 Local Government Board Inquiry at Poplar, 117, 183, 271-95 London County Council, 76-104, 297 Long, Mr. Walter, 116, 232, 281 M Mansion House scene, A, 157 McDougall, Sir John, 96 Metropolitan Asylums Board, 128 Minister for Labour wanted, 269 Monkswell, Lord, 99, 166 Morley, Mr. John, 208 M.P.'s investments, Crooks on, 210 O Oakum-picking, Cost of, 221 Old Age Pensions, 176-85 Open spaces for Poplar secured by Crooks, 98-100 P Parliament, Crooks's speeches in, 125, 202, 204, 245, 230, 246, 261, 265 Payment of Members, 204 Peruvian Frigate Mutiny, The, 30 Pirates hung at Blackwall, 29 Political Economy, Crooks on, 88, 150 Poor Law, Pensions paid through the, 179 Poor Law Commission, 243 Poor Law Schools, Parliamentary Committee on, 123 Poplar, A walk round, with Crooks, 25-32 Poplar Board of Guardians, Crooks and the, 105-27, 175-85, 234-40, 271-95 Poplar Labour League, 75, 166 Poplar Municipal Alliance, The, 272, _and ff._ Poplar Workhouse, Will Crooks an inmate of, 8-11; _see also_ Poplar Board of Guardians Prince of Wales, The, and Crooks, 170 Q Queen Alexandra and the unemployed, 250 R