By the middle of the eighteenth century, the literacy rate in England was about 60 per cent, in Scotland 65 per cent, and in Sweden eight of ten men and women were able to read and to write.
直至18世紀中期英格蘭的識字率達到60%，而蘇格蘭的識字率更達65%，在當時北歐，瑞典八成男性和女性能夠閱讀和書寫。