OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. iii 



Sunday Times. 



" A volume we should like to see in the hands of every thinking man. It is 

 well written, earnest, and able." 



Bell's Weekly Messenger. 



" We can safely commend this volume to the attention of our readers, as con- 

 taining a large amount of valuable information." 



Dispatch. 



" Every page of Mr. Heath's book teems with interesting matter, and the 

 volume itself is a valuable addition to our literature." 



Lloyd's Newspaper. 



" The name of Francis G. Heath is familiar to all who have studied, be it ever 

 so lightly, the predicament of the farm labourers of England." 



Public Opinion. 



" Mr. Heath has by the present thoughtful volume added to the literary repu- 

 tation he gained by the publication of his 'Romance' of Peasant Life." 



Literary World. 



"This is a valuable contribution to the literature of a most important 

 subject." 



Christian World. 



" Mr. Heath deserves the warmest thanks of those whose cause he pleads witk 

 so much intelligence and skill." 



Nonconformist. 



" Mr. Heath in this new book has rearranged and grouped his facts in a clear, 

 compact, and graceful way." 



London Mirror. 

 " Not a page can be read without interest and profit." 



Rock. 



"Mr. H.athiswell known as an earnest and conscientious advocate of the 

 agricultural labourer." 



Court Journal. 



"The book will be found invaluable to those who desire to become acquainted 

 with the various phases of the new movement." 



PRO V I N GIAL. 



Leeds Mercury. 



" A thoroughly readable and reliable book." 



Shrewsbury yoztrnal* 



" Mr. Heath's book is destined to take a permanent place among the literary 

 productions of this country. . . . We most heartily commend it. ... It is 

 written in clear, vigorous, nay sometimes picturesque English ... is brimful of 

 curious and valuable information, and is the work of a gentleman whose warm 

 interest in the welfare of the poor agricultural labourer is only equalled by his 

 great knowledge of those immutable economic laws which must regulate the 

 price of labour." 



