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THE 



'ROMANCE" OF PEASANT LIFE, 



BY 



FRANCIS GEORGE HEATH. 



The author having, in remembrance of the kind and watchful interest always 

 exhibited by the late Prince Consort on behalf of the peasantry on his estates, 

 offered to the Queen a copy of " The ' Romance ' of Peasant Life," received the 

 following reply : 



" Buckingham Palace, July 9, 1873. 



"Major-General Sir T. M. Biddulph presents his compliments to Mr. Heath. 

 He is desired to notify Her Majesty s gracious acceptance of the volume he 

 forwarded." 



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(Selected from 100 favourable reviews.) 

 LONDON. 



British Quarterly Review. 



*'A useful contribution to the literature of a subject that is fast becoming one 

 of the most prominent of our social problems." 



London Quarterly Review. 



" Mr. Heath is evidently master of keenly-observant faculties as well as of a 

 good style." 



Spectator. 



" Few questions can be either more important or more sad to an English mind 

 allied to an English heart of only ordinary kind feeling than the one of which the 

 greater part of this little book treats." 



Daily News. 



"This little volume deserves commendation for its graceful and pleasant 

 style." 



Morning Advertiser. 

 " It is thoroughly interesting." 



" From every point of view it is worthy of the tribute of praise that has un- 

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Pall Mall Gazette. 

 " The author writes with earnestness." 



Echo. 



" A valuable contribution to the literature of a subject of great national 

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