vi THE "ROMANCE" OF PEASANT LIFE. 



John Bull. 

 " It is written with considerable power." 



Guardian. 

 " Such books are useful." 



London Figaro. 



"With no small share of Dickens's graphic power of description, Mr. Heath 

 has sketched the homes of the peasantry." 



Queen. 



"A little book of unusual interest, very truthful in its representations, and 

 graphic in its style. " 



Dispatch. 

 that in a 



Weekly Times. 

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with a master hand. 



' A stirring book. 



" Its popularity was so great that in a few weeks the first edition was 

 exhausted." 



" The social condition of the peasant labourer in the west of England is gra- 

 phically described, and the present state of the agricultural labourer sketched 



Sunday Times. 

 Christian World. 



" An able little work." 



Bookseller. 



" This interesting little work may be profitably consulted by statesmen and 

 philanthropists." 



Lloyds Newspaper. 

 "An admirable and useful little book." 



PROVINCIAL. 



Leeds Mercury. 



" Happily signs are not wanting that ere long the work of amelioration already 

 begun by a few patriotic and philanthropic minds will be pushed rapidly torward, 

 and the agricultural labourer raised to a position of comparative comfort. Mean- 

 while Mr. Heath deserves the thanks of his countrymen for the heartiness with 

 which he has taken up the cause of this oppressed class, and for the impartial 

 manner in which he has advocated it." 



Bristol Daily Post. 

 "An entertaining and instructive book." 



Western Daily Press. 

 "The descriptive passages are full of life and interest." 



Edinburgh Daily Review. 

 " The book is well worthy of the attention of the public." 



Dorset County Chronicle. 



"The graceful style and vivid descriptions of country scenery are really 

 charming." 



