202 Works relative to the Labouring Classes. 



Anon.: An Address to the Labouring Classes; being intended to explain 

 some of their Duties as Members of the Community. Parnph. 8vo. 

 Edinburgh, 1831. 



The advice here given is grounded on the principle of self-preservation; 

 the only true principle, in our opinion, as applicable to any class of society. 

 Cheap newspapers, in which the fundamental principles of morals and 

 politics are sparingly introduced among ordinary news and other topics, in 

 order that the former may be slowly but surely imbibed, are recommended 

 for the adult population, and a high degree of" school education for their 

 offspring. The evil effects of early marriages are noticed, in producing an 

 excessive competition for labour, and consequently a fall of wages. In 

 his remarks on the choice of a wife, he observes : — " It is not only the 

 qualities of the body which are transmitted, the qualities of the mind are 

 so also. We see an honest, economical, prudent couple have honest 

 economical, and prudent children." Cleanliness, ventilation, and benefit 

 societies are recommended; and the whole of the pamphlet breathes an 

 excellent feeling of benevolence and sound practical sense. It forms a 

 verv fit companion for the Scotsman's Advice to the Labouring Classes, 

 published about two years ago ; and from which we have quoted largely, 

 in the section on the " Conduct and Economy of an Agriculturist's Life." 

 in our Encyclopaedia of Agriculture. 



Anon.: Facts and Illustrations demonstrating the important Benefits 

 derived by Labourers from possessing small Portions of Land. Monthly 

 Numbers. London, Dean and Munday, 1831. Nos. I. to X. 3d. each. 

 The Society issuing this work has already been noticed (Vol. VII. 

 p. 224.): it seems to be patronised by the king, queen, and a number of 

 the nobility ; and these cheap tracts will, we trust, do much good. The 

 great and ultimate object of all such societies ought to be, to enable the 

 labouring classes to take care of themselves ; and for this purpose a 

 national reserve of labour at a minimum price for the grown up poor, 

 and useful education for their children, are the requisites. How easy for 

 the o-overninent to effect both in one session of parliament ! We have 

 elsewhere shown (Mom. Chron. Dec. 31. 1831) how much the territory of 

 Great Britain would be improved by the application of the reserve labour. 

 Anon.: Time's Telescope for 1832; or a complete Guide to the Alma- 

 nack ; containing an Explanation of Saints' Days and Holidays, with 

 existing and obsolete Bites and Customs, Sketches of contemporary 

 Biography, &c. &c. Astronomical Occurrences for every Month ; com- 

 prising Remarks on the Phenomena of the Celestial Bodies. Notes of 

 a Naturalist, explaining various Appearances in the Animal and Vege- 

 table Kingdom, &c. 8vo, nearly 400 pages, and numerous Engravings. 

 London, Sherwood and Co. 1832. 9s. 



Of the three divisions of this book, the first and last are likely to be 

 most popularly pleasing : the last, or Notes of a Naturalist, is by 

 Professor Rennie, and is in great part a compilation, divided into 12 

 monthly chapters. The middle part, on astronomical phenomena, may 

 delight the scientific, but seems too abstruse for the mass of readers. 



Anon. : Arcana of Science and Art ; or an Annual Register of Useful 

 Inventions and Improvements ; abridged from the Transactions of Public 

 Societies, and from the Scientific Journals, British and Foreign, of the 

 Past Year. With several Engravings. Fifth Year, 1832. Small 8vo, 

 pp. 300. London, Limbird. 5s. 



Any young gardener, who, besides prosecuting his particular profession, 

 wishes to be apprised of what is passing in the great world of human 

 action o-enerally, cannot possibly spend 5s. more efficiently than in the 

 purchase of this book. Its title, attentively perused, will show him this. 



