VI 
THE “ROMANCE” OF FEASANT 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. 
“ Its popularity was so great that in a few weeks the first edition was 
exhausted.” 
Weekly Times. 
“ 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 
with a master hand.” 
Sunday Times. 
“ A stirring book.” 
Christian World. 
“ An able little work.” 
Bookseller. 
“ This interesting little work may be profitably consulted by statesmen and 
philanthropists.” 
Lloyd's 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 forward, 
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 Cotmty Chronicle. 
“ The graceful style and vivid descriptions of country scenery are really 
charming.” 
