------------------------------------------------------------------------ Transcriber’s Note: This version of the text cannot represent certain typographical effects. Italics are delimited with the ‘_’ character as _italic_. This volume contains three texts, each with its own title page and pagination. There is a table of contents for all three at the opening of the volume, The second and third both include a redundant table of contents, which have been retained. Minor errors, attributable to the printer, have been corrected. Please see the transcriber’s note at the end of this text for details regarding the handling of any textual issues encountered during its preparation. ILLUSTRATIONS OF POLITICAL ECONOMY. BY HARRIET MARTINEAU. ——●—— LIFE IN THE WILDS. THE HILL AND THE VALLEY. BROOKE AND BROOKE FARM. ——●—— _IN NINE VOLUMES._ VOL. I. ——●—— LONDON: CHARLES FOX, PATERNOSTER-ROW. ——●—— MDCCCXXXIV. LONDON. Printed by WILLIAM CLOWES, Duke-street, Lambeth. CONTENTS. LIFE IN THE WILDS. CHAP. PAGE 1. What have they left us? 1001 2. What is Wealth? 1022 3. Earn your Bread before you eat it 1030 4. Hand-Work and Head-Work 1043 5. Heart-Work 1055 6. Many Hands make quick Work 1070 7. Getting up in the World 1083 8. A bright Sunset 1099 9. Signs of the Times 1109