------------------------------------------------------------------------ Transcriber’s Note: This version of the text cannot represent certain typographical effects. Italics are delimited with the ‘_’ character as _italic_. The volume is a collection of three (apparently) already published texts, each with its own title page, table of contents, and pagination. The table of contents for all three is repeated at the opening of the volume. The redundant tables 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. ——o—— A MANCHESTER STRIKE. COUSIN MARSHALL. IRELAND. ——o—— _IN NINE VOLUMES._ VOL. III. ——o—— LONDON: CHARLES FOX, PATERNOSTER-ROW. --- MDCCCXXXIV. LONDON: Printed by WILLIAM CLOWES, Duke-street, Lambeth. CONTENTS. A MANCHESTER STRIKE. CHAP. PAGE 1. The Week’s end 1 2. Child’s Gossip 16 3. No Union of Masters 23 4. Union of Men 40 5. No Progress made 55 6. Night and Morning 63 7. A Committee 72 8. A Tête-à-tête 84 9. A Public Meeting 91 10. Hope declining 108 11. Final Deliberation 118 12. Hope extinct 126