------------------------------------------------------------------------ Transcriber’s Note: This version of the text cannot represent certain typographical effects. Italics are delimited with the ‘_’ character as _italic_. On each title page, the phrase “A Tale” was printed in a blackletter font, which is rendered here delimited by ‘=’. The volume is a collection of two already published texts, each with its own title page and pagination. 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—— THE FARRERS OF BUDGE-ROW. THE MORAL OF MANY FABLES. ——o—— _IN NINE VOLUMES._ VOL. IX. ——o—— LONDON: CHARLES FOX, PATERNOSTER-ROW. MDCCCXXXIV. LONDON: Printed by WILLIAM CLOWES, Duke-street, Lambeth. CONTENTS. --- THE FARRERS OF BUDGE-ROW. CHAP. PAGE│CHAP. PAGE 1. Budge-row again! 1│5. How to entertain 90 │ Strangers 2. Being Roman at Rome 2│6. How to entertain 105 │ Borrowers 3. Death-Chamber Soothings 35│7. Farewell to Budge-row 113 4. Gossiping Authorship 55│ │ THE MORAL OF MANY FABLES. │ Introduction 1│—— Emigration 76 PART I.-—PRODUCTION 2│PART III.—EXCHANGE 85 —— Large Farms 21│—— Currency 88 —— Slavery 27│—— Free Trade 96 PART II.—DISTRIBUTION 32│—— Corn-Laws and Restrictions 116 │ on Labour —— Rent, Wages, and Profits 41│PART IV.—CONSUMPTION 127 —— Combinations of Workmen 48│—— Taxes 133 —— Pauperism 62│Conclusion 140 —— Ireland 74│ THE