------------------------------------------------------------------------ Transcriber’s Note: The volume is a collection of five previously published texts, each with its own title page and pagination. THE PARK AND THE PADDOCK THE TENTH HAYCOCK THE JERSEYMEN MEETING THE JERSEYMEN PARTING THE SCHOLARS OF ARNESIDE 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 ‘=’. 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 _TAXATION._ --------------------- No. I. THE PARK AND THE PADDOCK. =A Tale.= BY HARRIET MARTINEAU. --------------------- LONDON: CHARLES FOX, 67, PATERNOSTER-ROW. --- 834. LONDON: PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES, Duke-street, Lambeth. THE PARK AND THE PADDOCK. =A Tale.= BY HARRIET MARTINEAU. LONDON: CHARLES FOX, 67, PATERNOSTER-ROW. --- 834. CONTENTS. CHAP. PAGE 1. Pride of Patrimony 1 2. Patrimonial Appendages 15 3. Clerical Duty 29 4. Clerical Recreations 57 5. Vowed Sisterhood 73 6. Battles at Navarino 105 7. Lounging and Listening 129 8. Characteristics 135 THE PARK AND THE PADDOCK. CHAPTER I. PRIDE OF PATRIMONY.