OF _TAXATION._ --------------------- No. V. THE SCHOLARS OF ARNESIDE. =A Tale.= BY HARRIET MARTINEAU. --------------------- LONDON: CHARLES FOX, 67, PATERNOSTER-ROW. --- 831. LONDON: PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES, Duke Street, Lambeth. THE SCHOLARS OF ARNESIDE. =A Tale.= BY HARRIET MARTINEAU. --------------------- LONDON: CHARLES FOX, 67, PATERNOSTER-ROW. --- 834. PREFACE. In treating of some of our methods of Taxation, it has been my object to show that they are unjust, odious and unprofitable, to a degree which could never be experienced under a system of simple, direct taxation. Believing that such a system must be finally and generally adopted, I have endeavoured to do the little in my power towards preparing and stimulating the public mind to make the demand. If I had consulted my own convenience, and the value of my little books as literary productions, I should have written less rapidly than I have done. My conviction was and is, that the best means of satisfying the interest of my readers on such a subject as I had chosen, was to publish monthly. I am now about to compensate for my much speaking by a long silence. It costs me some pain to say this: but the great privilege of human life,—that of looking forward, is for ever at hand for stimulus and solace; and I already pass over the few years of preparation, and contemplate the time when, better qualified for their service, I may greet my readers again. H. M. _July 1st, 1834._ CONTENTS.