HARRIET MARTINEAU.

BOSTON:
JORDAN, SWIFT & WILEY.
1845.



CONTENTS.

Introduction. By the English Editor[5]
Abby's Year in Lowell[21]
The First Wedding in Salmagundi[28]
"Bless, and curse not"[32]
Ancient Poetry[33]
The Spirit of Discontent[36]
The Whortleberry Excursion[38]
The Western Antiquities[43]
The Fig Tree[45]
Village Pastors[49]
The Sugar-Making Excursion[61]
Prejudice against Labor[65]
Joan of Arc[73]
Susan Miller[81]
Scenes on the Merrimac[92]
The First Bells[100]
Evening before Pay-Day[108]
The Indian Pledge[118]
The First Dish of Tea[120]
Leisure Hours of the Mill Girls[122]
The Tomb of Washington[136]
Life among Farmers[138]
A Weaver's Reverie[147]
Our Duty to Strangers[150]
Elder Isaac Townsend[152]
Harriet Greenough[153]
Fancy[161]
The Widow's Son[163]
Witchcraft[167]
Cleaning Up[170]
Visits to the Shakers[172]
The Lock of Gray Hair[178]
Lament of the little Hunchback[183]
This World is not our Home[185]
Dignity of Labor[187]
The Village Chronicle[188]
Ambition and Contentment[197]
A Conversation on Physiology[199]