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CRITICAL MISCELLANIES

JOHN MORLEY

VOL. III.

ESSAY 6: HARRIET MARTINEAU

London

MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED

NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

1904

HARRIET MARTINEAU.

Introductory 175

Early days 178

Literary ordeal 180

Success of the Tales on Political Economy 181

Her feeling, not literary, but truly social 182

London Society (1832) 184

Character of her judgments on Men 187

The Whigs 188

Carlyle's influence 189

Interest in American slavery 192

Her first novel 194

The Atkinson Letters 196

Her new religious opinions 197

Eastern travels 199

Retirement to the Lakes 200

Her manner of life 202

Translation of Comte 204

Her right estimate of literary work 205