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The Project Gutenberg EBook of Principle and Practice, by Harriet Martineau This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: Principle and Practice The Orphan Family Author: Harriet Martineau Release Date: October 20, 2007 [EBook #23131] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK PRINCIPLE AND PRACTICE *** Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England Principle and Practice, the Orphan Family, by Harriet Martineau. ________________________________________________________________________ This book was written in the earliest part of the nineteenth century, and its author was only in her twenties when she wrote it. Basically the story illustrates how at that time an ordinary decent family, perhaps with its finances already a bit stretched with the effort of educating several children, would be completely ruined if the wage-earner were to die. If there was any income at all it might be reckoned in tens of pounds a year, and the greatest economy would have to be exercised to make this go round. Anyone in the family group who was able to earn a little did their best to do so. For instance one of the girls might be able to draw attractively, and could sell some of her pictures; another might be able to create nice useful items; another might be able to teach the younger children, thus avoiding the expense of sending them to school. It was lucky if there was a wealthy friend or relative who was prepared to pay for the education of one of the boys, to the stage where he could in turn become a wage-earner. Miss Martineau followed this book up with several more on such politico-economic themes, and indeed made her name in this way by the time she was thirty. As so often with Miss Martineau there is a large cast: family members, friends, relations; and unless you spend some time listing them you may well not get the full impact of this book. ________________________________________________________________________ PRINCIPLE AND PRACTICE, THE ORPHAN FAMILY, BY HARRIET MARTINEAU. CHAPTER ONE. Let none sit down to read this little tale, whose interest can only be excited by the relation of uncommon circumstances, of romantic
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