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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 Excerpt: ...his eager good fellowship. One of his names for himself. J Their titles and the dates of their appearance were: -- Fencing with Humanity, April 14th; Death's Cyphering Book, May 12th; Deadly Shafts, June 23rd; More Grist to the Mill, July 28th; and Two Shillings per Horse-Power, September 8th. 1856 MISS MARTINEAU'S ATTACK. 193 limb in factories, and the combination of manufacturers in the North of England in what they are pleasant enough --so runs the second article-- to call a National Association for resistance to the law which requires accidents to be prevented by the fencing of their dangerous machinery.' Hereupon Miss Martineau took up her pen--for the manufacturers. She wrote an essay for the Westminster Review, which, however, declined it on account of its manner of treatment. It was then issued as a pamphlet by the aforesaid National Association of Manufacturers. In this pamphlet Miss Martineau accused Household Words of unscrupulous statements, insolence, arrogance, and cant. She abused Mr. Dickens or his contributor, whom she called his partner in the disgrace, and she charged Dickens personally with conceit, insolence, and wilful one-sidedness. She said, I like courtesy as well as anybody can do; but when vicious legislation and social oppression are upheld by men in high places, the vindication of principle and exposure of the mischief must come before the consideration of private feeling. Vicious legislation meant the provisions of the Factory Law; its enforcement was social oppression! She bade Dickens, if he must give the first place to his idealism and his sensibilities, to confin...

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