The Condition and Fate of England. Second edition

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CO 0 F I UK AUT 11 UR I IF THE GLORY -VXD SHAME <l'e' V. Z r, \..\y \, V ( ) | . ;: . .1 >; II G I.AXCi.KY. THE CONDITION AND FATE OP ENGLAND. "We think it would be a vast advantage to the public in general, it ingenious opticians would turn their attention to a remedy for that long sighted benevolence which sweeps the distant horizon for objects of com passion, but is blind as a bat to the wretchedness and destitution abounding at their own doors." — Blackwood. " For a people to be free they have only to will it." BY THE AUTHOR OF "THE GLORY AND SHAME OF ENGLAND." IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. L SECOND EDITION. NEW-YORK: J. &. H. G. LANGLEY, 57 CHATHAM STREET. MDCCCXL1II. Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year 1842, by C. Edwards Lester, in the Clerk's Office ofthe District Court of the Southern District of New York.

STEREOTYPED BY SMITH AND WRIGHT, COR. FULTON AND GOLD STREETS, NKW YORK. 0RA1GHEAD, PRINTER. TO HON. JOHN C. SPENCER, THE FRIEND OF POPULAR EDUCATION, THESE VOLUMES ARE INSCRIBED BY HIS HUMBLE FRIEND, THE AUTHOR. ANALYSIS OF VOLUME I. PAGE Book the first. — The Power and Magnificence of the British Empire, with reference to the feudal age. 15 Book the second. — General Condition of the British People in past ages, their Burdens and Sufferings. - 41 Book the third. — The Present Condition of the British People, and the Burdens which Oppress them. 75 Book the fourth. — The same subject continued, including a short reply to " The Fame and Glory of England Vindicated." ------- 173 Book the fifth. — Some Glances at the Suffering and Crime, the Ignorance and Degradation caused by the Oppressive Burdens laid upon the British People.