BIBL

OR,

THE PHILOSOPHY OF HAPPINESS,

PRACTICALLY APPLIED TO THE SOCIAL, POLITICAL, AND

COMMERCIAL RELATIONS OF GREAT BRITAIN.

BY MRS. LOUDON,

AUTHOR OF FIRST LOVE," FORTUNE HUNTING," AND

66 DILEMMAS OF PRIDE."

"A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another."-
ST. JOHN, CHAP. 13, v. 34.

"Taxes upon the necessaries of life, have nearly the same effect upon
the circumstances of the people, as a poor soil and a bad climate.”-

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ADAM SMITH.

LONDON:

EDWARD CHURTON, 26, HOLLES STREET.

CAVENDISH SQUARE.

1835.

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LONDON:

SCHULZE AND CO., 13, POLAND STREET.

TO

EVERY HUMAN BEING ON WHOM GOD HAS BESTOWED THE GIFT

OF REASON, THIS EARNEST APPEAL TO REASON, TO JUSTICE,

TO HONESTY, TO PURE MORALITY ENFORCED BY SACRED OB

LIGATION, TO EVERY NOBLEST SYMPATHY OF HUMANITY, IS,

WITH ARDENT FEELINGS OF GOOD WILL TO ALL, INSCRIBED

3, CLARENDON PLACE, CLARENDON SQUARE,

LEAMINGTON SPA,

WARWICKSHIRE.

MAY 16, 1835.

BY THE AUTHOR.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

Preface and Introduction to the Preliminary View of the Philoso-

phy of Happiness

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CHAPTER I.

Preliminary View of the Philosophy of Happiness

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CHAPTER II.

Onthe Wealth-creating Attributes of Labour and the consequent

Rights of the Labouring or Wealth-creating Classes..

CHAPTER III.

On the Sources of National Wealth.....

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