The Whistler at the Plough: Containing Travels, Statistics, and Descriptions of Scenery and Agricultural Customs in most parts of England

Alexander Somerville

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511693977

The Whistler at the Plough

Containing Travels, Statistics, and Descriptions of Scenery and Agricultural Customs in most parts of England

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Alexander Somerville (1811–85) was an extraordinary figure, notorious in his own lifetime for his espousal of political reform. The youngest child of impoverished farmers from the Scottish border country, he was the last soldier to be flogged publicly in Britain, after openly stating that his regiment would not fire on Reform agitators. In his subsequent journalistic career his stance was influenced by his concern that violent revolution would inevitably be crushed and so lead to greater suffering among the working class, and he therefore supported the less radical reform movement urged by Cobden. He was a passionate opponent of the Corn Laws, and The Whistler at the Plough (published in 1852) is a collection of his letters and essays for the Anti-Corn-Law League, based on information gathered during his own travels around the country. The volume also contains his eyewitness account of the Irish famine of 1847.

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Frontmatter
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INTRODUCTION
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NOTES FROM THE FARMING DISTRICTS
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THE HISTORY OF THE OLD WOMAN WHO LIVED IN A SHOE
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LETTERS FROM IRELAND DURING THE FAMINE OF 1847
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INDEX TO THE WHISTLEE AT THE PLOUGH
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INDEX TO LETTERS FROM IRELAND
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The Whistler at the Plough

Containing Travels, Statistics, and Descriptions of Scenery and Agricultural Customs in most parts of England

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

INTRODUCTION
pp 1-8

NOTES FROM THE FARMING DISTRICTS
pp 9-176

THE HISTORY OF THE OLD WOMAN WHO LIVED IN A SHOE
pp 176-432

LETTERS FROM IRELAND DURING THE FAMINE OF 1847
pp 433-624

INDEX TO THE WHISTLEE AT THE PLOUGH
pp 625-630

INDEX TO LETTERS FROM IRELAND
pp 631-632

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Containing Travels, Statistics, and Descriptions of Scenery and Agricultural Customs in most parts of England

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Contents

Frontmatter pp i-iv

INTRODUCTION pp 1-8

NOTES FROM THE FARMING DISTRICTS pp 9-176

THE HISTORY OF THE OLD WOMAN WHO LIVED IN A SHOE pp 176-432

LETTERS FROM IRELAND DURING THE FAMINE OF 1847 pp 433-624

INDEX TO THE WHISTLEE AT THE PLOUGH pp 625-630

INDEX TO LETTERS FROM IRELAND pp 631-632

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

INTRODUCTION
pp 1-8

NOTES FROM THE FARMING DISTRICTS
pp 9-176

THE HISTORY OF THE OLD WOMAN WHO LIVED IN A SHOE
pp 176-432

LETTERS FROM IRELAND DURING THE FAMINE OF 1847
pp 433-624

INDEX TO THE WHISTLEE AT THE PLOUGH
pp 625-630

INDEX TO LETTERS FROM IRELAND
pp 631-632