Author:Harriet Martineau

Harriet Martineau
(1802–1876)

Harriet Martineau

Works

Essays and periodical articles

Series on health in Once a Week

• "The Student: His Health," Series 1, 2 (1860)
• "The Young Lady in Town and Country: Her Health," Series 1, 2 (1860)
• "The Rural Labourer: His Health," Series 1, 2 (1860)
• "The Statesman: His Health," Series 1, 2 (1860)
• "The Maid of All Work: Her Health," Series 1, 2 (1860)
• "The Policeman: His Health," Series 1, 2 (1860)
• "The Steel-Grinder: His Health," Series 1, 3 (1860)
• "The Governess: Her Health," Series 1, 3 (1860)
• "The Artist: His Health," Series 1, 3 (1860)
• "The Baker: His Health," Series 1, 3 (1860)
• "The Needlewoman: Her Health," Series 1, 3 (1860)
• "The Soldier and Sailor: Their Health," Series 1, 4 (1861)
• "The Aged: Their Health," Series 1, 4 (1861)

"Representative Men" and "Representative Women" series in Once a Week, signed "Ingleby Scott" until April 1861

• "The Missionaries: Martyn, Huc, Livingstone, Selwyn," Series 1, 2 (1860)
• "The Puritan Militant, John Brown," Series 1, 2 (1860)
• "The Free Nurse: Catherine Mompesson, Mary Pickard, Florence Nightingale," Series 1, 2 (1860)
• "The Obsolete Statesman: Prince Metternich," Series 1, 2 (1860)
• "The Knight-Adventurer: Rajah Brooke," Series 1, 2 (1860)
• "Monarch-Adventurers: The Bonapartes," Series 1, 2 (1860)
• "Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell," Series 1, 2 (1860)
• "The Natural Philosopher: Faraday," Series 1, 3 (1860)
• "The Scientific Students: Caroline L. Herschel, Sophie Germain, Mrs. Somerville," Series 1, 3 (1860)
• "Physiological Discoverers: Dr. Jenner," Series 1, 3 (1860)
• "Last Champions of Tribes: Cheetoo, Nana Sahib, Schamyl, Abd-El-Kader," Series 1, 3 (1860)
• "Wives: Madame Lavalette, Lady Fanshawe, Mrs. Patton," Series 1, 4 (1861)
• "Courtier-Philosophers: Bacon, Leibnitz, Voltaire, Goethe, Humboldt," Series 1, 4 (1861)
• "Scientific Explorers: Burckhardt, Barth, Franklin," Series 1, 4 (1861)
• "Social Reformers: Pestalozzi, the Combes, Rowland Hill," Series 1, 4 (1861)
• "Social Reformers, II: John Howard, Elizabeth Fry, William Lloyd Garrison," Series 1, 4 (1861)
• "Progressive Statesmen: Canning, Huskisson, Peel," Series 1, 5 (1861)
• "Merchants: The Polos, Sir Josiah Child, Sir Dudley North, the Rothschilds, John Jacob Astor," Series 1, 5 (1861)
• "Political Philosophers: Machiavelli, Montesquieu, De Tocqueville," Series 1, 5 (1861)
• "Self-Made Men: Richard Grainger," Series 1, 5 (1861)
• "Richard Grainger (Postscript)," Series 1, 5 (1861)
• "The Soldier: The Maccabees, Wallenstein, the Napiers," Series 1, 5 (1861)
• "Political Agitators: Rienzi, Cade, Lafayette, O'Connell, Mazzini, John Bright," Series 1, 5 (1861)
• "Men of Letters: Abelard, Petrarch, the Scaligers, Herder, Gibbon," Series 1, 6 (1862)

"The Months" series in Once a Week, unsigned

• "April," Series 1, 2 (1860)
• "May," Series 1, 2 (1860)
• "June," Series 1, 2 (1860)
• "July," Series 1, 3 (1860)
• "August," Series 1, 3 (1860)
• "Kindling the Need Fire," Series 1, 3 (1860)
• "September," Series 1, 3 (1860)
• "October," Series 1, 3 (1860)
• "November," Series 1, 3 (1860)
• "December," Series 1, 3 (1860)
• "January," Series 1, 4 (1861)
• "February," Series 1, 4 (1861)
• "March," Series 1, 4 (1861)

Series on life in the U.S.A. in Once a Week, signed "A Son of the Pilgrims"

• "Life at Charleston: In Quiet Times," Series 1, 4 (1861)
• "Life on an Alabama Plantation," Series 1, 4 (1861)
• "Life in Illinois," Series 1, 4 (1861)
• "Life in Massachusetts," Series 1, 4 (1861)

"Last Week" series in Once a Week, unsigned

• March 30, 1861, Series 1, 4 (1861)
• Apr 6, 1861, Series 1, 4 (1861)
• April 13, 1861, Series 1, 4 (1861)
• April 20, 1861, Series 1, 4 (1861)
• April 27, 1861, Series 1, 4 (1861)
• May 4, 1861, Series 1, 4 (1861)
• May 11, 1861, Series 1, 4 (1861)
• May 8, 1861, Series 1, 4 (1861)
• May 25, 1861, Series 1, 4 (1861)
• June 1, 1861, Series 1, 4 (1861)
• June 8, 1861, Series 1, 4 (1861)
• June 15, 1861, Series 1, 4 (1861)
• June 22, 1861, Series 1, 4 (1861)

Other

• Devotional Exercises: Consisting of Reflections and Prayers, for the Use of Young Persons (1825) IA
• Traditions of Palestine (1830)
• "The Education of the Human Race" in The Monthly Repository (1830)
• "Essay on the Proper Use of the Prospective Faculty" in The Monthly Repository (1830)
• The Essential Faith of the Universal Church: Deduced from the Sacred Records (1833) IA
• The Faith as Unfolded by Many Prophets: An Essay (1833) IA
• "Some Autobiographical Particulars of Miss Harriet Martineau" in The Monthly Repository (1833)
• Prize Essays (1833) IA
• Poor Laws and Paupers Illustrated (1833) IA 1, IA 2
• The Tendency of Strikes and Sticks to produce low Wages (1834)
• Illustrations of Political Economy (1834) IA 1, IA 2, IA 3, IA 4, IA 5, IA 6, IA 7, IA 8, IA 9
• Illustrations of Taxation (1834) Internet Archive identifier: illustrationsta00martgoog, Internet Archive identifier: illustrationsta01martgoog
• Miscellanies (1836) IA 1, IA 2
• Society in America (1837) IA 1, IA 2
• Retrospect of Western Travel (1838) IA 1, IA 2, IA 3
• How to Observe: Morals and Manners (1838) IA
• The Martyr Age of the United States [a pamphlet] (1838) IA
• Biographical sketches, 1869 IA
• "Ill Temper" in The Irish Penny Journal, January 2, 1841 IA
• "Speed on Railways" in The Irish Penny Journal, March 6, 1841 IA
• Life in the Sick-Room (1844) IA
• Letters on Mesmerism (1845) IA
• Eastern Life: Present and Past (1848) (external scans (multiple parts): 1, 2, 3)
• The History of England During the Thirty Years' Peace: 1816-1846 (1849 IA 1, IA 2
• Household Education (1849) IA
• Letters on the Laws of Man's Nature and Development, with Henry George Atkinson (1851) IA
• Letters from Ireland, published in the Daily News in summer of 1852, then in book form (1852) IA
• trans.: The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte (1853) IA 1, IA 2, IA 3
• "Deaf Mutes" in Household Words, 9 (209) (1854)
• "Idiots Again" in Household Words, 9 (212) (1854)
• "Three Graces of Christian Science" in Household Words, 9 (217) (1854)
• A Complete Guide to the English Lakes (1855) IA
• The Factory Controversy; a warning against meddling legislation (1855)
• Social Physics: From the Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte (1856) IA
• British Rule in India: A Historical Sketch (1857) IA
• The 'Manifest Destiny' of the American Union (1857) IA
• Suggestions Towards the Future Government of India (1858) IA
• "Our Farm of Two Acres" in Once a Week, Series 1, 1 (1859)
• "River Scenes in China" in Once a Week, Series 1, 1 (1859)
• "Herod in the Nineteenth Century" in Once a Week, Series 1, 1 (1859)
• "School for Life or Death" in Once a Week, Series 1, 1 (1859)
• "Follies in Food" in Once a Week, Series 1, 1 (1859)
• "How to Learn to Swim" in Once a Week, Series 1, 1 (1859)
• "The Cook or the Doctor?" in Once a Week, Series 1, 1 (1859)
• "Dress and Its Victims" in Once a Week, Series 1, 1 (1859)
• "The Swimming-School for Women at Paris," signed "V.", in Once a Week, Series 1, 1 (1859)
• "Home or Hospital" in Once a Week, Series 1, 1 (1859)
• "'England Expects Every Man to Do His Duty,'" signed "Ingleby Scott", in Once a Week, Series 1, 1 (1859)
• "Woman's Battle-Field" in Once a Week, Series 1, 1 (1859)
• "Insurrection at Harper's Ferry," signed "Ingleby Scott", in Once a Week, Series 1, 1 (1859)
• "Self-Murder" in Once a Week, Series 1, 1 (1859)
• "Learning to Swim," signed "A Traveller", in Once a Week, Series 1, 1 (1859)
• "A Death-Watch Worth Dreading" in Once a Week, Series 1, 2 (1859)
• "Lord Macaulay," signed "Ingleby Scott", in Once a Week, Series 1, 2 (1860)
• "The Cost of Cottages" in Once a Week, Series 1, 2 (1860)
• "The European Difficulty," signed "Ingleby Scott", in Once a Week, Series 1, 2 (1860)
• "The Training of Nurses" in Once a Week, Series 1, 3 (1860)
• "The Weather and the Price of Food" in Once a Week, Series 1, 3 (1860)
• Health, Husbandry, and Handicraft (1861) IA
• "Deaths by Fire," signed "From the Mountain", in Once a Week, Series 1, 5 (1861)
• "The Fourth of July, 1861," signed "From the Mountain", in Once a Week, Series 1, 5 (1861)
• "What Women Are Educated For," signed "From the Mountain", in Once a Week, Series 1, 5 (1861)
• "American Soldiering," signed "From the Mountain", in Once a Week, Series 1, 5 (1861)
• "The Harvest," signed "From the Mountain", in Once a Week, Series 1, 5 (1861)
• "Ireland and Her Queen," signed "From the Mountain", in Once a Week, Series 1, 5 (1861)
• "The Domestic Service Question," signed "From the Mountain", in Once a Week, Series 1, 5 (1861)
• "Education: The Racing Season," signed "From the Mountain", in Once a Week, Series 1, 5 (1861)
• "New Phase of the American Strife," signed "From the Mountain", in Once a Week, Series 1, 5 (1861)
• "The Last Sheffield Outrages," signed "From the Mountain", in Once a Week, Series 1, 5 (1861)
• "The Coming Year" in Once a Week, Series 1, 6 (1861)
• "Much Right and Much Wrong," signed "From the Mountain", in Once a Week, Series 1, 6 (1862)
• "The Slave Difficulty in America," signed "From the Mountain", in Once a Week, Series 1, 6 (1862)
• "A New Britain in the West," signed "From the Mountain", in Once a Week, Series 1, 6 (1862)
• "A Few Hallucinations," signed "From the Mountain", in Once a Week, Series 1, 6 (1862)
• "Wives and Sisters: How They Opine," signed "From the Mountain", in Once a Week, Series 1, 6 (1862)
• "Mr. Pierce's Ten Thousand Clients," signed "From the Mountain", in Once a Week, Series 1, 6 (1862)
• "Where the Flag, There the Family," signed "From the Mountain", in Once a Week, Series 1, 6 (1862)
• "What May Come of the Exhibition, 1862," signed "From the Mountain", in Once a Week, Series 1, 6 (1862)
• "Seedtime and Harvest," signed "From the Mountain", in Once a Week, Series 1, 6 (1862)
• "Abolition of Slavery in the District of Columbia," signed "From the Mountain", in Once a Week, Series 1, 6 (1862)
• "The Fens and Their Fickleness," signed "From the Mountain", in Once a Week, Series 1, 6 (1862)
• "A Question of Democratic Ability," signed "From the Mountain", in Once a Week, Series 1, 6 (1862)
• "Royal Espousals," signed "From the Mountain", in Once a Week, Series 1, 7 (1862)
• "The Tribulation of Russia," signed "From the Mountain", in Once a Week, Series 1, 7 (1862)
• "The English Boy of the Future," signed "From the Mountain", in Once a Week, Series 1, 7 (1862)
• "Join Hands—Leave Nobody Out," signed "From the Mountain", in Once a Week, Series 1, 7 (1862)
• "The National Loaf and Purse in 1863," signed "From the Mountain", in Once a Week, Series 1, 7 (1862)
• "England's Welcome to the Dane," signed "From the Mountain", in Once a Week, Series 1, 7 (1862)
• "Help for the 'Workies,'" signed "From the Mountain,"Series 1, 7 (1862)
• "A Season of Unreason," signed "From the Mountain", in Once a Week, Series 1, 7 (1862)
• "Forethought for Winter Nights," signed "From the Mountain", in Once a Week, Series 1, 7 (1862)
• "The Apostle of Exigency," signed "From the Mountain", in Once a Week, Series 1, 7 (1862)
• "A New Kind of Wilful Murder," signed "From the Mountain", in Once a Week, Series 1, 8 (1863)
• "Private Economy," signed "From the Mountain", in Once a Week, Series 1, 8 (1863)
• "Prince Alfred's Romance," signed "From the Mountain", in Once a Week, Series 1, 8 (1863)
• "Four Pashas of Egypt," signed "From the Mountain", in Once a Week, Series 1, 8 (1863)
• "The Wilful Murder Case: Pleas for the Defence," signed "From the Mountain", in Once a Week, Series 1, 8 (1863)
• "A Foreign Sneer at England," signed "From the Mountain", in Once a Week, Series 1, 8 (1863)
• "Liberty of Private Charity," signed "From the Mountain", in Once a Week, Series 1, 8 (1863)
• "A British Friendship," signed "From the Mountain", in Once a Week, Series 1, 8 (1863)
• "Old and New Flittings," signed "From the Mountain", in Once a Week, Series 1, 8 (1863)
• "Invasion of 1863: A Call for Volunteer Defence," signed "From the Mountain", in Once a Week, Series 1, 8 (1863)
• "The War Instinct: What to Do with It," signed "From the Mountain", in Once a Week, Series 1, 8 (1863)
• "The Old Secret Out at Last," signed "From the Mountain", in Once a Week, Series 1, 8 (1863)
• "Old and New Times for the Hindoo," signed "From the Mountain", in Once a Week, Series 1, 9 (1863)
• "What Next for Christendom?," signed "From the Mountain", in Once a Week, Series 1, 9 (1863)
• "Our Legacy from Mary Ann Walkley," signed "From the Mountain", in Once a Week, Series 1, 9 (1863)
• "Mock Diplomacy," unsigned, in Once a Week, Series 1, 9 (1863)
• "Florence Nightingale's Latest Charity," signed "From the Mountain", in Once a Week, Series 1, 9 (1863)
• Letter to William Lloyd Garrison [manuscript] (1863) IA
• "An Industrial Chance for Gentlewomen," signed "From the Mountain", in Once a Week, Series 1, 9 (1863)
• "The Merits of Half-and-Half Training," signed "From the Mountain", in Once a Week, Series 1, 9 (1863)
• "The Rural Vermin Question," signed "From the Mountain", in Once a Week, Series 1, 9 (1863)
• "Gold, Bread, and Something More," signed "From the Mountain", in Once a Week, Series 1, 9 (1863)
• "Modern Old Age," signed "From the Mountain", in Once a Week, Series 1, 9 (1863)
• "The Rousing of the Nations," signed "From the Mountain", in Once a Week, Series 1, 9 (1863)
• "Memoir of the Earl of Elgin and Kincardine," in the Daily News, December 12, 1863 IA
• Harriet Martineau's Autobiography, edited by Maria Weston Chapman (1877) IA 1, IA 2, IA 3

Fiction

• Principle and Practice; or, The Orphan Family (1827) IA
• "True Worshippers: A Tale" in The Monthly Repository (1830)
• Five Years of Youth; or, Sense and Sentiment (1830) IA
• "Solitude and Society: A Tale" in The Monthly Repository (1830)
• "The Early Sowing: A Tale" in The Monthly Repository (1831)
• "Liese, or The Progress of Worship: A Tale" in The Monthly Repository (1832)
• The Hill and the Valley: A Tale (1832) IA
• Deerbrook: A Novel (1839) IA 1, IA 2, IA 3
• The Hour and the Man: A Historical Romance (1839) IA 1, IA 2
• The Peasant and the Prince: A Story of the French Revolution (1841) IA
• Feats on the Fiord: A Tale of Norway (1841) IA
  • Feats on the Fjord, illustrated by Arthur Rackham (1899) (start transcription)
• The Crofton Boys: A Tale (1842) IA
• Berkeley the Banker, or Bank Notes and Bullion: A Tale for the Times (1843) IA 1, IA 2
• Forest and Game-Law Tales (1845) IA 1, IA 2, IA 3
• Life in the Wilds, or The South African Settlement: A Tale for Young and Old (1845) IA
• Dawn Island: A Tale (1845) IA
• The Billow and the Rock: A Tale (1846) IA
• The Sickness and Health of the People of Bleaburn, serialized in Household Words in 1850, book publication 1853 IA
• "The Home of Woodruffe the Gardener" in Household Words, 2 (22-24) (1850)
• "The Ghost That Appeared to Mrs. Wharton" in Household Words, 2 (32) (1850)
• "The Marsh Fog and the Sea Breeze" in Household Words, 3 (55-56) (1851)
• "A Real Sister of Charity" in Household Words, 3 (65) (1851)
• "The Deaf Playmate's Story" in Household Words, 6 (Christmas Number) (1852)
• The Settlers at Home (1853) IA
• Sketches from Life (1856) IA
• "Sister Anna's Probation," in Once a Week, Series 1, 6 (1862)
• "The Anglers of the Dove," in Once a Week, Series 1, 7 (1862)
• "The Hampdens," in Once a Week, Series 1, 8 (1863)
• "Son Christopher," in Once a Week, Series 1, 9 (1863)

Works about Martineau

• "Miss Harriet Martineau," in The Maclise Portrait-Gallery, by William Bates, illustrated by Daniel Maclise, London: Chatto and Windus (1883)
• "Martineau, Harriet," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
• "Martineau, Harriet," in Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography, New York: D. Appleton and Co. (1891)
• "Martineau, Harriet," in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons (1910)
• "Martineau, Harriet," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Martineau, Harriet," in The New Student's Reference Work, Chicago: F.E. Compton and Co. (1914)