Excerpt from Essays in Political Economy The following passage in a letter from Mr. Morley, the distinguished Editor of the Fortnightly Review, accepting a proposal of the Essay on Auvergne in this volume, shows how cordially Mr. Mill welcomed such investigations at a time when they were coldly regarded by the majority of English economists September 17, 1874. N 0 letter could have given me more pleasure than one containing such a proposal as yours. A long time ago, Mr. Mill said to me that no one wrote accounts at once so instructive and so interesting as your narratives of your foreign visits. Believe, therefore, how heartily I shall veilcome your Paper on Auvergne for mv November number. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.