Martin eau

(Harriet), b. Norwich 12 June, 1803, descended from a Huguenot family. Brought up as a Unitarian, she began writing Devotional Exercises for Young Persons, and, taking to literature as a means of living, distinguished herself by popularisations of political economy. The Letters on the Laws of Man’s Nature and Development , which pa ed between her and H. G. At kins on, appeared in ’51, and disclosed her advance to the Positivist school of Thought. In ’53 she i ued a condensed account of Comte’s philosophy. She wrote a History of England during the Thirty Years’ Peace , and numerous other works. Died at Amble side 27 June, 1876. Her Autobiography , published after her death, shows the full extent of her unbelief.