Thus, in one way or another, all the new books found their way into the Ballards' home, were read and commented on, even though books were not written so much for commercial purposes then as now, and their writers were looked up to with more respect than criticism.
"The Eye of Dread"
Payne Erskine
Many as are the readers and writers of travels, few women have visited China, and none, save yourself, have such a tale of adventure to relate.
"A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas"
Fanny Loviot
In a preceding chapter I adduced evidence to show how greatly improved the working-class standard of living now is from what it was two hundred years ago, in the good old times socialist writers like to sing of, when men had not yet sought out many inventions and the world was not oppressed by the large system of production.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae
