Excerpt from Novels and Tales, Vol. 5 of 7: Mary Barton and Other Tales Mary Barton which was published in 1848 was one of the first sociological novels in the language. In its day it did not a little to bring into closer and more sympathetic relations the factory hands and the governing classes, and its influence for good was made widespread through its translation into many tongues. 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.