THE 



LOGIC OF CHANCE 



AN ESSAY 



ON THE FOUNDATIONS AND PROVINCE OF 

 THE THEORY OF PROBABILITY, 



WITH ESPECIAL REFERENCE TO ITS LOGICAL BEARINGS 

 AND ITS APPLICATION TO 



MORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE, AND TO STATISTICS, 



BY 



JOHN VENN, Sc.D., F.R.S., 



FELLOW AND LECTURER IN THE MORAL SCIENCES, GONVILLE AND CAIUS COLLEGE, 



CAMBRIDGE. 



LATE EXAMINER IN LOGIC AND MORAL PHILOSOPHY IN THE 

 UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. 



&quot;So careful of the type she seems 

 So careless of the single life.&quot; 



THIRD EDITION, HE-WRITTEN AND ENLARGED. 



ILonfcon : 

 MACMILLAN AND CO. 



AND NEW YORK 

 1888 



[All Eights reserved.] 





