Works of Herbert Spencer published by 1). App*.eton t0 Co. 



ESSAYS: 



MORAL, POLITICAL, AND ESTHETIC. 



In one Volume. Large ISmo. 386 pa^es. 



CONTENTS: 



I. The PhUosophy of Style, 

 IE. Over-Legislation. 

 m. Morals of Trade. 

 IV. Personal Beauty. 

 V. Representative Government. 

 VI. Prison-Ethics. 



VII. Railway Morals and Railway Policy. 

 VIH. Gracefulness. 



IX. State Tamper-ings with Money and Banks. 

 X. Reform ; the Dangers and the Safeguards. 



14 These Essays form a new, and if we are not mistaken, a most popular installment 

 tit the intellectual benefactions of that earnest writer and profound philosopher, Her 

 bert Spencer. There is a remarkable union of the speculative and practical in these 

 papers. They are the fruit of studies alike economical and psychological ; they touch 

 the problems of the passing- hour, and they grasp truths of universal application ; they 

 will be found as instructive to the general reader as interesting to political and social 

 students.&quot; Boston Transcript. 



* These Essays exhibit on almost every page the powers of an independent human 

 itarian thinker. Mr. Spencer s ethics are rigid, his political views liberalistic, and his 

 aim is the production oi the highest earthly good.&quot; MetJwdist Quarterly Review. 



&quot; It abounds iu the results of the sharp observation, the wide reach of knowledge, 

 and the capacity to write clearly, forcibly, and pointedly, for which this writer is pre 

 eminent. The subjects are all such as concern us most intimately, and they are treated 

 with admirable tact and knowledge. The first essay on the Philosophy of Style is 

 worth the cost of the volume; it would be & deed of charity to print it by itself, and 

 send it to the editor of every newspaper in the land.&quot; New Englander. 



&quot; Spencer is continually gaining ground with Americans ; he makes a book for our 

 more serious moods. His remarks npon legislation, upon the nature of political insti 

 tutions and of their fundamental principles; his elucidation of those foundation truths 

 which control the policy of government, are of peculiar value to the American stu 

 dent.&quot; Boston Post. 



&quot; This volume will receive the applause of every serious reader tor the profound 

 earnestness and thoroughness with which its views are elaborated, the infinite scientific 

 knowledge brought to bear on every question, and the acute and subtle thinking dis 

 played in every chapter.&quot; N. W. Christian Advocate, 



&quot;A more instructive, suggestive, and stimulating volume has not reached as ins 

 3ng tlmo,&quot; Pi evidence Journal. 



