Modem Science Essayist --Catalogue Continued. 



The lectures are entertaining and instructive. Albany Argus. 



26. Evolution of the Mechanic Arts. Development of the lmm;m 

 hand; the earliest use of implements and tools ; man's mechanical striMituroaiwl 

 adaptation for work; the psychology of the mechanic arts; the relation tti 

 mechanics to mental evolution ; the genesis of invention ; patents anil i);i.tent- 

 laws; inventions in agriculture and manufactures; have they benefiti'tl the 

 laboring classes ? 



By James A. Skilton, author of "The Evolution of Society." 



27. Evolution of the Wages System. The definition of wages; 

 economic characteristics of the wages system ; wages the outgrovrth ol slavery ; 

 origin and development of the wages system; its relation to material injpiove-' 

 ment, social freedom, and a progressive civilization ; to the welfare and progn^w 

 of the laboring classes ; the factory system ; importance of stipulated inronies ; 

 the wages system compared with Nationalism and Socialism; its relation to 

 social reform. 



By Prof. Geokge Gunton, author of "Wealth and Progress," "Prin- 

 ciples of Social Economics," "Economic Heresies of Henry George," etc. 



28. Education as a Factor in Ciinlization. The beginnings of edu- 

 cation; early methods in Egypt, Persia, China, Greece and Rome; eariy <;iu-if- 

 tian ideas of education; Catholic and Protestant views: the common -school 

 system; inlluence of Comenius, Pestalozzi and Froebe! ; the kindergarten; 

 manual training; education and crime ; the university ; classical and scientific 

 studies ; the higher education of women ; co-education ; the future of our 

 educational system. 



By Miss Caroline B. Le Row. 



29. Evolution and Social Eeform: I. The Theological Method. 



Religion the formative principle of social growth ; its relation to Socialism ; 

 theological morality; influence of Christianity on social development; New Ties- 

 tament ideas of marriage and wealth ; early Christian Socialism ; monasticjs'ni ; 

 influence of the Jews and Mohammedans ; the church and industrialism ; usiiry 

 or interest; the church and slavery ; alms-giving and pauperism; the eiVect of 

 preaching on character; repentance, conversion and atonement; the religious 

 method the method of jjcrsonal character. 

 By Rev. John W. Ciiadwick. author of "Evolution as Related to Relig- 

 ious Tliought," " Charles Robert Darwin," etc. 



30. Evolution and Social Reform : II. The Socialistic Method. 



Communism, Socialism and Nationalism ; the methods defined ; origin of iiw'vr 

 modern phases ; tendencies of Socialism to militantism ; State-Socialism ; tlie 

 doctrine of equality of earnings; equality rs. liberty ; Mr. Bellamy's theory crit- 

 icized; Henry (Jeorge and the "single-tax" ; the injustice of land-confiscation; 

 relation of laiid- values to the value of improvements ; socialistic schemes artificial, 

 not organic; profit-sharing and voluntary co-operation; opportunism. 

 By WiLi-iAM Potts, author of "Evolution of Vegetal Life." 



31. Evolution and Social Reform : III. The Anarchistic MetliOil. 



Anarchy regarded as a science ; its opposition to government by physical lorcf; 

 its methods not revolutionarj' but evolutionary ; anarchism in social custnni^' ; 

 its economic i)rinciples; involuntary poverty, its caiises and cure; injtisti>' fif 

 rent, interest and i)rofits ; social i)arasites ; anarchism and the ballot; its ii<>tbf>d 

 that of education and peaceful propagandism ; its ideal that of mutualinm 

 between free individuals. 

 By Hugh O. Pentecost, editor of The Ticentieth Century. 



32. Evolution and Social Reform : IV. The Scientific Method. 



The scientific method based on the uniformity of Nature ; the polarity of Individ- 

 ualism and Socialism; the psychological argument ; necessity for govern n it iifcil 

 limitation ; the scientific method as distinguished from the theological, tbe ^iicial- 

 istie and the anarchistic; it advocates the golden mean; it cultivates individual 

 independence ; its relation to education and ethical cidture. 

 By Daniel Gkeenleaf Thompson, author of "A System of Psychol- 

 ogy," "The Problem of Evil," "Herbert Spencer," etc. 



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