Works of Uerbcri Spencer publuJud by D. App don it V«. 



ESSAYS: 



MORAL, POLITICAL, AND ESTIIEriC. 



In one Voltime. liargre 12mo. 386 pafrea. 



contests: 

 I. The Philosophy of Style. 

 II. Ovcr-Lcfrislation. 



III. Morals of Trade. 



IV. Personal Beauty. 



V. Representative Government 

 VI. Prison-Ethics. 



VII. Railway Morals and Railway Policy. 

 VIII. Gracefulness. 

 IX. State Tamperings with Money and Banks. 

 X. Reform ; the Dangers and the Safeguards. 



" These Kssays form a new, and if we arc not misuiken, a most popular Lnstallmenl 

 sf the intellectual benefactions of that earnest writer anil profound philosopher, Her- 

 bert Spencer. There ia a remarkaMo union of the speculative and practicil in thee* 

 papers. They arc 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 founu as instructive to the general reader as interesting to political and 3<icial 

 et ude n t s." — JJoslon Tra m«c ript. 



••These Essays exhibit on a;nQost every iia^re the powers of an independent human. 

 Itiirian thinker. ^Ir. Spencer's ethics are rigid, his political views libenilistic, and hi* 

 kim is the production ol the highest eai-thly good." — JletJiodUt Quarterly Jleview. 



"It abounds iij the results of the sharp observation, the wide reach of ktnwledgei, 

 and the capacity to write clearly, forcibly, and pointedly, for which this wiitef 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 \t 

 Worth tlie cost of the volume; it would be a deed of charity to print It by itself^ and 

 •end it to the editor of every newsp.iper in the land." — Keio Eiigkinder. 



"Spencer is continually gaining ground with Americans; he makes a book fbr oil: 

 more serious moods. His remarks upon legislation, upon the nature of political lu»ti- 

 tutlons and of their fundamental principles; his elucidation of those foundation trutli* 

 wliich control the policy of government, are of peculiar value to the American stii 

 dcnV—IloKlon Post. 



"ITiis volume will receive the applause of every serious reader tor the profound 

 earnestness and thoroughness with which its views arc flaborated, the infinite scientlfle 

 knowledge brought to bear on every question, and the acute and subtle tblukjng 'U»- 

 Vrtfcycd In every chapter."— A'. W. Christian Advocate. 



"A more In«tructivo, suggestive, and stimulating volume has net r«acDed on t» • 

 Mn tlmo." — PiociJence Journiu. 



