LIBERTY AND A LIVING. 



THE PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED. 



IT may be well to say at the outset that by 

 * the word liberty I do not mean idleness, the 

 two having no connection in my mind. By 

 liberty and a living, as contrasted with work 

 and a living, I mean the getting of bread and 

 butter, clothes and shelter for my little ones 

 and myself by the exercise of common skill in 

 gardening, fishing, shooting, and other out-door 

 sports. This entails no anxious work, no tedi- 

 ous grind of routine in dusty towns and musty 

 offices. It is life in the sunshine. It gives 

 bread and butter, and contentment, if not for- 

 tune. It offers health and opportunities for in- 

 tellectual recreation beyond the reach of most 

 men under our present system. Life, to the 

 average man, means hard, anxious work, with 

 disappointment at the end, whereas it ought to 



