Modern Science Essayist -Catalogue Continued. 



The lecturers in this collection present the theory of evolution instructively and 

 attractively. — Host on Globe. 



A glance will sufficiently indicate the admirable skill and thought that have been 

 brought to bear upon these subjects.— Boston Saturday Evening Gazette. 



There is nothing weak or commonplace in these discussions.— ( 7/ a rleston (S. C.) News. 



All these papers are full of thought, presented in clear language, and in an admir- 

 able spirit. — Religio-Ph ilosoph ical Journal. 



22. Evolution of the State. The growth of political institutions; 

 the patriarchal family ; the tribe and clan ; the ancient citv ; monarchical and 

 representative governments ; constitutions — written and unwritten ; the Amer- 

 ican Republic — its success and its dangers; evils of municipal government; 

 what final form will the State assume ? 



By John A. Taylor. 



23. Evolution of Law. How law begins; statute law and judge-made 

 law; the conversion of customs into law; religious sanctions; legal fictions ; 

 the development of equity jurisprudence; the common law; legislation; the 

 codification of laws ; laws for the collection of debts ; personal rights under 

 the law. 



By Prof. Rufits Sheldon. 



24. Evolution of Medical Science. Supernatural ideas of disease; 

 fetishism in medicine ; the beginnings of medical science ; Pvthagoras and Hip- 

 pocrates, Celsus and Galen ; Christianity and medical science ; the Mohammeand 

 influence; homeopathy and allopathy; foods and poisons; the development of 

 surgery, anatomy, physiology, chemistry and pharmacy; bacteriology; the 

 growth of sanitary science. 



By Kobt. G. Eccles, M.D., author of "The Evolution of Mind," "The 

 Relativity of Knowledge," etc. 



25. Evolution of Anns and Armor. The necessity for arms and 

 armor under the struggle for existence ; Nature's two methods — among animals, 

 plants, men, nations ; how arms and armor have led to the industrial arts ; to a 

 higher manhood; to co-operative effort; to individualism; the weapons of 

 thought; our National policy as regards defenses; the two methods in religion, 

 morals, law, social safety ; on this rude stalk the flower at last of universal peace. 



By John C. Kimball. 



2(>. Evolution of the Mechanic Arts. Development of the human 

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

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

 mechanics to mental evolution ; the genesis of invention ; patents and patent- 

 laws; inventions in agriculture and manufactures; have they benefited the 

 laboring classes ? 

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



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

 economic characteristics of the wages system ; wages the outgrowth of slavery ; 

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

 ment, social freedom, and a progressive civilization ; to the welfare and progress 

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

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

 social reform. 



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

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



28. Education as a Factor in Cicilization. The heginnino-s of edu- 

 cation; early methods in Egypt, Persia, China, Greece and Rome; eany Chris- 

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

 system; influence of Comenius, Pestalozzi and Froebel ; 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 How. 



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