ESSAYS

ON

SOCIAL SUBJECTS

FROM

THE SATURDAY REVIEW

"That man sat down to write a book to tell the world what the world

had all his life been telling him"

WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS

EDINBURGH AND LONDON

MDCCCLXIV

The Right of Translation is reserved

ADVERTISEMENT.

THE following Essays by a Contributor to the 'Saturday Review' are reprinted without alteration. Though not inserted in the order of their first appearance, no system of arrangement has been attempted; nor is system practicable, where the only connection between different subjects is to be found in all being treated from the point of view of a single writer's personal experience.

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