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."

BOSTON
TICKNOR AND FIELDS

UNIVERSITY PRESS:

WELCH, BIGELOW, AND COMPANY,

CAMBRIDGE.

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.