Chapter I: Part II: Causes of Force in Language Which Depend Upon Economy of the Mental Sensibilities

i. The Law of Mental Exhaustion and Repair ii. Explanation of Climax, Antithesis, and Anticlimax iii. Need of Variety iv. The Ideal Writer

ESSAYS: SCIENTIFIC, POLITICAL, & SPECULATIVE. VOL. I. By Herbert Spencer

CONTENTS OF VOL. I. PAGE THE DEVELOPMENT HYPOTHESIS 1 PROGRESS: ITS LAW AND CAUSE 8 TRANSCENDENTAL PHYSIOLOGY 63 THE NEBULAR HYPOTHESIS 108 ILLOGICAL GEOLOGY 192 BAIN ON THE EMOTIONS AND THE WILL 241 THE SOCIAL ORGANISM 265 THE ORIGIN OF ANIMAL WORSHIP 308 MORALS AND MORAL SENTIMENTS 331 THE COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY OF MAN 351 MR. MARTINEAU ON EVOLUTION 371 THE FACTORS OF ORGANIC EVOLUTION 389

ESSAYS: SCIENTIFIC, POLITICAL, & SPECULATIVE VOL. II. By Herbert Spencer CONTENTS OF VOL. II. PAGE THE GENESIS OF SCIENCE 1 THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE SCIENCES 74 REASONS FOR DISSENTING FROM THE PHILOSOPHY OF M. COMTE 118 ON LAWS IN GENERAL, AND THE ORDER OF THEIR DISCOVERY 145 THE VALUATION OF EVIDENCE 161 WHAT IS ELECTRICITY? 168 MILL versus HAMILTON-THE TEST OF TRUTH 188 REPLIES TO CRITICISMS 218 PROF. GREEN'S EXPLANATIONS 321 THE PHILOSOPHY OF STYLE 333 USE AND BEAUTY 370 THE SOURCES OF ARCHITECTURAL TYPES 375 GRACEFULNESS 381 PERSONAL BEAUTY 387 THE ORIGIN AND FUNCTION OF MUSIC 400 THE PHYSIOLOGY OF LAUGHTER 452

ESSAYS: SCIENTIFIC, POLITICAL, & SPECULATIVE VOL. III. By Herbert Spencer CONTENTS OF VOL. III PAGE MANNERS AND FASHION 1 RAILWAY MORALS AND RAILWAY POLICY 52 THE MORALS OF TRADE 113 PRISON-ETHICS 152 THE ETHICS OF KANT 192 ABSOLUTE POLITICAL ETHICS 217 OVER-LEGISLATION 229 REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT-WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR? 283 STATE-TAMPERINGS WITH MONEY AND BANKS 326 PARLIAMENTARY REFORM: THE DANGERS AND THE SAFEGUARDS 358 "THE COLLECTIVE WISDOM" 387 POLITICAL FETICHISM 393 SPECIALIZED ADMINISTRATION 401 FROM FREEDOM TO BONDAGE 445 THE AMERICANS 471 THE INDEX.

ILLUSTRATIONS OF UNIVERSAL PROGRESS A Series of Discussions By Herbert Spencer CONTENTS. PAGE I. Progress: Its Law and Cause, 1 II. Manners and Fashion, 61 III. The Genesis of Science, 116 IV. The Physiology of Laughter, 194 V. The Origin and Function of Music, 210 VI. The Nebular Hypothesis, 239 VII. Bain on the Emotions and the Will, 300 VIII. Illogical Geology, 325 IX. The Development Hypothesis, 377 X. The Social Organism, 384 XI. Use and Beauty, 429 XII. The Sources of Architectural Types, 434 XIII. The Use of Anthropomorphism, 440

THE DATA OF ETHICS By Herbert Spencer CONTENTS