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Systematic Small Farming; or, The Lessons of my Farm. An Account of the Polynesian Race; its Origin and Migrations, &c. Local Administration. Local Option. Women's Suffrage. England and Russia. The Influence of the Roman Law on the Law of England. Anthropoid Apes. The Story of a Great Delusion, in a Series of Matter-of-fact Chapters. The Curability and Treatment of Pulmonary Phthisis. The Mammalia in their Relation to Primæval Times. Flowers, Fruits, and Leaves. The East Anglican Earthquake of 1884. Geology: Chemical, Physical, and Stratographical. Electro-deposition. Mythical Monsters. On the Ethics of Naturalism. Institutes of Logic. A Short Belles Lettres, Poetry, and Fiction.-Amiel's Journal. Comparative Literature. Selected Speeches and Arguments of the Right Honourable Thomas, Baron O'Hagan. English Home Life. How to be Happy though Married. Kaffir Theology, Philosophy, and Philology.-The Bible an Outgrowth of Theocratic Life. The Pentateuch: its Origin and Structure. 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A Rab- binical Commentary on Genesis. The Pulpit Commentary. Outlines of the History of Greek Philosophy.. Horæ Psalmicæ. A Critical and Expository Commentary on the Book of Judges. Lectures on Philosophy. A Hand- book to the History of Philosophy. The Encylopædic Dictionary. The Melanesian Languages. Handbook to the Grammar of the Greek Testament. MR. CHAMBERLAIN is the harbinger of a new departure in legislation. He is not a mere party politician, for his efforts against the abuse of bankruptcy and for the protection of life at sea prove that he only lacks opportunity to amend our other social evils. Few men have been more bitterly and unjustly asailed; none more entirely misinterpreted. The incessant attacks upon him are attributable to the nervousness and apprehension pervading society' - that is, the nobility and the great landed gentry-in consequence of various declarations made by him at Birmingham and other places, which developed some of his ideas as to the legislation of the future. Considering the condition of millions of the people, and their struggles and miseries, in violent contrast with the luxurious living of the higher classes, and the suggestions which have been made for the rectification of the evils of their condition, it is no wonder that some uneasiness should exist. Some rectification of that kind is a necessity of the State, and though, alas! party conflicts have pushed social reforms into the background for the moment, the political atmosphere is charged with deep and ardent aspirations for the amelioration of the condition of the people which cannot be satisfied without disturbing the exclusive ideas of the privileged classes. There is a growing dissatisfaction with many incidents in our social system which is the product of recent years. For whoever takes a retrospective glance at the 17 NO. CLXVI. course of legislation during the present century will have the conviction forced upon his mind that it did not have its inception in the thought that the condition of the millions, especially of the rustic millions, ought in some way to be ameliorated, and their lives, if possible, be made both easier and happier, the repeal of the Corn Laws and the Education Act excepted. And this last beneficial law operates indirectly and prospectively only upon the social condition and circumstances of the people. The various means that are likely to promote the amelioration of that condition have been much considered in books and articles, but the question would never have reached its present phase had not Mr. Chamberlain been touched by the force of those writings, and by his own knowledge, otherwise acquired, of the condition of millions of our labourers. He has had the moral courage to make a confession of his social faith at the risk of encountering the most virulent animosity. Yet in the language of the following sentences one would not have anticipated that his bitterest enemy could discover any pestilent or destructive social theories. I do not propose (he said) any very revolutionary or violent change, but we must contemplate a return to the old conditions, and the reestablishment upon the land of the old class of yeomen who were at one time the most independent and prosperous class in the kingdom. It is said, 'Oh! that is impossible; natural causes have caused the extinction of the small owners, and the migration of the labourers to the towns.' I do not think so. I cannot call it a natural cause' when I find a system under which the labourer is content to work for ten or twelve hours a day for 10s. a week, and with no hope, no prospect for the termination of his career, except a death in the hospital or the workhouse. If the life of the labourer were more tolerable, would he be so ready to fly from it? And again: Do not be afraid of words. Because the doctrine of natural rights was abused in the time of the French Revolution, do not ignore the fundamental right which every man holds in common for a chance of decent existence, and try rather to give it the sanction of law and authority, for it has the eternal foundations of justice and equity. But the chief cause of the recent outburst of violent language against the late President of the Board of Trade was his use of a phrase (probably unpremeditated, which no doubt conveyed to the hearers, and afterwards to readers, something more than he intended to imply. He said: Private ownership has taken the place of communal rights, and this system has become so interwoven with our habits and usages, it has been so |