ESSAYS: SCIENTIFIC, POLITICAL, & SPECULATIVE. BY HERBERT SPENCER. LIBRARY EDITION, (OTHERWISE FIFTH THOUSAND,) _Containing Seven Essays not before Republished, and various other additions_. VOL. III. WILLIAMS AND NORGATE, 14, HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN, LONDON; AND 20, SOUTH FREDERICK STREET, EDINBURGH. 1891. LONDON: G. NORMAN AND SON, PRINTERS, HART STREET, COVENT GARDEN. 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. {1} MANNERS AND FASHION. [_First published in_ The Westminster Review _for April 1854_.]