[Transcriber's note: Italic font is indicated by _underscores_.] ESSAYS ON SOCIAL REFORM +--------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | _Crown 8vo, price 5s._ | | | | AN INQUIRY INTO SOCIALISM. | | | | By THOMAS KIRKUP, | | _Author of the Article on ‘Socialism’ in the | | ‘Encyclopædia Britannica.’_ | | | | -------------------- | | | | ‘A very thoughtful and sympathetic study of the modern | | socialistic movement, with the history of which the author | | has a very thorough acquaintance.’--Contemporary Review. | | | | ‘We have no hesitation in describing this as the clearest | | statement we have read of the aims and methods of | | Socialism.’--Westminster Review. | | | | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | | | | London: LONGMANS, GREEN, & CO. | | | +--------------------------------------------------------------+ PRACTICABLE SOCIALISM _ESSAYS ON SOCIAL REFORM_ BY THE REV. and MRS. SAMUEL A. BARNETT LONDON LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO. AND NEW YORK: 15 EAST 16th STREET 1888 _All rights reserved_ PRINTED BY SPOTTISWOODE AND CO., NEW-STREET SQUARE LONDON ------------------------------------------------------------------------ INTRODUCTION.