Produced by Thierry Alberto, Henry Craig, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) SOCIAL RIGHTS AND DUTIES _The Volumes of the Series already Published are_:-- +Civilisation of Christendom, and other Studies.+ By BERNARD BOSANQUET, M.A. (Oxon.), Hon. LL.D. (Glasgow). 4s. 6d. +Short Studies in Character.+ By SOPHIE BRYANT, D.Sc. (Lond.). 4s. 6d. +Social Rights and Duties.+ By LESLIE STEPHEN. 2 vols., 9s. Other Volumes to follow by-- Professor A. SIDGWICK, Professor D. G. RITCHIE, and J. H. MUIRHEAD, Esq. (the Editor). The Ethical Library SOCIAL RIGHTS AND DUTIES ADDRESSES TO ETHICAL SOCIETIES LESLIE STEPHEN IN TWO VOLUMES VOL. II. [Illustration: Logo] LONDON SWAN SONNENSCHEIN & CO., LIMITED NEW YORK: MACMILLAN & CO. 1896 ABERDEEN UNIVERSITY PRESS. NOTE. The following chapters are chiefly a republication of addresses delivered to the Ethical Societies of London. Some have previously appeared in the _International Journal of Ethics_, the _National Review_, and the _Contemporary Review_. The author has to thank the proprietors of these periodicals for their consent to the republication. L. S. CONTENTS. PAGE HEREDITY, 1 PUNISHMENT, 55 LUXURY, 95 THE DUTIES OF AUTHORS, 137 THE VANITY OF PHILOSOPHISING, 183 FORGOTTEN BENEFACTORS, 225 HEREDITY.