LIFE, etc.: J. H. Fuessli, Remarks on the Writings and Conduct of Jean Jacques Rousseau, 1767; Staël-Holstein (Baroness de Rocco), Letters on the Work and Character of Jean Jacques Rousseau (translation), 1789, 1814; J. Morley, Rousseau, 1873, 1886; H. G. Graham, Rousseau (Foreign Classics for English Readers), 1882; T. Davidson, Rousseau and Education according to Nature (Great Educators), vol. ix., 1898; J. Texte, Jean Jacques Rousseau and the Cosmopolitan Spirit in Literature, etc. (translation), 1899; H. H. Hudson, Rousseau and Naturalism in Life and Thought (World's Epoch Makers), 1903; F. Macdonald, Jean Jacques Rousseau, a new criticism, 1906; J. C. Collins, Voltaire, Montesquieu, and Rousseau in England, 1908. CONTENTS INTRODUCTION THE SOCIAL CONTRACT BOOK I FOREWORD _In which it is inquired why man passes from the state of nature to the state of society and what are the essential conditions of the compact._ I The Subject of the first Book II The first Societies III The Right of the Strongest IV Slavery V That we must always go back to a first Convention VI The Social Compact VII The Sovereign VIII The Civil State IX Real Property BOOK II _Which treats of legislation._ I That Sovereignty is inalienable II That Sovereignty is indivisible III Whether the general Will is fallible IV The Limits of the Sovereign Power V The Right of Life and Death VI Law VII The Legislator VIII The People IX The People (_continued_) X The People (_continued_) XI The various Systems of Legislation XII The Division of the Laws BOOK III _Which treats of political laws, that is to say, of the form of government._ I Government in General II The constituent Principle in the various Forms of Government III The Division of Governments IV Democracy V Aristocracy VI Monarchy VII Mixed Governments VIII That all Forms of Government do not suit all Countries IX The Marks of a good Government X The Abuse of Government and its Tendency to Degenerate XI The Death of the Body Politic XII How the Sovereign Authority maintains itself XIII How the Sovereign Authority maintains itself _(continued_) XIV How the Sovereign Authority maintains itself _(continued_) XV Deputies or Representatives XVI That the Institution of Government is not a Contract XVII The Institution of Government XVIII How to check the Usurpations of Government BOOK IV _Which treats further of political laws and sets forth the means of strengthening the Constitution of the State_.