Table of Contents:
vol. I. The development hypothesis
Progress: its law and cause
Transcendental physiology
The nebular hypothesis
Illogical geology
Bain on the emotions and the will
The social organism
The origin of animal worshop
Morals and moral sentiments
The comparative psychology of man
Mr. Martineau on evolution
The factors of organic evolution (8, 478 p.)
vol. II. Genesis of science
Classification of the sciences
Reasons for dissenting from the philosophy of Comte
On laws in general and their discovery
Valuation of evidence
What is electricity?
Mill versus Hamilton
Replies to criticisms
Prof. Green's explanations
Philosophy of style
Use and beauty
Sources of architectural types
Gracefulness
Personal beauty
Origin and function of music
Physiology of laughter (4, 466 p.)
vol. III. Manners and fashion
Railway morals and railway policy
Morals of trade
Prison ethics
Ethics of Kant
Absolute political ethics
Over-legislation
Representative government: what is it good for?
State-tamperings with money and banks
Parliamentary reform
"The collective wisdom"
Political fetichism
Specialized administration
From freedom to bondage
The Americans (4, 576 p.).