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The bookselling-question.--An element in method.--Professor Cairne's criticism.--Views concerning copyright.--A rejoinder to Mr. McLennan.--Prof. Tait on the formula of evolution.--Ability versus information.--Book-distribution.--M. de Laveleye's error.--Government by minority.--Evolutionary ethics.--Social evolution and social duty.--Parliamentary Georgites.--A record of legislation--Anglo-American arbitration.--Against the metric system.--The "net-price" system of bookselling.--Appendices.