forth in an imperfect form, is freed from its crudities and
made scientifically coherent. But Justice contains neither
the discussions which, in Social Statics, preceded the con-
structive division, nor the series of chapters in which, towards
the close, the political implications were pointed out. Both
of these portions seem worth preserving.

I am desirous of preserving also certain passages contain-
ing ideas, and the germs of ideas, which, since 1850, have
undergone large developments. These have a certain bio-
graphio-historical interest, as indicating stages of growth in
thoughts. The more significant of them will be found on
p. 32, pp. 33 - 35, pp. 121 -22, pp. 149 -50, pp. 180 -81, pp.
203 -6, p. 245, pp. 249 -51, pp. 267 -70.

In the latter part of the work, numerous references are
made to the events of the day and to institutions existing
when it was written. During the forty years which have
since passed, social changes have diminished or destroyed
the relevancy of some of these references. It has seemed
best, however, to leave them as they were; partly because
the arguments remain equally valid though their data are
altered; partly because substituting other illustrations would
entail on me more labour than I can now afford; and partly
because, even were the illustrations brought up to date, lapse
of years would soon make them out of date.

My first intention was to call this volume, or rather part of
a volume, "Fragments from Social Statics", and afterwards,
"Selections from Social Staties". Both of these titles, how-
ever, seemed to indicate a much less coherent assemblage of
parts than it contains. On the other band, to call it an
abridgment is somewhat misleading; since the word fails to
imply that large and constructively-important parts are omit-
ted. No title, however, appears appropriate; and I have at
length decided that Social Statics, abridged and revised, is
the least inappropriate.

LONDON, January, 1892.

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