Curves and States.--'Hyperbola.'--
Problems.--Radical Axis and Patriotism.--Extension of
Franchise to Women.--Correspondence 39

V. Social Forces, with some Account of Polemical Kinematics:

The Use of Imagination in Scientific Discovery.--Kinetic and
Potential Energy.--Social Statics and Dynamics.--Attractive
Forces.--Cohesion.--Formation of States.--Inertia.--Dr.
Tyndall on Social Forces 71

VI. Social Forces (_continued_): Polemical Statics and Dynamics:

'Personal Equation.'--Public Opinion, how calculated.--
Impulsive Forces.--Friction.--Progress 89

VII. Laws of Political Motion:

M. Auguste Comte on Political Science.--First Law of
Motion.--The Biology of Politics.--Stages of Growth and
Decay of States.--Doctrine of Nationality.--Doctrine of
Independence.--Law of Morality.--Ignorance of Electors and
Selfishness of Statesmen opposed to Action of Law.--Final
'Reign of Law' 101

VIII. The Principle of Polemical Cohesion:

Centralization.--Co-operation of States.--Marriage.--Trade
Unions.--International Law 115

Extracts from the Diary of the Lady Professor 125

Conclusion 129

PAPER I.

SOME REMARKS OF A GIRTHAM GIRL ON FEMALE EDUCATION.

[_This essay upon Female Education was evidently written when the future
Professor of Girtham College was still in the lowlier condition of
studentship, before she attained that eminence for which her talents so
justly entitled her. Its unfinished condition tends to show that it was
probably evolved during moments of relaxation from severer studies,
without any idea of subsequent publication._]

Oh, why should I be doomed to the degradation of bearing such a foolish
appellation! A Girtham Girl! I suppose we have to thank that fiend of
invention who is responsible for most of the titular foibles and follies
of mankind--artful Alliteration. The two _G_'s, people imagine, run so
well together; and it is wonderful that they do not append some other
delectable title, such as 'The Gushing Girl of Girtham,' or 'The Glaring
Girl of Glittering Girtham.' O Alliteration! Alliteratio