The Strength and Weakness of Socialism (Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle)

xii, 264 pp. Brown boards, gilt title on spine. CONTENTS: Preface; Part I.--The Nature of Socialism. Socialism in a More General Sense Distinguished from Socialism in a Narrower Sense; The Elements of Socialism; Definitions of Socialism; The Socialistic State; Some Misapprehensions Concerning the Nature of Socialism; The Origin of Socialism; The Progress of Socialism; The Evidences of an Alleged Irresistible Current of Socialism; Socialism Contrasted with Other Schemes of Industrial Change; The Literature of Socialism. Part II.--The Strength of Socialism. Introductory Remarks; The Strength of Socialism as a Scheme of Production; The Strength of Socialism as a Scheme for the Distrubtion of Consumption of Wealth; The Moral Strength of Socialism; Socialism as a Promoter of Art; Socialism and Present Problems; Services which the Agitation of Socialism has Rendered. Part III.--The Weakness of Socialism. Introductory; Alleged, but not Valid, Objections to Socialism; Socialism too Optimistic with Respect to the Future, and too Pessimistic with Respect to the Present; The Danger of the Domination of a Single Industrial Principle, and of the Inevitable Concentration of Dissatification Under Socialism; Socialism a Menace to Liberty; Objections to Socialism as a Scheme of Production; Objections to Socialism as a Scheme of Distribution and of Consumption; Other Objections to Socialism. Appendix: Suggestions for Social Reform.