Excerpt from Journal of Social Science: Containing the Transactions of the American Association; September, 1886; Saratoga Papers of 1885, With a Synopsis of Social Science Instruction at American Colleges in 1886 The Papers included in this number of the Journal of Social Science are nearly all the Saratoga Papers of 1885. They are here arranged according to their natural classification, and not as they were read in the several departments; thus the Social Economy Papers were sometimes read in the Jurisprudence Department. As some misapprehension may exist in regard to the publication of Papers [w the Association, it may here he said that all papers, engaged for the General Meeting of the American Social Science Association, are so engaged with the understanding that they may be printed in the Journal of Social Science, if the Council so decide; if, therefore. The writers choose to publish their papers elsewhere, (to which the Council ofi'ers no objection). It must he with the stipulation that these Papers may also he published in the Journal, at the option of the Council as to the time of publication. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.