were enough to pay the taxes, and give a trifle to each member of the community-even if the accumulated wealth of the nation were divided amongst the labouring classes, -that gaunt spectre, poverty, would still be with us, accompanied with the remorse that always follows a great wrong, and punishment must inevitably follow. "The man that for the passing hour doth wrong, And thinks the gods have failed to see the deed. Thinks evil, and is taken in his thought. When Justice finds a space of quiet time, He pays full vengeance for the wrongs he did." Use your own reason, keep active your conscience, do not rely on Government aid. Think of the various Acts for the improvement of workmen's dwellings. The time and money spent on this question since 1851 has been immense, and all useless. Why? Because personal individual service must go hand in hand with legislation, in order to make legislation truly operative. It is not enough to rebuild, you must reclaim; it is not enough to destroy, you must educate. The habits of the people require improving as well as their homes. Quite as important a question as improved dwellings for the working class is that of how to feed them and clothe them as cheaply as possible. Instead of appealing to the State for help, the working class should co-operate together and buy in large quantities what they require. We want in England-in fact, everywhere-men like Mr. Smith, of Stockholm, who for some years past has been labouring to establish in Sweden a system