IV. SOCIAL LIFE AND MANNERS
(a) R.W. Emerson, Culture, in "The Conduct of Life:" The relation which the central thought bears to that of Behavior (page 154). (b) Matthew Arnold, Sweetness and Light, in "Culture and Anarchy:" 1. The chief motives and characteristics of culture. 2. The relation between culture and bodily vigor. 3. The "Social Idea." 4. A comparison of Emerson's and Arnold's attitude toward culture. (c) R.W. Emerson, Manners, in "Essays, Second Series." How Emerson's view of the relation between manners and fashion supplements Spencer's contention (page 172). (d) Henri Bergson, the first part of Chapter I in "Laughter:" The function of laughter in social life. (g) William Hazlitt, On the Spirit of Obligations, in "The Plain Dealer:" The relation between good sense and good nature. (f) R.L. Stevenson, The Truth of Intercourse, in "Virginibus Puerisque:" The complex meaning of truthfulness in social life. (g) W.M. Thackeray, George II, in "The Four Georges:" The chief characteristics of Georgian society.