CUSTOM AND TRADITION.
I. To a young gentleman who had firmly resolved never to wear
anything but a gray coat 246
II. To a conservative who had accused the author of a want of
respect for tradition 254
III. To a lady who lamented that her son had intellectual doubts
concerning the dogmas of the church 263
IV. To the son of the lady to whom the preceding letter was
addressed 269
V. To a friend who seemed to take credit to himself,
intellectually, from the nature of his religious belief 276
VI. To a Roman Catholic friend who accused the intellectual
class of a want of reverence for authority 280