Edinburgh Review, or Critical Journal for March 1829….June 1829. Edinburgh, printed Ballantyne for Longmans Rees, etc., iv, 544pp, volume 49, nos. 97+98, 1829. 8.25x5.5”. Rebound in modern cloth. Very tidy, in FINE condition. The Edinburgh Review was a sort of TLS and NYTBR for its day, with very long and penetrating articles reviewing books and reports on a very wide range of topics. It was also one of the most popular journals for the 1800-1830 period. $150
This volume contains the following articles of interest:
James Mill, “Utilitarian Logic And Politics Essays On Government Jurisprudence The Liberty Of The Press And Prison Discipline Colonies The Law Of Nations And Education By James Mill Reprinted By Permission Of The Encyclopaedia Britannica (Not For Sale )”, pp 159-189. Long and highly regarded work by one of the founders of Utilitarianism. “James Mill was a Scottish historian, economist, political theorist, and philosopher. He is counted among the founders of the Ricardian school of economics. His son, John Stuart Mill, was also a noted philosopher of liberalism, utilitarianism and the civilizing mission of the British Empire”—Wiki
With: (Jeremy Bentham, defense of Mr. Mill), “Article on Mill’s Essay on Government &c.”, pp 273-299.
(J.R. McCulloch), “Maltster and Brewer’s Guide”, pp 362-388.
“John Ramsay McCulloch (1789 –1864) was a Scottish economist, author and editor, widely regarded as the leader of the Ricardian school of economists after the death of David Ricardo in 1823. He was appointed the first professor of political economy at University College London in 1828. He wrote extensively on economic policy, and was a pioneer in the collection, statistical analysis and publication of economic data. McCulloch was a co-founder, and one of the first editors, of The Scotsman newspaper, and worked on the Edinburgh Review. He edited the 1828 edition of The Wealth of Nations.”—Wiki
And a very long piece on travelling in the U.S.:
“Notions of the Americans, by a Travelling Bachelor…Travels in North America, by Captain Basil Hall” (published in 1829), pp 473-525.
Clapperton, “Journal of a Second Expedition into the Interior of Africa, from the Bight of Benin to Sacatoo. Also: “The Journal of Richard Lander to the Sea Coast, Partly by a more Eastern Route”, pp127-149.
Henry Steuart, “The Planter’s Guide, or a Practical Essay on the best Method of giving immediate Effect to Wood”…An interesting and somewhat early piece on arborculture. Pp 102-127.
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