Miscellaneous Writings (Collected Works of John Stuart Mill)

Mill, John Stuart; Robson, John M. (ed.)

ISBN 10: 0802027288 / ISBN 13: 9780802027283

Published by University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1989

About this Item

Hardcover in very good condition. No jacket. Previously owned by the late John W. N. Watkins. Volume thirty-one in series. Page block is lightly marked. Pages are clean and text is clear throughout. HCW.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Miscellaneous Writings (Collected Works of John Stuart Mill)
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press, Toronto
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802027288
• ISBN 13: 9780802027283
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Book Type: Used

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Synopsis

The interests and activities of John Stuart Mill (1806-73) were so wide-ranging that even the varied subjects of thirty previously published volumes of Collected Works cannot encompass them all. In this volume are brought together diverse and interesting instances of his polymathic career, none before republished and some previously unpublished.

Neatly framing Mill's writing career are his editorial prefaces and extensive notes to Jeremy Bentham;s Rationale of Judicial Evidence (1827) and James Mill's Analysis of the Phenomena of the Human Mind (1869). Both demonstrate his extraordinary powers of mind and diligence as well as his fealty. His constant avocation, field botany, is shown in his botanical writings, which open a window on an almost unknown activity that sustained and delighted him. Brief comments on two medical works hint at another interest. Two articles of which he was co-author demonstrate his work as editor of the London and Westminster Review, and a calendar of his contributions to the Political Economy Club provides yet another glimpse into his chosen activities and concerns. Published for the first time are Mill's English and French wills, providing still further biographical detail.

About the Author

One of the English-speaking world’s most influential philosophers, John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) wrote on countless topics, including logic, politics, women’s rights, legal history, medicine, and the philosophy of science. JOHN M. ROBSON was born educated in Toronto, graduating from the University of Toronto (B.A. 1951, M.A. 1953, PH.D. 1956). After lecturing at the University of British Columbia and the University of Alberta, he joined the staff as Victoria College, University of Toronto, where he is now Professor of English. He is Associate Editor of the Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, and he also edited Edmund Burke’s Appel from the New to the Old Whigs, J.S. Mill: A Selection, and Editing Nineteenth-Century Texts.