Essays on England, Ireland, and Empire: Volume VI (Collected Works of John Stuart Mill)

John Stuart Mill's political essays are a blend of the practical and the theoretical. In this volume are gathered together those in which the practical emphasis is more marked; those in which theory is predominant are found in Essays on Politics and Society , Vols XVIII and XIX of the Collected Works . The Essays on England, Ireland, and the Empire are mainly from Mill's early career as a propagandist for the Philosophic Radicals (a term he himself coined). They provide a contemporary running account of British political issues at home and abroad, with a vigorous and sometimes acerbic commentary. Historians as well as political scientists will find interesting details of the view from the radical side, and all students of Mill will welcome the further elucidation of his development. Of special interest are his precocious if tendentious attack on Hume's History of England , and his reactions to Canadian and Irish issues, the latter being the subject of a previously unpublished manuscript. The textual apparatus includes a collation of the manuscript materials and identification of Mill's quotations and references. COVER CONTENTS INTRODUCTION TEXTUAL INTRODUCTION Brodie's History of the British Empire (1824) Ireland (1825) The Game Laws (1826) Intercourse between the United States and the British Colonies in the West Indies (1828) Notes on the Newspapers (1834) The Close of the Session (1834) Postscript to the London Review, No. 1 (1835) Parliamentary Proceedings of the Session (1835) Postscript: The Close of the Session (1835) State of Politics in 1836 (1836) Walsh's Contemporary History (1836) Fonblanque's England under Seven Administrations (1837) Parties and the Ministry (1837) Radical Party and Canada: Lord Durham and the Canadians (1838) Lord Durham and His Assailants (1838) Lord Durham's Return (1838) Reorganization of the Reform Party (1839) What Is to Be Done with Ireland? (1848?) England and Ireland (1868) APPENDICES Appendix A. England and Ireland: First Draft (1867–68) Appendix B. List of Titles of "Notes on the Newspapers" (1834) Appendix C. Textual Emendations Appendix D. Bibliographic Index of Persons and Works Cited, with Variants and Notes INDEX A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y FACSIMILES Folio 1r of "What Is to Be Done with Ireland?" MS The King's School, Canterbury Folio 3r of draft of England and Ireland MS Houghton Library, Harvard University

John Stuart Mill's political essays are a blend of the practical and the theoretical. In this volume are gathered together those in which the practical emphasis is more moarked; those in which theory is predominant are found in Essays on Politics and Society, Vols XVIII and XIX of the Collected Works. The Essays on England, Ireland, and the Empire are mainly from Mill's early career as a propagandist for the Philosophic Radicals (a term he himself coined). They provide a contemporary running account of British political issues at home and abroad, with a vigorous and sometimes acerbic commentary. Historians as well as political scientists will find interesting details of the view from the radical side, and all students of Mill will welcome the further elucidation of his development. Of special interest are his precocious if tendentious attack on Hume's History of England, and his reactions to Canadian and Irish issues, the latter being the subject of a previously unpublished manuscript. The textual apparatus includes a collation of the manuscript materials and identification of Mill's quotations and references.

v. 1. Autobiography and literary essays v. 2-3. Principles of political economy with some of their applications to social philosophy v. 4- 5. Essays on economics and society v. 6. Essays on England, Ireland, and the Empire v. 7-8. A system of logic, ratiocinative and inductive v. 9. An examination of Sir William Hamilton's philosophy and the principal philosophical questions discussed in his writings v. 10. Essays on ethics, religion and society v. 11. Essays on philosophy and the classics v. 12- 13. The earlier letters of John Stuart Mill, 1812-1848 v. 14-17. The later letters of John Stuart Mill, 1849-1873 v. 18-19. Essays on politics and society v. 20. Essays on French history and historians v. 21. Essays on equality, law and education v. 22-25. Newspaper writings v. 26-27. Journals and debating speeches v.28-29. Public and Parliamentary speeches. v. 30. Writings on India. v. 31. Miscellaneous writings. v. 32. Additional letters of John Stuart Mill. v. 33. Indexes to the collected works. The textual introduction, by John M. Robson, examines the treatise in context of Mill's life in the 1860s, outlines its composition, and discusses, among other matters, the importance of the extensive revisions Mill made, mostly in response to critics. "No serious student of Canada's past can function without access to this thorough, balanced and reliable source." R. Hall, Globe and Mail.