Hayek on Mill: The Mill-Taylor Friendship and Related Writings (Volume 16) (The Collected Works of F. A. Hayek)

Best known for reviving the tradition of classical liberalism, F. A. Hayek was also a prominent scholar of the philosopher John Stuart Mill. One of his greatest undertakings was a collection of Mill’s extensive correspondence with his longstanding friend and later companion and wife, Harriet Taylor-Mill. Hayek first published the Mill-Taylor correspondence in 1951, and his edition soon became required reading for any study of the nineteenth-century foundations of liberalism. This latest addition to the University of Chicago Press’s Collected Works of F. A. Hayek series showcases the fascinating intersections between two of the most prominent thinkers from two successive centuries. Hayek situates Mill within the complex social and intellectual milieu of nineteenth-century Europe—as well as within twentieth-century debates on socialism and planning—and uncovers the influence of Taylor-Mill on Mill’s political economy. The volume features the Mill-Taylor correspondence and brings together for the first time Hayek’s related writings, which were widely credited with beginning a new era of Mill scholarship. Contents 8 List of Illustrations 12 Editorial Foreword 14 Editor’s Acknowledgements 18 Editor’s Introduction 20 Hayek on Mill: The Mill-Taylor Friendship and Related Writings 52 Part I. John Stuart Mill and Harriet Taylor: Their Friendship and Subsequent Marriage 54 Acknowledgements 56 Abbreviations and Symbols Used 58 Introduction 60 One: Harriet Taylor and Her Circle (1830) 70 Two: Acquaintance and Early Crises (1830–1833) 87 Three: On Marriage and Divorce (about 1832) 108 Four: Friends and Gossip (1834–1842) 124 Five: The Years of Friendship (1834–1847) 137 Six: A Joint Production (1847–1849) 165 Seven: John Taylor’s Illness and Death (1849) 202 Eight: Marriage and Break with Mill’s Family (1851) 213 Nine: Illness (1851–1854) 228 Ten: Italy and Sicily (1854–1855) 258 Eleven: Greece (1855) 276 Twelve: Last Years and Death of Mrs. Mill (1856–1858) 293 Appendix I: Poems by Harriet Taylor 312 Appendix II: An Early Essay by Harriet Taylor 315 Appendix III: Family Trees 321 Part II. Related Writings 322 Thirteen: John Stuart Mill at the Age of Twenty- Five 324 Fourteen: J. S. Mill’s Correspondence 340 Fifteen: The Dispersal of the Books and Papers of John Stuart Mill 344 Sixteen: J. S. Mill, Mrs. Taylor, and Socialism 349 Seventeen: Portraits of J. S. Mill 364 Eighteen: Preface to The Life of John Stuart Mill 365 Nineteen: Review of Mill and His Early Critics 367 Twenty: Review of John Mill’s Boyhood Visit to France 369 Twenty-One: Introduction to Considerations on Representative Government 370 Twenty-Two: Introduction to The Earlier Letters of John Stuart Mill, 1812–1848 373 Twenty-Three: Related Correspondence 383 Index of Names 406 Index of Subjects 412 Best known for reviving the tradition of classical liberalism, F.A. Hayek was also a prominent scholar of the philosopher John Stuart Mill. One of his greatest undertakings was a collection of Mill's extensive correspondence with his longstanding friend and later companion and wife, Harriet Taylor-Mill. Hayek first published the Mill-Taylor correspondence in 1951, and his edition soon became required reading for any study of the nineteenth-century foundations of liberalism. This latest addition to the University of Chicago Press's Collected Works of F.A. Hayek series showcases the fascinating intersections between two of the most prominent thinkers from two successive centuries. Hayek situates Mill within the complex social and intellectual milieu of nineteenth-century Europe as well as within twentieth-century debates on socialism and planning and uncovers the influence of Taylor-Mill on Mill's political economy. The volume features the Mill-Taylor correspondence and brings together for the first time Hayek's related writings, which were widely credited with beginning a new era of Mill scholarship.-- Provided by Publisher The Collected Works of F.A. Hayek is a projected nineteen volume series that will contain newly edited editions of Hayek's books, interviews with the author, new editions of his articles and letters, and hitherto unpublished manuscript. -- Publisher The Collected Works of F.A. Hayek is a projected nineteen volume series that will contain newly edited editions of Hayek s books, interviews with the author, new editions of his articles and letters, and hitherto unpublished manuscript. -- Publisher