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• Preface
• Editorial Note
• I.: Biographical Sketch
• II.: Early Economic Writings: 1804-1808
• An Essay of the Impolicy of a Bounty On the Exportation of Grain
• Introduction
• Essay On the Corn Laws
• Chap. I: Of the History of the Corn Laws
• Chap. II: Influence of the Principle of Population Upon the Corn Trade
• Chap. III: Effects of the Bounty On the Rent of Land
• Chap. IV: Effects of the Bounty On the Profits of the Farmer
• Chap. V: Effects of the Bounty On the Value of Silver
• Chap. VI: Exportation
• Chap. VII: Importation
• Chap. VIII: Landlords, Farmers, and Corn-dealers
• Postscript to Essay On Impolicy
• Commerce Defended.
• Introduction
• Chapter I: On the Security Or Insecurity of the British Commerce
• Chapter II: On Land, As a Source of Wealth
• Chapter III: Of the Definition of the Terms Wealth and Prosperity
• Chapter IV: Of Manufactures
• Chapter V: Commerce
• Chapter VI: Consumption
• Chapter VII: Of the National Debt
• Chapter VIII: General Reflections
• Smith On Money and Exchange
• III.: James Mill and David Ricardo
• Elements of Political Economy,
• Preface
• Preface (to the 2nd Edn.)
• Introduction the Subject—its Limits—and Division
• Chapter I: Production
• Chapter II: Distribution
• Chapter III: Interchange
• Chapter IV: Consumption
• Mill On Scope and Method
• Whether Political Economy Is Useful London Review, Jan. 1836, Vol. Ii, Pp. 553–572.
• V.: James Mill and India
• Book Ii of the Hindus
• Chapter I: Chronology and Ancient History of the Hindus
• Chapter II: Classification and Distribution of the People
• Chapter III: The Form of Government
• Chapter IV: The Laws
• Chapter V: The Taxes
• Bibliography

BIBLIOGRAPHY

No attempt has been made to compile a complete bibliography of Mill's articles and books. The items listed here are simply the by-products of preparing this volume, and are appended in the hope that they will be of some help to future students of James Mill's work. Mill's writings on all topics are included; those which contain material that may be of special interest to economists are asterisked. Works which are reprinted in this volume are also marked with a dagger. Where authorship is uncertain the items have a question mark against them.

Letters andManuscripts

Of the published letters, by far the largest collection is to be found in Bain's biography of Mill and in Piero Sraffa's edition of Ricardo's Works, volumes VI to IX. Mill letters can also be found in:

• G. WALLAS, Life of Francis Place, London, 1898
• T. CONSTABLE, Archibald Constable and his Literary Correspondence, Edinburgh, 1873 in 3 volumes
• LADY KNUTSFORD, Life and Letters of Zachary Macaulay, London, 1900
• W. SPENCE ROBERTSON, Life of Miranda, London, 1929 in 2 volumes
• Unpublished letters are widely scattered. The following libraries possess Mill letters; the list is by no means exhaustive.
• British Museum, The Place and Napier MSS.
• University College, London, The College Collection and the Bentham and Brougham MSS.
• London School of Economics, The Mill-Taylor Collection.
• Yale University Library
• University of Illinois Library, The Hollander Collection
• Derby Borough Public Library, The Horton MSS.
• National Library of Scotland
• Bibliothéque Publique de Genève, The Dumont MSS.
• Mill's Commonplace Book is in two parts: the bulk (3 volumes) is at the London Library and the rest (1 volume) is with the Mill-Taylor Collection at the London School of Economics.

Books andPamphlets

• †* An Essay on the Impolicy of a Bounty on the Exportation of Grain, London, 1804
• An Essay on the Spirit and Influence of the Reformation of Luther by C. Villers, translated and illustrated with copious notes by James Mill, London, 1805
• †* Commerce Defended, London, 1807; 2nd edition, 1808
• Schools for All, Not Schools for Churchmen Only, London, 1812

• †* The History of British India, London, 1817 in 6 volumes: 2nd edition, 1821; 3rd edition, 1826
• †* The Elements of Political Economy, London, 1821; 2nd edition, 1823; 3rd edition, 1826, reissued 1844. French translation of 2nd edition in 1823; German translation in 1824. Italian translation in Biblioteca dell'Economista, vol. V, Turin, 1854
• Analysis of the Phenomena of the Human Mind, London, 1829
• Fragment on Mackintosh, London, 1830

Articles

1. Supplement to the 4th, 5th and 6th editions of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, Edinburgh, 1824, 6 volumes.

Half-volumes of this work appeared regularly between 1815 and 1824 and a collection of Mill's contributions which contained the articles on Government, Jurisprudence, Liberty of the Press, Colonies and the Law of Nations was separately reprinted in the early 1820's. The following articles were written by Mill.

2. Parliamentary History and Review, London, 1826

According to John Stuart Mill (Autobiography, pp. 82–83) his father contributed one major article to this journal, probably the ‘Summary View of the Conduct and Measure of the Seventh Imperial Parliament’.

3. Edinburgh Review

In compiling this list I have consulted Mrs Esther R. Houghton, who is assisting in the editing of the Wellesley Index of Victorian Periodicals, shortly to be published; the evidence for the attributions to Mill is omitted here, but will be given in the Wellesley Index.

• ‘Filangeri on the Science of Legislation’, Jan. 1807, vol. IX, pp. 343–73
• †* ‘Smith on Money and Exchange’, Oct. 1808, vol. XIII, pp. 35–48
• ‘Leckie on Foreign Policy of Great Britain’, Oct. 1808, vol. XIII, pp. 186–205
• ‘Emancipation of Spanish America’, Jan. 1809, vol. XIII, pp. 277–311
• ‘Jovellanos on Agriculture and Legislation’, Apr. 1809, vol. XIV, pp. 20–39
• ‘Molina's Account of Chile’, Jul. 1809, vol. XIV, pp. 333–53
• ‘DeGuignes' “Voyages à Peking”’, Jul. 1809, vol. XIV, pp. 407–29
• ‘Bexon's “Code de la Législation Pénale”’, Oct. 1809, vol. 19, pp. 88–109
• ‘Voyage aux Indes Orientales’, Jan. 1810, vol. XV, pp. 363–84
• * ‘Affairs of India’, Apr. 1810, vol. XVI, pp. 128–57
• ‘Sur la Tolération Religieuse’, Aug. 1810, vol. XVI, pp. 412–43
• ‘Mémoires du Prince Eugéne’, Nov. 1810, vol. XVII, pp. 39–57
• ‘Code d'Instruction Criminelle’, Nov. 1810, vol. XVII, pp. 88–114

• ‘Chas. Sur la Souveraineté’, Feb. 1811, vol. XVII, pp. 409–28
• ‘Liberty of the Press’, May 1811, vol. XVIII, pp. 98–123
• ‘Wilke's History of Mysore’, Aug. 1811, vol. XVIII, pp. 343–69
• * ‘East Indian Monopoly’, Nov. 1811, vol. XIX, pp. 229–43
• ‘Letters of Tippoo Sultan’, Feb. 1812, vol. XIX, pp. 363–73
• ‘Malcom on India’, Jul. 1812, vol. XX, pp. 38–54
• * ‘East India Monopoly’, Nov. 1812, vol. XX, pp. 471–93
• ‘Education of the Poor’, Feb. 1813, vol. XXI, pp. 207–19
• ‘Malcom's “Sketch of the Siks”’, Jul. 1813, vol. XXI, pp. 432–43
• ? ‘Neild on Prisons’, Jan. 1814, vol. XXII, pp. 385–400

4. The Westminster Review

• Here again I have had the assistance of Mrs Houghton of the Wellesley Index.
• ‘Edinburgh Review’, Jan. 1824, vol. I, pp. 206–49
• ‘Quarterly Review’, Oct. 1824, vol. II, pp. 463–503
• ‘Robert Southey's Book of the Church’, Jan. 1825, vol. III, pp. 167–213
• ‘Ecclesiastical Establishments’, Apr. 1826, vol. VI, pp. 504–48
• ‘Formation of Opinions’, Jul. 1826, vol. VI, pp. 1–23
• ‘State of the Nation’, Oct. 1826, vol. VI, pp. 249–78
• ‘The Ballot’, Jul. 1830, vol. XVIII, pp. 1–37
• ‘Theory and Practice’, Apr. 1836, vol. XXV, pp. 223–34

5. The London Review

• ‘State of the Nation’, Apr. 1835, vol. I, pp. 1–24
• ‘The Ballot—A Dialogue’, Apr. 1835, vol. I, pp. 201–53
• ‘The Church and its Reform’, Jul. 1835, vol. I, pp. 257–95
• ‘Law Reform’, Oct. 1835, vol. II, pp. 1–51
• ‘Aristocracy’, Jan. 1836, vol. II, pp. 283–306
• †* ‘Whether Political Economy is Useful?’, Jan. 1836, vol. II, pp. 553–72

6. The Monthly Review

Identification of authorship of articles for this journal can be found in B. C. Nangles, The Monthly Review, 2nd Series, 1790–1815, Oxford, 1955. The listing for James Mill does not always seem to be correct owing to possible confusion with another contributor with a similar name. The list given here is based on Nangles but modified where the attribution seemed incorrect.

• ‘Jamieson's “Dictionary of the Scottish Tongue”’, Sep. 1810, vol. LXIII, pp. 11–31
• ‘India’, Dec. 1811, vol. LXVI, pp. 337–52
• ‘Tracts on Education’, May 1812, vol. LXVIII, pp. 83–95
• * ‘East India Company’, Jan. 1813, vol. LXX, pp. 20–37
• * ‘East India Company’, Apr. 1813, vol. LXX, pp. 410–25
• ‘India’, Jan. 1814, vol. LXXIII, pp. 1–17
• * ‘East India Company’, Feb. 1815, vol. LXXVI, p. 137
• ‘India’, Apr. 1815, vol. LXXVI, pp. 399–412
• ‘India’, Jun. 1815, vol. LXXVII, pp. 190–4

7. The Eclectic Review

Except for the last two items the evidence for attribution to Mill is chiefly internal; see above, p. 23.

• * ‘Spence's “Britain Independent of Commerce”’, Dec. 1807, vol. III, pp. 1052–8
• * ‘Wheatley's “Essay on the Theory of Money”’, Jan. 1808, vol. IV, pp. 24–35; Feb. 1808, vol. IV, pp. 130–8; Apr. 1808, vol. IV, pp. 355–62
• * ‘Chalmers’ “Enquiry into National Resources”’, Jul. 1808, vol. IV, pp. 575–89
• * ‘On National Subsistence’, Jan. 1809, vol. V, pp. 50–56
• ?* ‘Ricardo's “High Price of Bullion”’, Mar. 1810, vol. VI, pp. 216–27
• ‘Indian History’, Jan. 1814, vol. I, n.s., pp. 140–55
• * ‘Corn Laws’, Jul. 1814, vol. II, n.s., pp. 1–16

8. The Literary Journal or Universal Review of Literature Domestic and Foreign

Attribution of authorship of articles in this journal which was edited by Mill is particularly difficult. But it seems worthwhile recording some of the interesting articles which appear to bear traces of Mill's hand. See also above, p. 23.

• ‘Millar's “Historical View”’, Oct. 1803, vol. II, pp. 325–33
• * Articles defending the trade of neutral ships, Oct. 1803, vol. II, pp. 366–74; 385–400; 433–41
• * ‘Brougham's “Inquiry into Colonial Policy of European Powers”’, Nov. 1803, vol. II, pp. 513–27
• * ‘Malthus's Essay’, Dec. 1803, vol. II, pp. 577–87
• * ‘Boase's “Observations on Lord King”’, Jun. 1804, vol. III, pp. 627–35; 694–701; 753–60
• * ‘Lauderdale's “Inquiry”’, Jul. 1804, vol. IV, pp. 1–18
• * ‘Foster's “Essay on Exchange”’, Aug. 1804, vol. IV, pp. 137–66
• * ‘Anderson's “Calm Investigation”’, Oct. 1804, vol. IV, pp. 385–402
• * ‘Cook's “Answer to Lord Sheffield”’, Dec. 1804, vol. IV, pp. 137–66
• * ‘Jordan on W. Indies’, Dec. 1804, vol. IV, pp. 583–94
• * ‘Lauderdale on Irish Currency’, Apr. 1805, vol. V, pp. 367–71
• * ‘Say's “Traité”’, Apr. 1805, vol. V, pp. 412–25
• * A series of articles defending the neutral trade appeared beginning Dec. 1805, vol. V, and continued in the issues for Feb., May and Jun. 1806, vol. I (2nd series).
• ‘Tooke's “Diversions of Purley”’, Jan. 1806, I (2nd Series), pp. 1ff.
• * ‘Lord Sheffield's “Strictures”’, Jan. 1806, vol. I (2nd Series), pp. 51–62
• * ‘Sir James Steuart's “Collected Works”’, Mar. 1806, vol. I (2nd Series), pp. 225–35
• * ‘Lord Liverpool's “Treatise on Coins of Realm”’, May 1806, vol. I (2nd Series), pp. 449–59
• ‘Craig on Millar’, Jun. 1806, vol. I (2nd Series), pp. 624ff.
• ‘Filangieri's “Science of Legislation”’, Sep. 1806, vol. II (2nd series), pp. 225–42.

9. Annual Review and History of Literature for 1808, vol. VII

• ‘C. J. Fox's “History of James II”’, pp. 99–101
• ‘Bentham on Scotch Reform’, pp. 198–203

10. The British Review

• ‘Dugald Stewart's “Elements of the Philosophy of Mind”’, Aug. 1815, vol. VI. pp. 170–200

11. Anti-Jacobin Review and Magazine

• ‘Belsham's Logic’, May 1802, vol. XII, pp. 1–13

12. The Philanthropist

• A large number of articles, some of which are identified in Bain's biography.