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Appendix A: The Manuscripts - John Stuart Mill, The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume XXVII - Journals and Debating Speeches Part II [1827]Edition used:The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume XXVI - Journals and Debating Speeches Part II, ed. John M. Robson (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1988).
Part of: Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, in 33 vols.
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Appendix AThe Manuscriptsthe physical descriptions given here of the manuscripts may be amplified by the accounts of their histories and provenance in the Textual Introduction. Other sources of copy-text (including the typescripts of debating speeches) are also discussed there. No. 1. Journal and Notebook. The two manuscripts are distinct. (a) The Journal, BL Add. MS 31909, is a bound volume of 80 ff. made up of 12 sections, each of which was originally a large single sheet, numbered and folded to make, when cut, 16 pages, or 8 ff. (except for the more densely written final sections, where there are 4 ff.), with the address to Mill’s father on the final page of each. The sections are numbered correctly up to the fourth; the fifth is not numbered, though Mill insists in the text that it is number 6; then numbers 6 and 7 are incorrectly (but emphatically) numbered 7 and 8; the final five sections are not numbered. The sections are comprised as follows:
There is a gap from 3 to 25 August, and the last entry is for 13 October, after which the account is continued in the Notebook. (b) The Notebook, St. Andrews University Library, MS 37865, is for the most part an earlier draft, often much corrected and revised, of corresponding parts of the Journal. Its contents are: (1) a foolscap quarto exercise book, in its original paper covers, of 35 ff. (Probably originally it had 36; as f. 27 is detached, probably one was torn out between ff. 8 and 9, though there is no discontinuity in the account.) It is made up of:
(2) an additional insert of 14 ff. of smaller format. It contains:
(3) a loose sheet folded to form two narrow ff., consisting of revisions of Notebook entries:
No. 2. Traité de logique. Pierpont Morgan Library, a gift from H. Bradley Martin in 1959. Titled by Mill on f. 1r: “Traité de Logique / redigé d’après le Cours de Philosophie / de M. Gergonne / Doyen de la Faculté des Sciences / de l’Academie de Montpellier / avec des Notes / par J. Mill.” An exercise notebook, in its original blue covers, 21.0 by 17.5 cm., with 92 ff., numbered on top right from 1 to 81, with 82 appearing on the top left of f. 81v, and ff. 30-9 appearing by mistake twice in sequence. The text, written recto only, is divided into chapters, each beginning on a new page, with the chapter number given as a running head at the right margin, where marginal contents also appear. While there are indications for several notes, only one appears (on f. 10v). There are about thirty corrections in the first four chapters in an unknown (French) hand. No. 3. Lecture Notes on Logic. Mill-Taylor Collection, Vol. XXXVIII. An exercise notebook, in its original blue covers, 19.5 by 16.0 cm., with 96 ff., of which the first is blank (except for pencilled initials or names in Mill’s hand, with some numbers, the only legible ones being the final six: “JM 9 / Mrs M 17 / Mrs H 12 / Mr H 14 / JB 3 [?] / JM 30”). The text is written recto only. There must originally have been another notebook, preceding this one, which begins near the middle of the lecture course given by Gergonne (see No. 2 above), with notes of the 18th lecture, and runs to the final lecture, no. 32. There are heavy corrections in another hand throughout the 18th lecture and through the first three paragraphs of the 19th. No. 5. Parliamentary Reform. Mill-Taylor Collection, II/1/1, the gift of Lionel, Lord Robbins, 1958. Titled on f. 7v in Mill’s hand: “Speech on / Parl. Reform / at the / Mutual Impr. Soc. / 1823 or 24,” it consists of 7 ff.: ff. 1-4, 19.8 by 31.4 cm., watermarked “J Whatman” (one of the East India Company papers) / “1822”; ff. 5-7, 20.8 by 33.2 cm., “J Whatman / 1823.” No. 7. Population: Proaemium. Mill-Taylor Collection, II/1/2. Titled in Mill’s hand: “Proaemium of a speech on population,” it consists of 1 f., 19.7 by 31.7 cm., watermarked “J Whatman / 1823.” No. 8. Population. Mill-Taylor Collection, II/1/2. The opening remarks (all that exist in manuscript) are on a single sheet folded lengthwise to make 2 ff. 31.8 × 21.8 cm., with a large tear at the bottom right of 2r, where some (cancelled) text is lost. Watermarked “J Whatman / 1824.” Written recto and verso to 1/2 f. 2v, the bottom half of which is blank except for practice penmanship and scrawls, plus the word “starving”; the cancelled top 2/3 of f. 1r is also written over with practice penmanship. No. 9. Population: Reply to Thirlwall. Mill-Taylor Collection, II/1/2. The two parts of the manuscript are titled respectively in Mill’s hand: “Reply” and “In answer to Thirlwall / Second speech on population at the Cooperative Society” (“Second speech” originally read “Two speeches”). They were probably donated by Harold J. Laski. The first part consists of 8 sheets folded sideways to make 16 ff., each 18.3 by 22.5 cm., written recto and verso to 9r, where the text ends; 9r to 12r are blank; 12v has substitute wording for the cancelled lower part of 14r, which has on it “(B)” (i.e., an addition to the text on 3v); 14v to 15v are blank; 16r has on it “(A)” (i.e., an addition to 1v); 16v is blank. Watermarked “J Whatman / 1824.” The second part consists of 3 sheets folded lengthwise to make 6 ff., each 20.9 by 33.6 cm., written recto and verso, except for 6v, on which only the title appears. Watermarked, ff. 1-2 “J Whatman / 1824,” ff. 3-6 “Balston & Co / 1824” (another supplier of paper to the East India Company). No. 10. Cooperation: First Speech. Mill-Taylor Collection, II/1/3. This fragment is on an irregularly torn sheet (on which the watermark does not appear), app. 19.4 by 18.7 cm., and is written on the verso of an East India Company document pertaining to 1823. No. 11. Cooperation: Intended Speech. Connecticut College, Misc. MSS-Mill. Donated by Harold J. Laski in 1938 in honour of Professor Marjorie Dilley (a former student at the London School of Economics). It consists of 3 sheets folded to make 6 ff., 19.7 by 31.5 cm., watermarked “J Whatman / 1824.” The title, in Mill’s hand, “Intended / speech / at the Cooper- / ative Society / Never delivered” (the last two words added later) are on f. 1r; f. 1v is blank. The text is written recto and verso on ff. 2-6, ending half way down f. 6v. No. 12. Cooperation: Closing Speech. The manuscript has been divided into two: the first part is in the Mill-Taylor Collection, II/1/3 (donated by Lord Robbins in 1958); the second in Connecticut College, Misc. MSS-Mill (part of Laski’s donation in 1938—see the previous entry). The first part consists of 6 sheets, folded to make 12 ff., 18.3 by 22.8 cm., watermarked “J Whatman / Balston & Co / 1824,” written recto and verso, with some practice penmanship at the bottom of 12v. The second part consists of 3 sheets, the first two (both watermarked “J Whatman / Balston & Co / 1824”) folded to make 4 ff., respectively 18.3 by 22.5 cm. (the same as the Mill-Taylor portion) and 21.3 by 33.6 cm.; the third sheet is torn to leave just 1 f. (on which the watermark does not appear), also 21.3 by 33.6. The text is written recto and verso, 5r being cancelled and ending four-fifths of the way down; the title in Mill’s hand appears on 5v: “Cooperative / Society / Speech on the Cooperative system.” No. 13. Cooperation: Notes. Trinity College, Cambridge, Add. MS. c.8026. Given by Harold J. Laski, 1922. The notes are on a single sheet, folded to make 4 ff., 11.5 × 17.8 cm., written recto and verso. Watermarked “J Whatman / 1824”; untitled. No. 14. The Influence of the Aristocracy. Mill-Taylor Collection, II/1/5, presumably donated by Harold J. Laski. It consists of 9 ff.: ff. 1-4 and 9 being 20.7 by 33.4 cm., watermarked “J Whatman / 1824”; ff. 5-8 being 20.8 by 33.6 cm., watermarked “J Whatman / Balston & Co / [1824?].” Written recto and verso, f. 9 blank except for “Speech at / the London Union / 9th December 1825 / on the Influence / of the Aristocracy,” in Mill’s hand, as is also the heading on f. 1, “Speech on the Influence of the Aristocracy. / London Union Society 9th December 1825.” No. 16. Catiline’s Conspiracy. University of Toronto Rare Book Library, MSS. 3074. It consists of 5 sheets, folded to make 10 ff., all 18.55 × 22.8 cm., watermarked “J Whatman / Balston & Co / 1825.” Written recto and verso to 4/5 of the way down 9v; on 10v Mill has written “Speech on / Catiline’s / Conspiracy.” Headed in Mill’s hand: “Speech / delivered at the / London Debating Society / Tuesday 28th Feby / 1826 / on the character of Catiline.” All lightly folded vertically as though to fit in a pocket. No. 19. The British Constitution [1]. The manuscript has been broken into two parts: the main part, University of Hull Library, JK 318 M6; the conclusion, University of Toronto Rare Book Library. The first part consists of 1 sheet torn in two to make 2 ff., and 6 sheets folded to make 12 ff., all 18.4 by 22.9 cm., watermarked “J Whatman / Balston & Co / 1825.” Written recto and verso, except 1v which ends one-third of the way down, i.e., at the end of the first paragraph; it is headed in Mill’s hand: “speech never spoken on the British Constitution.” The concluding part consists of 1 sheet folded to make 2 ff.., 18.65 × 23.6 cm., watermarked “J Whatman / 1824”. Written recto and 2/3 verso. On the verso, upside down, Mill has written: “Peroration written for a speech on radical reform.” No. 20. The British Constitution [2]. Only the first part of the manuscript survives: Mill-Taylor Collection, II/1/6, presumably donated by Harold J. Laski. It consists of 4 sheets folded to make 8 ff., 17.9 by 22.7, watermarked “J Whatman / Balston & Co / 1825,” untitled on this part. No. 21. The Influence of Lawyers. Only a single folio with fragments of the manuscript survives: Mill-Taylor Collection, II/1/4, donated by Lord Robbins. It is a torn sheet, 19.5 by 14.3 cm., not watermarked on this part, written recto and verso, untitled. No. 22. The Use of History. Private. It consists of 5 sheets, folded to make 10 ff.: ff. 1-4 and 6-7, 18.0 by 22.6 cm. (watermarked “J Whatman / Balston & Co / 1825”; ff. 5 and 10, 18.6 by 23.9 (watermarked “J Whatman / 1824”); ff. 8-9, 15.9 by 20.1 (watermarked only by the Britannia device that is on Whatman, and Whatman and Balston papers). Written recto and verso; the whole folded lengthwise (as though to fit into a pocket), and titled on f. 10v by Mill: “Speech on / the use of / history / spoken in 1827” (left side) and “Speech / on / History” (right side). The text on 8v and 9r is written on the cover of a letter, addressed: “J. Mill Junr Esq. / 1, Queen’s Square”; “Mr. Reynell / Printer / Brewer Street / Golden Square.” No. 23. The Coalition Ministry. Mill-Taylor Collection, II/1/7, donated by Lord Robbins, 1958. It consists of 12 ff., all watermarked “J Whatman / Balston & Co / 1825”: ff. 1-2 and 5-12, 18.1 by 23.0 cm.; ff. 3-4, 17.9 by 17.9 cm. Written recto and verso, except for 3v which is blank; the text ends halfway down 11v; pencilled notes (printed as a note to the text) complete 11v and one-third of 12r, on which also appears (upside down) “John Mill Esq. / India House.” Titled: “Speech on / the coalition / between Canning / and the Whigs / spoken in 1827.” No. 24. The Present State of Literature. University College London, C.K. Ogden file, i.e., part of Ogden’s collection. It consists of 10 ff.: ff. 1, 4-6, and 10, 20.2 by 32.3 cm.; f. 2, 20.4 by 13.8 cm.; f. 3, 20.0 by 31.7 cm.; ff. 7-9, 20.0 by 32.0 cm.; all written recto only, except part of 6v, the versos (originally rectos) containing manuscript text of Jeremy Bentham’s Rationale of Judicial Evidence. Headed in Mill’s hand: “Speech on the present state of literature”; this title is repeated, with “spoken in 1827/8” on f. 10. No. 25. The Church. Mill-Taylor Collection, II/1/9, donated by Moritz J. Brown, 1951. It consists of 1 folded sheet, plus 9 unfolded ones, making in all 10 ff.: ff. 1-2 (watermarked “J Whatman / Balston & Co / 1825”), 18.0 by 23.0 cm.; f. 3 (watermarked “J Whatman / Balston & Co / 1826”), 18.0 by 33.8 cm.; ff. 4-8 (watermarked “J Whatman / Balston & Co / 1824”), 18.0 by 33.8 cm.; f. 9 (watermarked “J Whatman / Turkey Mill [a notepaper] / 1825”), 20.0 by 25.0 cm.; f. 10 (not watermarked but the same paper as f. 9), also 20.0 by 25.0 cm. Headed in Mill’s hand: “Speech on the Church.” Written recto and verso, except for ff. 8 (verso is a portion of Mill’s article of 1826 on the silk trade) and 9 (verso is a returned form letter of 1827); f. 10 is written recto and verso over another letter of 1828 and its address. No. 26. Perfectibility. Mill-Taylor Collection, II/1/8, presumably donated by Harold J. Laski. It consists of 3 sheets folded to make 6 ff., 21.1 by 33.8 cm., all watermarked “J Whatman / Balston & Co / 1827.” Written recto and verso, except for 6v, on which only the title (written sideways) appears in Mill’s hand: “Speech on / perfectibility / spoken in 1828.” No. 27. Wordsworth and Byron. Mill-Taylor Collection, II/1/11, source unknown, but perhaps donated by Lord Robbins, 1958. It consists of two parts, the first (an early version of the opening remarks), 2 ff., 21.1 by 33.5 cm., watermarked “J Whatman / Balston & Co / 1827”; the second (the main speech), 6 ff., 20.4 by 31.3 cm., watermarked “J Whatman / Balston & Co / 1826.” Headed in Mill’s hand: “Speech on Wordsworth / 1829.” No. 28. Montesquieu. The manuscript has been broken into several parts, one section being missing: the main part is in the Mill-Taylor Collection, II/1/10, presumably donated by Harold J. Laski; a fragment is in the University of Toronto Rare Book Library. The main part, headed in Mill’s hand, “Notes of My Speech Against Sterling, 1829,” consists of 15 ff.: ff. 1-2, 20.4 by 25.0 cm. (written recto and verso over form letters, dated 1828 and 1827 respectively, not watermarked); f. 3, 18.2 by 22.7 cm. (written recto and verso over an undated letter to Mill, on paper on which part of the “J Whatman” watermark appears); f. 4, 19.8 by 24.7 cm. (written recto and one-third verso over a letter to Mill undated as to year, on paper watermarked “Ruse & Turners / 1826”); f. 5, 18.1 by 22.7 cm. (written recto and verso on cover undated as to year, addressed to Mill, unwatermarked); f. 6, 18.7 by 22.6 cm. (written recto and one-half verso over a letter to Mill, dated 1828, no watermark on this portion of sheet); f. 7, 20.2 by 20.9 cm. (watermarked on this portion “J Whatman”); f. 8, 19.9 by 25.1 cm. (written recto and one-half verso on letter to Mill, undated as to year, unwatermarked); f. 9, 20.1 by 24.9 cm. (written recto and one-half verso over letter to Mill, undated as to year, unwatermarked); f. 10, 18.5 by 23.1 cm. (written recto and verso on cover addressed to Mill, date probably 1828, unwatermarked); f. 11, 18.7 by 23.2 cm. (written recto and verso on cover, dated 1828, addressed to Mill, unwatermarked); f. 12, 19.8 by 25.4 cm. (written recto on verso of a form letter, dated 1828, unwatermarked); f. 13, 20.0 by 25.1 cm. (written recto on verso of a form letter, dated 1828, unwatermarked); f. 14, 19.9 by 25.1 cm. (written recto on verso of letter to Mill, undated as to year, unwatermarked); f. 15, 20.1 by 25.1 cm. (written recto and one-half verso on a letter to Mill, undated as to year, unwatermarked). The fragment consists of 1 f. (1/2 of a torn sheet), 20.2 × 25.2 cm. (written recto and 1/3 verso over a letter on verso from Charles Austin to Mill, dated only “Saturday”; watermarked “1826”), untitled. No. 29. Tour of Sussex. St. Andrews University Library, MS 1499, bought from Holleyman and Treacher of Brighton. It consists of 22 ff., 18.3 by 22.1 cm., ff. 1-4, 11, 13-18 watermarked “T Barratt / 1827”; no watermark appears on the other ff. Written recto and verso. No. 30. Tour of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, and Surrey. Yale University Library, John Stuart Mill Papers Box 2, MS 350. A notebook, in its original blue wrapper, 48 ff., measuring 18.5 × 23.0 cm., watermarked “1818.” The first 44 ff. are written recto and verso, the last four being blank. No. 31. Tour of Yorkshire and the Lake District. The main manuscript is in the Bodleian Library, Don.d.26; Mill’s instructions to Henry Cole and Cole’s Diary are in the Victoria and Albert Museum. The main manuscript, untitled, in a modern binding, consists of 59 folios, ff. 1-2 and 57-9 being modern fly-leaf paper, with Mill’s text written recto and verso on ff. 3-56. The original sheets, folded to make two folios, are of three types: ff.3-20, 23.0 × 19.0 cms., watermarked “J Whatman / 1830”; ff. 21-38, 23.5 × 19.2 cms., watermarked “GW / 1828”; and ff. 39-56, 23.8 × 19.2 cms., watermarked “Street & Co / 1830”. The instructions to Cole are on a single sheet, folded to make 2 ff., the text written recto and verso on f. 1, and two-thirds of the recto of f. 2. No. 32. Tour of Hampshire, West Sussex, and the Isle of Wight. Mount Holyoke College, *BE.M61ya3, purchased from Bernard Quaritch. It consists of 2 notebooks, in the original marbled covers, both 19.0 by 22.9 cm. The first notebook contains 22 ff., the second, 24 ff.; the watermarks (“G H Green 1831” in the first notebook, “J Green & Son 1829” in the second) show on one-half of the folios, the other half being the counterparts of the folded sheets. Written recto and verso, with the inside covers blank, except for 2 concluding lines on the inside back cover of the second notebook. Untitled. No. 33. Tour of Western Cornwall. The manuscript has been divided into two parts, corresponding to 2 notebooks: the first formerly in the possession of Isaac Foot, is now unlocated, not having gone with his papers to the University of California; the second in the Mill-Taylor Collection, II/1/14 (with a photocopy of the first in Vol. XXXVII). The second, 16.2 by 20.0 cm., in the original mottled covers, contains 22 ff., written recto and verso, ff. 1r-8v only, and is untitled. |
