The Collected Works of Jeremy Bentham: Correspondence: Volume 9

These letters - the vast majority of which have never been published before - illustrate many aspects of Bentham’s public and private life. The composition, editing, printing, publishing, and reception of several of his writings are discussed, while the correspondence with his secretary and protégé John Herbert Koe gives a unique insight into Bentham’s working methods. The proposed Chrestomathic School is the subject of many of the letters of 1820,though even in that year Bentham’s involvem…