, 1873-05-10

1haE even oe1ofe No attained legal manhood
his place was conceded US among those Of 1pl
Intellectual stature. The Westminster Reuieao. Of
which his father had been the first editor and tha
chief contributor, had become the london and
Westminster Reuie,o in his time. He edited it
from 1886 to 1840, and wrote for it the famous
articles on Bentham and Coleridge. The first
elaborate presentation Of the philosophy with
which his name is identified was made in 1913
in his work entitled "system Of Logic, Ratioci~
native and Inductive-" The next year he issued
his "EssayB On Some Unsettled Questions
Of Political Economy" aud in 1913 appeared
his great work entitled Principles Of
! Political Economy, with Some ofTheir Applica-
| ttons to Social Philosophy" His object IN this
work, the great ability OF which met with instan-
| taueous acknowledgment and raised him to =
rank among political economists second to none
| but Adam Smith, Was, as ho states in his pre-
face, to illustrate general principles with pract-
cal applications, particularly those which had
shown themselves in the fruitful years since the
"Wealth OF Nations" WAS published. He also In
troduced the products OF later and heaher
inquiries than Adam Smiths With regard to such
topics IS currency, foreign trade, land, popu1a-
ton, and colonization. His Dissertations
and Discussions, Political, Philosophical, and
the pages Of the Westminster and Edin6urqh
Repieos, present his philosophy in nearly all its
applications. In 1859 he published his tLib-
erty," in which he upholds the rights Of indi-
yidual, moral, and intellectual Independence.
against tho growing despotsm Of social
and political 1nasses. This brilliant esssy
Is devoted to his wife, whom he had
but lately lost at Ayignon, whence he has gone
to join her, and whom ho has rendered immortal
by this beautiful tribute which ne reproduce
entire. It throws as much Light upon the man
John Stuart Mil as could be given by any dis
aection Of the principles pf his philosophy, or
recapitulation Of the dates Of the events Of his
life. This noble dedication runs as follows =
To the beloved and dep1orad memory OF her who
WIS the nsrer and in part the author Of all that
Il an3 saa and one
dedicate this Volume Lie ~ that haya
to her as to me; but the work, "a It stands,
has had, IN very. insufficient degree, the H.
more important portions having been reserved for a
more careful eexanination, which they destined
to tho world oneh.f tho great thoughts nnd uo6iss
feelings which buried in her graye should be the
medium Ct Seneat s % sss
assisted by her a1lbut- -unr1valed wisdom.
His latast works we're, g Considerations On .
Representative Governments, ~ in 1861 ''Utili-
tarianism," in 1862 "Auguste Comte and Posi-
tivism," and "E1amination of Sir William
Ha1nilton's Philosophy" in 1865 "Inangural
Address Delivered ia the University Of St. Au-
drew" in. 1867 "England and Ireland" in
1868; and THE. subjection OF Women in
1869. In politics, John Stuart Mill has always
been radical From the commencement Of his
career he has assiduously advocated in the
public Journals Of. Great Britain tho broad
est and most liberal political reforms. He
WAS very active during the agitation
for Parliamentary Reform between 1880 and
1910. In his .'Thoughts on Parliamentary Re-
form," in 1859, be advocated the extension Of ,
the electoral suffrage to all honseholders without
distinction Of sex-, He has been the foremost
advocate in England Of woman. suffrage, and ::
there is not probably in print any abler presents
ton Of this subject and OF the system Of minor,
ity representation than is to be found in his
:" Considerations On Representative Govern~.
mant." He WAS in Parliament for three yeara
representing Westminster from 1855 to 1868, md
acted with the advanced Libera1s. He lost hia
seat in December, 1863 In 1870 be was elected
an Associate OF the Belgian Academic RoYale,
He has relaxed his severe 1abors for 8 ye4r
or two, and sought to restore his health,
naturally feeble and exhausted BY his r1n-
remitting exertions. His fatal disease WIS
IN affection Of the throat. which; lasted
but three days.. finally closing the passages
Of the throat He leaves several works which
hare never been published. Among them is hia
autobiography, which he had but recently COM
pleted and which he left in London in the hands
nf the nrinter.