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 involvement in the world of radical politics emerges clearly. The volume also testifies to his burgeoning international reputation, and to his interest in reform in North and South America, Russia, Spain, France, and Geneva.

This is the ninth volume of the Correspondence produced in the new edition of The Collected Works of Jeremy Bentham. The letters -- the vast majority of which have never before been published -- illustrate many aspects of Bentham's public and private life, providing insight to his working methods as well as testifying to his interest in reform in North and South America, Russia, Spain, France, and Geneva.

`This volume, like the others already published, is delicately edited: the information provided is always welcome but never intrusive.' Utilitas