The majority of the letters in this volume have not been previously published and illustrate many aspects of Bentham's public and private life. His writings are discussed, while the correspondence with his secretary, John Herbert Koe, gives an insight into Bentham's working methods.

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