Thomas DE QUINCEY (1785–1859), English writer. Autograph let - Lot 23

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Thomas DE QUINCEY (1785–1859), English writer. Autograph let - Lot 23
Thomas DE QUINCEY (1785–1859), English writer. Autograph letter, Fox Ghyll, November 9, 1823, to the publisher James Augustus Hessey in London; 3½ pages, quarto size, addressed (water stains with some gaps and missing text, skillfully restored); in English. A long letter to the publisher of his *Confessions of an English Opium-Eater* and the *London Magazine*, regarding Ricardo and Malthus. De Quincey divides his letter into 7 points. 1. He is sending the proofs of Malthus’s “Measure of Value” for the latest issue of the Magazine. 2. He has received the package containing the two issues of the Magazine, “the ‘Advice to an Opium Eater’—‘Public Education’ and two private letters.” He mentions the death of David Ricardo (September 11) and wishes to pay tribute to him by writing a “Brief Statement of the services rendered to Political Econ. by the late Mr. Ricardo: in what state he found it, in what state he left it: written in such a way as to be understandable to those with no knowledge of that science, and providing an overview of the entire field of the science, as well as a view of what remains to be done.” He regrets not having published anything about him during Ricardo’s lifetime… 3 He is going to send the proof of Malthus’s work with a short addition… 4. He speaks at length about his poor health, having suffered greatly from “a most severe constipation of bowels”… 5. He was deeply saddened by the news of the death of poor Richard Ayton (1786–1823, writer and playwright), and speaks highly of the merit of his articles; it is a great loss: “He is a great loss; a very great one indeed. His essays will make a delightful volume when collected.” 5. He wrote a letter to the “Lion’s Head” in response to William Hazlitt’s article on Malthus’s doctrine… “Acknowledging, however, that Hazlitt has said all that I have said (though I am of the opinion that he did not say it in a way that would make it most effective in a dispute with a Malthusian), I yet think that he has said something more with which I wholly disagree. Since this will shed some light on the reasons that make Mal[thus] blind to the arguments raised against him, I have deemed it important enough to make it the subject of a brief letter. – Some of M[althus]’s other errors will be obvious to everyone, whatever their views on political economy may be.” 6. He is delighted that Hessey liked his articles... He adds that *Public Education* strikes him as “a very sensible book,” and that the “Advice to the Opium-Eater” contains some important truths… Etc.
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