Notes and Queries, Vol. III, Number 86, June 21, 1851 / A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.

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VOL. III.—No. 86.
SATURDAY, JUNE 21. 1851.
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At the dispersion of the library of the late Sir James Mackintosh, striking evidence of his extensive reading appeared. It seems to have been his custom to always read with a pencil in his hand, to score the remarkable passages, and to make occasional notes; generally at the end of the book he indicates the place where, and date when he read it.
One remarkable and not uninteresting example occurs in the following volume in my possession:
An Essay on the Right of Property in Land, with respect to its foundation in the Law of Nature: its present establishment by the municipal laws of Europe; and the regulations by which it might be rendered more beneficial to the lower ranks of Mankind. London, 1782, 8vo.
On the inside of the cover Sir James Mackintosh has written: