[540]. Pol. Econ. and Taxation, pp. 373, 375, 379–80; cf. pp. 71 and 72, but especially 68 ft. Malthus on the whole follows Adam Smith, I. ix.; Mill has followed Ricardo.
[541]. So far as the account is meant to be historical, it must be corrected by Carey. See above, p. 65.
[542]. Ricardo, l. c. p. 372 and n. Cf. below. He appeals to Adam Smith’s principle of compensation (Wealth of Nations, I. x.).
[543]. Rogers (Six Centuries, p. 352) goes so far the other way as to make improvements the only cause of an increase of rent, though the passage should be read with p. 480, and especially pp. 482 and 492.
[544]. E. g. Mrs. Fawcett, Pol. Econ. for Beginners, pp. 65, 66; and even West, on Rent, p. 50.
[545]. 3rd Report, 1827, p. 321, qu. 3341. Cf. Perr. Thompson, True Theory of Rent, pp. 8, 12, 34, &c. (1832, 9th ed.).
[546]. Tract on Value, p. 6.
[547]. Ricardo, Low Price of Corn, &c., Works, pp. 373, 380, 381, &c.
[548]. Ibid., pp. 377, 379.
[549]. Ricardo, Works, l. c. p. 378.