Malthus and his work

by James Bonar

[939]. See above, pp. 365 seq.

[940]. See above, p. 336.

[941]. See above, p. 328.

[942]. See above, p. 96.

[943]. The authorship of the article is shown by Macvey Napier’s Letters sub dato, and that of the biogr. preface by Empson’s art., p. 472.

[944]. “Daniel Malthus, 17, Sydenham de parochia Sti Giles Londini Armigeri filius” (Matriculation entry, Easter term, 1747).

[945]. See Gibbon’s Memoirs, p. 46 (ed. Hunt and Clarke), and Jeffrey’s Life, i. 40.

[946]. Cf. Wealth of Nations, V. i. art., pp. 341 foll.

[947]. Biogr. pref. to Pol. Econ. (1836), p. xxvi.

[948]. The name Malthus itself is probably Malt-hus, or Malthouse (cf. Shorthouse, Maltby), which still occurs as a surname in England. Francis (or, some say, Thomas) Malthus wrote on ‘Fireworks, fortification, and arithmetic,’ in French and in English, 1629.