Alfred and Mary Paley Marsall in the late 1870s. The Correspondence of Alfred Marshall, Economist THE CORRESPONDENCE OF ALFRED MARSHALL, ECONOMIST Volume 1. Climbing, 1868-1890 A Royal Economic Society Publication Edited by JOHN K. WHITAKER University of Virginia CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, Sao Paulo Cambridge University Press The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 2RU, UK Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9780521558884 © Cambridge University Press 1996 This publication is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. First published 1996 This digitally printed first paperback version 2005 A catalogue record for this publication is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication data (Revised for v. 2- v. 3) Marshall, Alfred, 1842-1924. The correspondence of Alfred Marshall, economist. Includes bibliographical references. Contents: vol. 1. Climbing, 1868-1890—vol. 2. At the summit, 1891-1902—vol. 3. Towards the close, 1903-1924. 1. Marshall, Alfred, 1842-1924—Correspondence. 2. Economists—Great Britain—Correspondence. 3. Neo- classical school of economics. I. Whitaker, John K. (John King). II. Title. HB103.M3A4 1996 330.15'7 95-8022 ISBN 0-521-55888-3 (v.l) ISBN 0-521-55887-5 (v. 2) ISBN 0-521-55886-7 (v. 3) ISBN-13 978-0-521-55888-4 hardback ISBN-10 0-521-55888-3 hardback ISBN-13 978-0-521-02356-6 paperback ISBN-10 0-521-02356-4 paperback CONTENTS Acknowledgements vi General Introduction ix Editorial Practices xiii Alfred Marshall: A Sketch xvii Abbreviations xxiv List of Manuscript Collections xxvi Biographical Register xxvii Chronology 1842-1890 xlviii List of Letters Reproduced in Volume 1 li LETTERS 1-332 1 Appendices I. Alfred Marshall's Family 351 II. Marshall's Testimonials for the Principalship of University College Bristol, June 1877 354 III. Foxwell's Initiative 360 IV. The 1889 Debate on Reform of the Moral Sciences Tripos 363 V. Is London Healthy? 367
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