From:
James Grahame
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 February 1817]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.278
Summary:
About JG's book on population and a pamphlet on the usury laws [letter completed 1817-2-26].
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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About JG's book on population and a pamphlet on the usury laws [letter completed 1817-2-26].
Discusses at some length the strengths and weaknesses of Lucan's Pharsalia. Mentions JG's pamphlet on usury laws, suggesting that the argument from analogy is especially precarious in political economy.
On JG's ignorance of mathematics.
Of poetry, usury laws, and the assizes [letter completed 1817-5-24].
Note to announce the second edition of JG's pamphlet on the usury laws.
Family news, and the sad state of current poetry.
On horse back riding, the law, and the birth of a daughter.
About friendship.