Note 44 — I HISTORICAL

According to Leslie Stephen’s article in the Dictionary of National Biography, the chief authorities for the life of Malthus are (1) a notice by Otter, afterwards Bishop of Chichester, prefixed to the second edition of the Political Economy published in 1836 and (2) an article by Empsen in the Edinburgh Review. Jan. 1837, p. 469 to p. 506. See also Bonar’s Malthus and his Work, to which in this and the following sections I am indebted. For some personal reminiscences see Martineau’s Autobiography, vol. i, p. 211. He is described as possessing the ‘most pleasing manners and the most benevolent heart’ (Manning, History and Antiquities of Surrey, p. 578).