| John Stuart Mill
Victorian
Firebrand
Corrections
and Clarifications
- On p 482, the statement that William Christie had collaborated with Mill on anti-corruption initiatives in the 1880’s is a misprint. It should read 1860’s. (Thanks to Mr Martin Petchey.)
There are some mistakes in John Stuart Mill – Victorian
Firebrand, for which I take full responsibility.
These range from typos to errors of fact. I am of course
keen to correct as many as possible before the next
edition – especially the factual errors - so
please let me know if you spot any. Here are the ones
I know about so far (with acknowledgements where appropriate):
- On page 28, I refer to the hanging
of Arthur Thistlewood, one of the Cato Street
conspirators, on 1 May 1820. He was indeed hung,
but I could have added that he was then additionally
beheaded; the last man in British history to
suffer this double execution. (Thanks to Mr Gordon
Crandles.)
- On page 240 I describe the 1855 visit
of Napoleon III to London. But he was of course
accompanied by the Empress Eugenie, rather than
Josephine who was Empress to Napoleon I. (Thanks
to Mr Gordon Crandles.)
- Hayek’s famous book is of course Road
to Serfdom, rather than as it is titled
on page 263, Road to Freedom.
(Thanks to Mr Simon Heffer.)
- The biography of Mill by Michael St John Packe
was published in 1954, rather than 1854, as stated
on page 484. |
