John HopkinsÕs Notions on Political Economy

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John HopkinsÕs Notions on Political Economy was published during a period of anxiety in Britain over a potential working-class rebellion. The stories bear titles like ÒWagesÓ (pp. 11-26); ÒEmigrationÓ (pp. 81-99); and ÒThe Rich and the PoorÓ (pp. 5-10), which is the first story in the collection and expresses a belief in the mutual interests of the upper and lower classes. The final lines of ÒThe Rich and the PoorÓ assert that Òthe rich and the poor have but one and the same interestÉI am convinced that the comforts of the poor are derived from the riches of the rich,Ó (p. 10). Though members of the working class were the intended audience of John HopkinsÕs Notions on Political Economy, and the authorÕs prefatory note states that its goal is Òthe improvement of the labouring classesÓ (p. [ii]), it is unlikely that many working people could have afforded a copy of the book (Oxford DNB). Small octavo. . [ii] pp., 188 pp. Original dark blue cloth with printed paper label. Some rubbing and light fading to cloth. Toning to label. Some creasing at gutter. Some toning to endpapers and some light foxing to edges, but a very good, bright, and tight copy of an important work. First edition. Jane Haldimand Marcet (1769-1858) is remembered as an important figure in the history of womenÕs education and as a friend Maria Edgeworth. Marcet was also a scientist and a political writer who wrote Conversations on Chemistry, Intended More Especially for the Female Sex (1806), one of the first elementary science textbooks. Her Conversations books, which also include the Conversations on Political Economy (1817) and Conversations on Natural Philosophy (1819), are considered the Òearly nineteenth centuryÕs best-known introductory science texts for women and young personsÓ (The Feminist Companion to Literature in English, p. 713). N° de ref. del artículo 16720

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