Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Editorial procedures
- List of abbreviations
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Sermons
- 2 Malthus' diary of a tour of the Lake District
- 3 Bullion trade transactions
- 4 An essay on foreign trade
- 5 Essays and notes on Charles I and Mary, Queen of Scots
- 6 Questions and answers on early European history
- 7 Harriet Malthus' diary of a family tour of Scotland in 1826
- 8 Letters to Harriet Malthus from her mother, Catherine Eckersall
- 9 Eight brief miscellaneous items
- Appendix A Additional material not reproduced
- Appendix B Letters to David Ricardo
- Bibliography
- Kanto Gakuen Catalogue
- Index
7 - Harriet Malthus' diary of a family tour of Scotland in 1826
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 December 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Editorial procedures
- List of abbreviations
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Sermons
- 2 Malthus' diary of a tour of the Lake District
- 3 Bullion trade transactions
- 4 An essay on foreign trade
- 5 Essays and notes on Charles I and Mary, Queen of Scots
- 6 Questions and answers on early European history
- 7 Harriet Malthus' diary of a family tour of Scotland in 1826
- 8 Letters to Harriet Malthus from her mother, Catherine Eckersall
- 9 Eight brief miscellaneous items
- Appendix A Additional material not reproduced
- Appendix B Letters to David Ricardo
- Bibliography
- Kanto Gakuen Catalogue
- Index
Summary
INTRODUCTION
In the summer of 1826 Malthus took a holiday in Scotland accompanied by his wife (Harriet), daughter (Emily) and son (Henry, or Hal). His diaries of the Scottish tour and of tours to Northern Europe in 1799, to Scotland in (probably) 1810, and to Europe in 1825 were made available to researchers by Robert Malthus in 1961 and published in 1966, edited by Patricia James; but it was not until the discovery of the manuscripts in the estate of Robert Malthus that it was realised that Malthus' wife had also kept a diary of the Scottish tour. For most days her diary entries are more detailed than Malthus' – the exception being when Malthus gives information on local economic conditions – and provide a fuller picture of people met and places visited. Harriet's diary also contains ten ink sketches (some incomplete) of Scottish scenes. Harriet's artistic leanings are also evident in the drawings (including one thought to be of her future husband) contained in her journal of the European tour of 1802 (see Hashimoto 1990).
The editing and publication of Harriet Malthus' diary have been greatly assisted by the introduction and notes made by Patricia James in her 1966 edition of Malthus' diary, here republished beside Harriet's to facilitate comparison. The map in James' edition (p.259) showing the route of the Scottish tour is also reproduced below.
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