Item 28 - Richard Jones to William Whewell

4 pp.

Brasted - Could WW let him know whether they are to meet on the 16th. RJ has done all he intends regarding Aristotle, Bacon and induction [see RJ to WW, 7 and 9 March 1831]. He should now start on a second volume to complement his book on rent ['An Essay on the Distribution of Wealth and on the Sources of Taxation', 1831]: 'I think the best plan will be to work up the condition of the English and Irish poor - Poor Laws etc. in that volume instead of writing a pamphlet which no one will read this spring it is clear enough'. RJ is 'sure much is to be learnt and taught by comparing their condition with that of the laborers in other countries and tracing the results of any differences good and evil to their respective causes'. He has divided the book into 4 chapters: '1 On the various sources of wages 2 on the circumstances which affect variations in the numbers of laborers 3 on the causes which determine the actual rate and are likely to influence the future progress of wages amongst different nations and classes of nations 4 on the peculiar actual position and prospects of the English and Irish laborers'. RJ can supply WW 'with a curious and interesting sketch of the connection of variations of the forms of rent with corresponding variations in manners habits and government in England if you want it and mean to use it'.