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This is the third of a three-volume work constituting a comprehensive, scholarly edition of the correspondence of the English economist, Alfred Marshall (1842-1924), one of the leading figures in the development of economics and the founder of the Cambridge School of Economics. The edition fills a long-standing gap in the history of economic thought with hitherto unpublished material. Students will find it a basic resource for understanding the development of economics and other social sciences in the period since 1870. In particular, it provides much new information about Marshall's views on economic, social and political issues, his struggles to promote the teaching of economics at the University of Cambridge, and his relations with colleagues in Cambridge and elsewhere. Marshall's letters are notable for their frankness and spontaneity.
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Alfred Marshall in his garden shelter at Balliol Croft, 1920.
The Correspondence of
Alfred Marshall, Economist
THE CORRESPONDENCE OF
ALFRED MARSHALL, ECONOMIST Volume 3. Towards the Close, 1903-1924
A Royal Economic Society Publication
Edited by JOHN K. WHITAKER University of Virginia
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, Sao Paulo Cambridge University Press The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 2RU, UK Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9780521558860 © Cambridge University Press 1996 This publication is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. First published 1996 This digitally printed first paperback version 2005 A catalogue recordfor this publication is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication data (Revised for v. 2- v. 3) Marshall, Alfred, 1842-1924. The correspondence of Alfred Marshall, economist. Includes bibliographical references. Contents: vol. 1. Climbing, 1868-1890—vol. 2. At the summit, 1891-1902—vol. 3. Towards the close, 1903-1924. 1. Marshall, Alfred, 1842-1924—Correspondence. 2. Economists—Great Britain—Correspondence. 3. Neoclassical school of economics. I. Whitaker, John K. (John King). II. Title. HB103.M3A4 1996 330.15'7 95-8022 ISBN 0-521-55888-3 (v.l) ISBN 0-521-55887-5 (v. 2) ISBN 0-521-55886-7 (v. 3) ISBN-13 978-0-521-55886-0 hardback ISBN-10 0-521-55886-7 hardback ISBN-13 978-0-521-02354-2 paperback ISBN-10 0-521-02354-8 paperback
CONTENTS Introduction
vi
Abbreviations
viii
List of Manuscript Collections Biographical Register Chronology 1903-1924 List of Letters Reproduced in Volume 3 LETTERS 733-1148 Appendix I.
x xii xxx xxxii 1
Reports of Marshall's Speeches to the Cambridge University Senate 1903-1908
398
Discussion of Report of the Economics Syndicate, 7 May 1903
398
Discussion of Report of the Moral Sciences Board, February 1904
402
Discussion of Report of the General Board of Studies on the Girdlers' Lectureship in Economics, 17 May 1906
403
Appendix II. Comprehensive Listing of Archival Sources for Volumes 1, 2, and 3
406
Materials in the Marshall Library, Cambridge
406
Materials in Other Archives
411
Index of Letters by Correspondent
421
Index of Persons
431
Subject Index
449
INTRODUCTION The present volume continues Marshall's correspondence up to the year of his death, 1924, and thus completes the entire edition. The reader should turn to