Works and correspondence of David Ricards/
by David Ricardo; edited by Piero Sraffa and M.H. Dobb
- Cambridge Cambridge Univ. Press 1955
- V.p.
Vol. III pamphlets and papers 1809-1811.
These two volumes under the general title of "Pamphlets and Papers' contain Ricardo's shorter writings. The division between the two volumes is chronological. Volume III has a greater unity in that it consists entirely of writings on monetary subjects of the period of the Bullion Controversy, while Volume IV is composed of miscellaneous pieces which extend over the later years of Ricardo's life. Each volume is divided into two parts, the first containing more formal writings intended for publication, the second notes and papers from Ricardo's manuscripts. It is chiefly in the second part of each volume that the new material will be found; practically all the writings in that part of Volume IV being unpublished hitherto.
As in the previous volumes, the editor's footnotes are distinguished by numerals and by being generally printed in double column. Two editorial footnotes which were too long for insertion in their proper places have been severally put in Appendices at the end of each of the two volumes. In printing from original manuscripts the spelling, punctuation and abbreviations of Ricardo have generally been fol
lowed, as specified in Section IV of the Introduction to Volume II. To each volume have been appended Tables of Corresponding Pages to facilitate the identification in the present edition of page references by earlier writers to the previous editions of the pamphlets.