| Description | Slaney has used a volume with pre-printed instructions entitled 'Illustration of the Commonplace Book' on how to construct entries, with specimen pages. However, he does not appear to have followed these instructions, and the major part of the volume contains his written thoughts on various subjects, from works of philosophy he had read, and his notes on Malthus's work on Population, Smith's Wealth of Nations and Burke's speeches on economic reform 1808, to notes on the poor law, on agriculture and rural affairs and chemistry. The volume also includes a list of books he read, newspaper cuttings and loose notes. |