tendent of manufactures and improvement of trade or to govern a plantation. "If I were a prince, I should make him my second counsellor at least. There is nothing difficult to him.... He never could get favor at court because he outwitted all the projectors who came near him. Having never known such another genius, I cannot but mention these particulars among a multitude of others that I could produce."[1]
The following are the titles of Petty's economic writings, with the probable years of their composition and the dates of their first publication. It will be noted that several of the most important were not printed until after his death.
A Treatise of Taxes and Contributions. Written and printed in 1662.
Verbum Sapienti, or an Account of the Wealth and Expences of England, and the Method of raising Taxes in the most Equal Manner. Written in 1665, printed 1691.
The Political Anatomy of Ireland. Written in 1671-72, printed 1691.
Political Arithmetick, or a Discourse concerning the Extent and Value of Lands, People, Buildings, ... etc. As the same relates ... to the Territories of ... Great Britain, ... Holland, Zealand, and France. Written 1672-76, printed 1690 (and surreptitiously by a "pirate" of those days in 1683).
Quantulumcunque concerning Money. Written 1682, printed 1695 (and perhaps in 1682. Writings, ii. 438, 639).
Another Essay in Political Arithmetick concerning the Growth of the City of London. Written 1682, printed 1683. (The first essay is lost.)
Observations (and further Observation) upon the Dublin Bills of Mortality. Written and printed 1683 and 1686.
Two Essays in Political Arithmetick concerning London and Paris. 1687.
Observations upon the Cities of London and Rome. 1687.
Five Essays in Political Arithmetick. 1687.
A Treatise of Ireland. Written 1687, printed 1899.
- ↑ Evelyn's Diary, March 22, 1675.
