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CAPITAL CARICATURES: A SELECTION OF ETCHINGS BY JOHN KAY By Sheila Szatkowski Birlinn, GBP9.99
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JOHN Kay, who was born in Dalkeith in 1742, was an Edinburgh
barber who metamorphosed into a Scottish equivalent of the English
caricaturists Gillray and Rowlandson. But as Sheila Szatkowski
wisely acknowledges in this wholly delightful and endlessly
fascinating selection of his etchings, Kay was never as savage as
Gillray or as sarcastic as Rowlandson.
His art was altogether more subtle, born more often than not out
of fondness rather than of a desire to hold his subjects up to
ridicu...
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John Stuart Mill's odd combination: philosopher kings & laissez faire
Review - Institute of Public Affairs
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Mill's religion of humanity: consequences and implications.(John Stuart Mill )(Critical Essay)
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BOOKS: Stunning biography from a happy author; John Stuart Mill - Victorian Firebrand by Richard Reeves. Atlantic Books. pounds 30.(Features)
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; Byline: Reviewed by IAN CAWOOD In EH Carr's What is History? he writes: First, know your historian. So, unfamiliar with the name of the author of this new biography of JS Mill, I did a bit of lazy research. Yes, reader, I googled him. To my astonishment it produced all sorts of odd things, leading
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Polity
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The authoritarian secularism of John Stuart Mill. .(John Stuart Mill and the Religion of Humanity)(Book Review)
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Capaldi, Nicholas. John Stuart Mill: A Biography.(Book review)
ANQ
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Utility, property, and political participation: James Mill on democratic reform.
American Political Science Review
; in the Supplement to the 4th, 5th & 6th editions of the Encyclopedia Britannica (1816-1824) and reprinted in James Mill: Essays & Etc. Mill, James. 1824a. Periodical Literature: Edinburgh Review. Westminster Review 1:206-49. Mill, James. 1824b. Periodical Literature: The Quarterly Review.
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