Collected Works of John Stuart Mill

About this Collection

The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, ed. J.M. Robson (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1963-1991), 33 vols. Editorial committee: J.M. Robinson, General Editor, Harold Bohme, J.C. Cairns, J.B. Conacher, D.P. Dryer, Marion Filipiuk, Frances Halpenny, Samuel Hollander, R.F. McRae, Ian Montagnes, Ann P. Robson, F.E. Sparshott.

All 33 vols. are available online at the Online Library of Liberty. Volumes I, II, III, IV, V, VII, VIII, and X have been republished in book form by Liberty Fund.

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The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume I - Autobiography and Literary Essays

John Stuart Mill (author)

Vol. 1 of the 33 vol. Collected Works contains Mill’s autobiography and some literary essays mostly from the 1830s.

The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume II - The Principles of Political Economy I

John Stuart Mill (author)

Vol. 2 of the 33 vol. Collected Works contains Part 1 of Mill’s Principles of Political Economy.

The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume III - Principles of Political Economy Part II

John Stuart Mill (author)

Vol. 3 of the 33 vol. Collected Works contains Part 2 of Mill’s Principles of Political Economy.

The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume IV - Essays on Economics and Society Part I

John Stuart Mill (author)

Vol. 4 of the 33 vol. Collected Works contains a number of Mill’s essays on economic topics, including the collection Essays on Some Unsettled Questions of Political Economy.

The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume V - Essays on Economics and Society Part II

John Stuart Mill (author)

Vol. 5 of the 33 vol. Collected Works contains a number of Mill’s essays on economic topics, including the Chapters on Socialism.

The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume VI - Essays on England, Ireland, and the Empire

John Stuart Mill (author)

Vol. 6 of the 33 vol. Collected Works contains a number of Mill’s essays on contemporary political issues, including his essay Reorganization of the Reform Party.

The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume VII - A System of Logic Part I

John Stuart Mill (author)

Vol. 7 of the 33 vol. Collected Works contains Part 1 of Mill’s System of Logic. It contains chapters on reasoning, induction, the laws of nature, causation, and disbelief.

The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume VIII - A System of Logic Part II

John Stuart Mill (author)

Vol. 8 of the 33 vol. Collected Works contains Part 2 of Mill’s System of Logic. It contains chapters on fallacies, methodology of the social sciences, and the science of history.

The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume IX - William Hamilton’s Philosophy

John Stuart Mill (author)

Vol. 9 of the 33 vol. Collected Works contains Mill’s book on William Hamilton’s philosophy.

The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume X - Essays on Ethics, Religion, and Society

John Stuart Mill (author)

Vol. 10 of the 33 vol. Collected Works contains a number of Mill’s essays on religion and moral philosophy as well as his works on Utilitarianism and Auguste Comte.

The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume XI - Essays on Philosophy and the Classics

John Stuart Mill (author)

Vol. 11 of the 33 vol. Collected Works contains a number of Mill’s essays on philosophy, Plato, Aristotle, and the history of Greece.

The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume XII - The Earlier Letters 1812-1848 Part I

John Stuart Mill (author)

Vol. 12 of the 33 vol. Collected Works contains Mill’s letters written between 1812-1837.

The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume XIII - The Earlier Letters 1812-1848 Part II

John Stuart Mill (author)

Vol. 13 of the 33 vol. Collected Works contains Mill’s letters written between 1838-1848 with an Introdcution by F.A. Hayek.

The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume XIV - The Later Letters 1849-1873 Part I

John Stuart Mill (author)

Vol. 14 of the 33 vol. Collected Works contains Mill’s letters written between 1849-1855.

The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume XV - The Later Letters 1849-1873 Part II

John Stuart Mill (author)

Vol. 15 of the 33 vol. Collected Works contains Mill’s letters written between 1856-1864.

The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume XVI - The Later Letters 1849-1873 Part III

John Stuart Mill (author)

Vol. 16 of the 33 vol. Collected Works contains Mill’s letters written between 1865-1868.

The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume XVII - The Later Letters 1849-1873 Part IV

John Stuart Mill (author)

Vol. 17 of the 33 vol. Collected Works contains Mill’s letters written between 1869-1873.

The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume XVIII - Essays on Politics and Society Part I

John Stuart Mill (author)

Vol. 18 of the 33 vol. Collected Works contains a number of Mill’s essays on politics, including his reviews of Tocqueville’s Democracy in America and his book On Liberty.

The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume XIX - Essays on Politics and Society Part 2

John Stuart Mill (author)

Vol. 19 of the 33 vol. Collected Works contains a number of Mill’s essays on politics and his book Considerations on Representative Government.

The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume XX - Essays on French History and Historians

John Stuart Mill (author)

Vol. 20 of the 33 vol. Collected Works contains a number of Mill’s essays and book reviews about French history.

The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume XXI - Essays on Equality, Law, and Education

John Stuart Mill (author)

Vol. 21 of the 33 vol. Collected Works contains a number of Mill’s essays on the law, women and children, the American Civil War, and his book on The Subjection of Women. It also contains in the Appendix Harriet Taylor’s works On…

The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume XXII - Newspaper Writings Part I

John Stuart Mill (author)

Vol. 22 of the 33 vol. Collected Works contains Mill’s newspaper articles from 1822-1831, including many on the French Revolution of 1830 and the series called The Spirit of the Age.

The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume XXIII - Newspaper Writings Part II

John Stuart Mill (author)

Vol. 23 of the 33 vol. Collected Works contains Mill’s newspaper articles from 1831-1834, including many on the French Revolution of 1830 and a number on the Poor Law Report.

The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume XXIV - Newspaper Writings Part III

John Stuart Mill (author)

Vol. 24 of the 33 vol. Collected Works contains Mill’s newspaper articles from 1835-1847, including many on the Bank Charter and the Condition of Ireland.

The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume XXV - Newspaper Writings Part IV

John Stuart Mill (author)

Vol. 25 of the 33 vol. Collected Works contains Mill’s newspaper articles from 1847-1873, including a number of electoral reform and the revolution in Hungary.

The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume XXVI - Journals and Debating Speeches Part I

John Stuart Mill (author)

Vol. 26 of the 33 vol. Collected Works contains Mill’s juvenile writings from the 1820s such as journals, notebooks, and debating speeches.

The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume XXVII - Journals and Debating Speeches Part II

John Stuart Mill (author)

Vol. 27 of the 33 vol. Collected Works contains Mill’s diaries of his walking tours 1827-32, a diary from 1854 and other material from the early 1820s.

The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume XXVIII - Public and Parliamentary Speeches Part I

John Stuart Mill (author)

Vol. 28 of the 33 vol. Collected Works contains Mill’s electoral and parliamentary speeches from 1865-1868, including those on the right of women to vote, the Reform Bill, the riots in Jamaica, India, and smoking in railway…

The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume XXIX - Public and Parliamentary Speeches Part II

John Stuart Mill (author)

Vol. 29 of the 33 vol. Collected Works contains Mill’s electoral and parliamentary speeches from 1869-1873, including women’s suffrage education, and land reform. It also includes an essay by Helen Taylor on War and Peace.

The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume XXX - Writings on India

John Stuart Mill (author)

Vol. 30 of the 33 vol. Collected Works contains Mill’s longer writings on India. Some parliamentary speeches and newspaper articles can be found in other volumes.

The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume XXXI - Miscellaneous Writings

John Stuart Mill (author)

Vol. 31 of the 33 vol. Collected Works contains Mill’s writings on botany and reviews of medical books. It also contains his edition of Bentham’s Rationale of Judicial Evidence and his father’s Analysis of the Phenomena of the Human…

The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume XXXII - Additional Letters

John Stuart Mill (author)

Vol. 32 of the 33 vol. Collected Works contains letters by Mill which were left out of earlier volumes and a full list of correspondents, and of persons and works cited in the letters.