Book Reviews: Brazil: An Interim Assessment. By J. A. CAMACHO. (London and New York: Royal Institute of International Affairs. 1952. Pp. viii, 116. $2.50.)

• Date: 01 December 1952
• DOI: 10.1177/106591295200500419
• Author: Harry Kantor
• Published date: 01 December 1952
• Subject Matter: Articles

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tainties about the meaning of his theory of value are now cleared up.
It appears, too (I, xix), that James Mill’s contribution to the making of
the Principles was less than has usually been supposed.
The loving care given to the production of these volumes, by the
editors and the printers, is evident throughout. The printing and page
design are a delight: nothing could be more effective and more pleasing
than the way the Notes on Malthus are presented (as they should be)
as a running commentary along with the text of Malthus’s Principles;
and the handling of the variant editions of Ricardo’s Principles, by
footnotes, an appendix, and tables of concordance, is masterly. The literary
detective work on some hitherto obscure (and some hitherto unquestioned)
matters of dates and personalities adds to the fascination of the whole.
The first four volumes comprise the Principles (I), the Notes on
Malthus (II), Pamphlets and Papers, 1809-1811 (III), and 1815-1823 (IV).
Most of the new material is to be published in the four volumes of letters
(Vols. VI-IX), but the foretaste the editors have given of it in their
general introduction arouses a lively anticipation of new insight into the
political economy and political thinking of the age.
C. B. MACPHERSON.
University of Toronto.
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