Robert Southey's Essays Moral and Political, originally published in 1832, brings together many of Southey’s most influential journal pieces, providing important evidence for students of the political and literary culture of the Romantic period.

Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Editorial Introduction Volume I I On Sir Francis Burdett’s Motion for Parliamentary Reform; . . . on the Conduct of the War; . . . and on the Cry of the Whigs for Peace. 1810 II Army and Navy Reforms. 1810 III On the Economical Reformers. 1811 IV On the State of the Poor, the Principle of Mr. Malthus’s Essay on Population, and the Manufacturing System. 1812 V On the State of the Poor, and the Means Pursued by the Society for Bettering their Condition. 1816 VI On the Accounts of England by Foreign Travellers. 1816 VII On the State of Public Opinion and the Political Reformers. 1816 Volume I Endnotes Volume II VIII A Letter to William Smith, Esq, M.P. 1817 IX On the Rise and Progress of Popular Disaffection. 1817 X On the Means of Improving the People. 1818 XI Two Letters Concerning Lord Byron 1822–1824 Letter I. To the Editor of the Courier. 1822 Letter II. To the Editor of the Courier. 1824 XII On Emigration. 1828 XIII On the Catholic Question. 1809 XIV On the Catholic Question. 1812 XV On the Catholic Question. 1828 Volume II Endnotes Index