Deontology_, now in University College, London, seems to prove that
Bentham was substantially the author, though the Mills seem to have
suspected Bowring of adulterating the true doctrine. He appears to have
been an honest if not very intelligent editor; though the rewriting,
necessary in all Bentham's works, was damaging in this case; and he is
probably responsible for some rhetorical amplification, especially in
the later part.

[477] _Church of Englandism_ (Catechism examined), p. 207.

[478] See this phrase expounded in _Works_ ('Book of Fallacies'), ii.
440, etc.

END OF VOL. I

NOTE ON BENTHAM'S WRITINGS

The following account of Bentham's writings may be of some use. The
arrangement is intended to show what were the topics which attracted his
attention at successive periods.

The collected _Works_, edited by Bowring, appeared from 1838 to 1843 in
eleven volumes, the last two containing the life and an elaborate index.
The first nine volumes consist partly of the works already published;
partly of works published for the first time from Bentham's MSS.; and
partly of versions of Dumont's redactions of Bentham. Dumont's
publications were (1) _Traites de Legislation civile et penale_ (1802;
second edition, revised, 1820): [vol. i. contains _Principes generaux de
Legislation_ and _Principes du Code civil_; vol. ii. _Principes du Code
penal_; and vol. iii. _Memoire sur le Panoptique_, _De la Promulgation
des Lois_, _De l'Influence du Temps et des Lieux_, and _Vue generale
d'un Corps complet des Lois_]; (2) _Theorie des Peines et des
Recompenses_, 1811, 1818, 1825; (3) _Tactiques des Assemblees
deliberantes et Traite des Sophismes politiques_, 1816; (4) _Traite des
Preuves judiciaires_, 1823; and (5) _De l'Organisation judiciaire et de
la Codification_, 1823.

In the following I give references to the place of each work in
Bowring's edition.

Bentham's first book was the _Fragment on Government_, 1776 (i.
221-295). An interesting 'historical preface,' intended for a second
edition (i. 240-259), was first printed in 1828. The _Fragment_, edited
by Mr. F. C. Montague, was republished in 1891.

The _Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation_ was
published in 1789, in one vol. 4to (i. 1-154). It had been printed in
1780. A second edition, in two vols. 8vo, appeared in 1823. It was
intended as an introduction to the plan of a penal code. Bentham says in
his preface that his scheme would be