Essays: Moral, Political, and Literary

VARIANT READINGS

Essay_551-600.indd 599 12/27/11 9:24 PM VARIANT READINGS Essay_551-600.indd 600 12/27/11 9:24 PM Essay_601-650.indd 601 12/27/11 9:26 PM H UME revised his essays continually throughout his lifetime , and there are many significant differences between earlier editions of the essays and the 1777 edition, which was corrected by Hume shortly before his death. The principal variations of earlier editions are recorded by T. H. Green and T. H. Grose in their edition of the Essays, Moral, Political, and Literary (1874, and after). The variations printed below are taken from Green and Grose, New Edition (London : Longmans, Green, and Co., 1889). The reader should keep in mind that Green and Grose do not consider all relevant editions of the essays and that their listing of variants is deficient in other ways as well. Also, editions E, F, and G are not part of the genealogy of the Essays, Moral, Political, and Liter- Essay_601-650.indd 602 12/27/11 9:26 PM 602 VARIA.~T READINGS ary. Superscript letters in the present text indicate where the variations occur. Green and Grose identify the editions of Hume's essays by letter, as follows: Edition A Essays, Moral and Political. Edinburgh, 1741. B Essays, Moral and Political. Second edition, corrected, Edinburgh , 1742. C Essays, Moral and Political. Vol. 2. Edinburgh, 1742. D Essays, Moral and Political. Third edition, corrected with additions; London and Edinburgh, 1748. E Philosophical Essays concerning Human Understanding. London , 1748. F Philosophical Essays concerning Human Understanding. Second edition, with additions and corrections; London, 1751. G An Enquiry Concerning the Principles ofMorals. London, 1751. H Political Discourses. Edinburgh, 1752. I Political Discourses. Second edition; Edinburgh, 1752. K Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects. London and Edinburgh , 1753-54. Four volumes. L FourDissertations. London, 1757. M Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects. London and Edinburgh , 1758. One volume. N Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects. London and Edinburgh , 1760. Four volumes. 0 Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects. London and Edinburgh , 1764. Two volumes. P Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects. Edinburgh and London , 1768. Two volumes. Q Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects. London and Edinburgh , 1770. Four volumes. R Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects. London and Edinburgh , 1777. Two volumes. ...