AN ESSAY 



/ 



ON THE 



PRINCIPLE OF POPULATION; 



OR, 



A VIEW OF ITS PAST AND PRESENT EFFECTS 



HUMAN HAPPINESS; 



AN INQUIRY INTO OUR PROSPECTS RESPECTING THE FUTURE 



REMOVAL OR MITIGATION OF THE EVILS WHICH 



IT OCCASIONS. 



BY 



The Rev. T. R. MALTHUS, A.M. F.R.S. 



LATE FELLOW OP JESUS COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, AND rROFESSOR OF HISTORY AND POLITICAL 

 ECONOMY IN THE EAST-INDIA COLLEGE, HERTFORDSHIRE. 



SIXTH EDITION. 



IN TWO VOLUMES. 



VOL. I. 



LONDON : 



JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET. 



MDCCCXXVI. 



