AN ESSAY 



ON THE 



PRINCIPLE OF POPULATION; 



A VIEW OF ITS PAST AND PRESENT EFFECTS 



HUMAN HAPPINESS; 



AN INQUIRY lS*K) 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. 



I.ATE FELLOW OP JESUS COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, AND rROFESSOR OP HISTORY AND POLITICAL 

 ECONOMY IN THE EAST-INDI* COLLEGE, HERTFORDSHIRE. 



SIXTH EDITION. 



IV TWO VOLUMES. 



VOL. II. 



LONDON : 

 JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET. 



MDCCCXXVI. 



