Indexes to the Collected Works of John Stuart Mill

this volume, which incorporates in slightly modified and abbreviated form the separate indexes of the individual volumes, consists of four sections: an alphabetical list of all the writings in the Collected Works with their locations; a chronological list of Mill’s writings, also keyed to the Collected Works; an index of persons and works referred to by Mill; and a subject index. Throughout, the “word-by-word” order is used (except that “de,” “la,” and “le” are treated as part of the following word), so that Church rates, for instance, comes before Churches. Basic information on the form of the entry and the abbreviations used is given in the headnote to each list. This introduction is intended as a more detailed guide, explaining some of the dilemmas encountered and choices made in the process of reducing the vast corpus of Mill’s work to four lists.