Anthologies

[Created: 17 Jan., 2017] [Updated: January 31, 2023 ]

I have put together a number of anthologies of classical liberal writings on various themes and individuals, some of which have been published in book form (see this page), and others only online.

At the Online Library of Liberty:

• Tracts on Liberty by the Levellers and their Critics (1638-1659), 7 vols. Edited by David M. Hart and Ross Kenyon (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2014-). It will contain about 300 pamphlets and tracts from the English Civil Wars and Revolution. Summary of the Project and a Complete table of contents. There are also two antholgies of Leveller tracts and an essay on their "art":
  • An Anthology of Leveller Tracts: Agreements of the People, Petitions, Remonstrances, and Declarations (1646-1659)
  • An Anthology of Readings on The Levellers and the Origins of Anglo-American Constitutionalism
  • Images of Liberty and Power: “The Art of the Levellers”
• An anthology of over 500 Quotations about Liberty and Power with comments and annotations by David M. Hart.
• The OLL Reader: An Anthology of the Best of the Online Library of Liberty [Updated January 6, 2017 - 78 items].
• James Mill, The Political Writings of James Mill: Essays and Reviews on Politics and Society, 1815-1836, ed. David M. Hart (OLL, 2013).
• The Collected Works of Lysander Spooner (1834-1886), in 5 vols. (OLL, 2010), with a chronological and thematic listing of all 36 works by Spooner in the OLL collection. This provides access to the HTML versions of all of his works.
• Thomas Gordon, Thomas Gordon’s Political Discourses on Tacitus and Sallust: Tyranny, Empire, War, and Corruption (1728-1744), ed. David M. Hart (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2013).
• A collection of "illustrated essays": Images of Liberty and Power.
• Key Documents of Liberty - a collection of some of the most important legal documents, charters, constitutions, and declarations in the western tradition.

At this website:

• The State and the Ruling Class: An Anthology of Key Works of Libertarian/Classical Liberal Class Analysis from La Boetie to Buchanan
• An Anthology of 19th Century French Classical Liberal Tbought
  • an English language anthology
  • a French language anthology
• Two collections of illustrated essays on "Images of Liberty and Power":
  • "War and Art"
  • "Art and Politics"
• CW of Molinari
• CW Comte and Dunoyer (Le Censeur)
• A Guide to 101 War Films