This early work by Sydney Smith was originally published in 1854 and we
are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.
'Elementary Sketches of Moral Philosophy' is a collection of lectures
delivered by Smith at the Royal Institution in the years 1804, 1805, and
1806. Sydney Smith was born on 3rd June 1771 in Woodford, Essex,
England. Smith's first book 'Six Sermons, preached in Charlotte Street
Chapel, Edinburgh' was published in 1800. He married Catharine Amelia
Pybus in the same year and the couple settled in Edinburgh. While there,
he helped set up the 'Edinburgh Review' and became its first editor in
1802. He continued to write articles for the review for the next quarter
of the century which were a key element to the publication's success.