John Stuart Mills Boyhood Visit To France.
John Stuart Mill refered to this visit as one of the great formative events in his life
Mill left Dover for Calais on May 16th 1820 (four days short of his fourteenth birthday). He returned to England in July 1821. In France he stayed with the family of Sir Samuel Bentham. Mill spent one month at Bagneres-de-Bigorre. He arrived at Montpellier on Oct 15 1820. He arrived in Paris April 24 1821.
The Mountain scenery left a great impression on Mill and would lead him to Wordsworth who proved to be the antidote to his mental "crisis" It was on this tour that Mill began his lifelong love of botany. His trip to France resulted in a keen and lifelong interest in Continental Liberalism.
References. COLLECTED WORKS OF JOHN STUART MILL VOLUME XXVI Toronto Press. Mills friendship with Harriet Taylor began in 1830. Mill Married Harriet Taylor in 1851.
John Mills Boyhood Visit to France. A Journal and Notebook. Anna Jean Mill. University of Toronto. 1960.
In 1868 William James read Griesingers Pathlogie und Therapie der Psychischen Krankheiten. He said it was a "noble book"
References. THE THOUGHT AND CHARACTER OF WILLIAM JAMES.Vol.II. Ralph Barton Perry. London:Humphrey Milford Oxford University Press.