The collection of select economical Tracts reprinted by LORD OVERSTONE, comprises the following articles, viz. :— Volume on Commerce. 1. Observations touching Trade and Commerce with the Hollander and other Nations. Presented to King James by Sir Walter Raleigh, Knt. 2. Navigation and Commerce, their Original and Progress, &c, in which his Majesty's title to the Dominion of the Sea is asserted against the Novel and later pretenders. By J. Evelyn, Esq., S.R.S. 1674. 3. Extracts from a Plan of the English Commerce, being a complete prospect of the trade of this nation, as well the home trade as the foreign. Humbly offered to the consideration of the King and Parliament. The second edition. 1730. 4. An Essay on the Causes of the Decline of the Foreign Trade, consequently of the value of the land of Britain, and on the means to restore both. The second edition with additions. 1750. 5. A brief Essay on the Advantages and Disadvantages which respectively attend France and Great Britain with regard to Trade. With some proposals for removing the principal Disadvantages of Great Britain, in a new method. By Josiah Tucker, M.A. The third edition, corrected with additions. 1753. 6. Proposals made by the Prince of Orange, to the States General, and to the States of Holland and West Freizland, for redressing and amending the Trade of the Republic. 2 7. A Vindication of Commerce and the Arts; proving that they are the source of the greatness, power, riches, and populousness of a State By J-B-, M.D. 1758. 8. New and Old Principles of Trade compared; or a Treatise on the Principles of Commerce between Nations. 1788. Volume on the National Debt and Sinking Fund. 1. An Essay upon Publick Credit. 1710. 2. A Letter to a Friend, in which is shown the Inviolable Nature of Publick Securities. By a Lover of his Country. 1717. 3. An Essay on the Publick Debts of this Kingdom. In a Letter to a Member of the House of Commons. 1726. 4. A State of the National Debt, as it stood December the 24th, 1716, with the Payments made towards the Discharge of it out of the Sinking Fund, &c., compared with the Debt at Michaelmas, 1725. 5. A defence of an Essay on the Publick Debts of this Kingdom, &c. By the Author of the Essay. 1727. 6. Representation of the House of Commons to His Majesty George II, &c. (Commons Journals, 8 April, 1728). 7. Of Public Credit, &c. By David Hume, Esq. in 1752. Published 8. Account of the National Debt, from Blackstone's Commentaries, Book 1, Cap. 8. 9. An Appeal to the Public on the subject of the National Debt. By Richard Price, D.D., F.R.S. 1774. 10. Extracts from a Tract entitled The Challenge; or Patriotism put to the Test, in a letter to the Rev. Dr. Price. By Jos. Wimpey. 1772. 11. Note on the Sinking Fund established by Mr. Pitt, in 1786. 12. Considerations on the Annual Million Bill, and on the Real and Imaginary Properties of a Sinking Fund. 1787. 13. An Inquiry concerning the Rise, Progress, Redemption, 3 Present State, and Management of the National Debt of 1818. Volume on Paper Currency and Banking. 1. A Discourse concerning the Currencies of the British Plantations in America, especially with regard to their Paper Money. With a Postscript thereto. 1740. 2. Banks and Paper Money, from Essays, Moral, Political, &c. By David Hume, Esq. Published in 1752. 3. Essay on Paper Money and Banking, from Essays on the Public Debt, Frugality, &c. Published in 1755, 4. Essay on Banks and Paper Credit, from Characteristics of the present state of Great Britain. Published in 1758. 5. Note on the Suspension of Cash Payments at the Bank of England, in 1797. 6. The Utility of Country Banks, considered, &c. 7. An Enquiry into the Nature and Effects of the Paper Credit of Great Britain. By Henry Thornton, Esq., M.P. 8. Note on the State of the Exchange between London and Dublin, from 1797 to 1804. 9. Remarks on Paper Currency; from a Treatise on the Coins of the Realm. By the Earl of Liverpool. Published in 1805. 10. The High Price of Bullion, a Proof of the Depreciation of Bank Notes. By David Ricardo. The fourth edition corrected. 11. Report from the Select Committee of the House of Commons on the High Price of Gold Bullion. Ordered to be printed, 8 June, 1810. 12. Observations on the Principles which regulate the Course of Exchange; and on the present depreciated State of the Currency. By William Blake, Esq., F.R.S. 13. The Question concerning the Depreciation of our Currency stated and examined. By W. Huskisson. Esq., M.P. Third edition corrected. Volume of Miscellaneous Tracts. 1. An Apology for the Builder; or a Discourse shewing the Cause and Effects of the Increase of Building. 1685. 2. Giving Alms no Charity, and Employing the Poor a Grievance to the Nation. Addressed to the Parliament of Eng land. 1704. 3. A View of the Greenland Trade and Whale-Fishery, &c. 1722. 4. An Apology for the Business of Pawn-Broking. By a Pawn-Broker. 1744. 5. Extracts from the Works of Dr. Franklin, on Population, Commerce, &c. 6. Reflections on the Formation and Distribution of Wealth. By M. Turgot. 1793. 7. Extract from an Inquiry into the Nature of the Corn Laws; with a View to the New Corn Bill proposed for Scotland. 1777. 8. A Treatise on the Maritime Laws of Rhodes. By Alexander C. Schomberg, M.A. 1786. 9. A Dissertation on the Poor Laws. By a Well-Wisher to Mankind. 1786. 10. Thoughts and Details on Scarcity, &c. By the Right Hon. Edmund Burke. 1800. 11. An Inquiry into the Policy and Justice of the Prohibition of the Use of Grain in the Distilleries, &c. By Archibald Bell, Esq., Advocate. 1808. |