SCARCE AND VALUABLE

ECONOMICAL TRACTS.

*** This Volume, printed by LORD OVERSTONE for distribution among his friends, has been edited by J. R. McCULLOCH, Esq.

J.R. Mr Culloch

A

SELECT COLLECTION

OF

SCARCE AND VALUABLE

ECONOMICAL TRACTS,

FROM THE ORIGINALS OF

DEFOE, ELKING, FRANKLIN, TURGOT, ANDERSON, SCHOM-
BERG, TOWNSEND, BURKE, BELL, AND OTHERS.

WITH A PREFACE, NOTES, AND INDEX.

LONDON:

MDCCCLIX.

PREFACE.

H31

M32 1859 MAIN

THIS Volume of miscellaneous Tracts, being the last of the series reprinted by Lord Overstone, contains the following articles; viz.

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 England. 1704.

3. A View of the Greenland Trade and Whale-Fishery, with the National and Private Advantages thereof. 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. Alexander C. Schomberg, M.A.

1776.

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