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

DEPOE, ELKING, FRANKLIN, TURGOT, ANDERSON, SCHOM-

BERG, TOWNSEND, BURKE, BELL, AND OTHERS.

WITH A PREFACE, NOTES, AND INDEX.

LONDON:

MDCCCLIX.

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PREFACE.

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 Parlia

ment 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 Popu

lation, 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 pro

posed for Scotland. 1777. 8. A Treatise on the Maritime Laws of Rhodes. By

Alexander C. Schomberg, M.A. 1776.

360733.