and more instructive order; and has enriched it by several discussions,
original, accurate, and profound.[1] The respect, however, which the
author entertains for the writings of this gentleman, has not prevented
him from commenting with that freedom which he thinks the interests of
science require, on such passages of the "Economie Politique," as
appeared at variance with his own ideas.

CONTENTS.

CHAP. Page

I. _On Value_ 1

II. _On Rent_ 49

III. _On the Rent of Mines_ 77

IV. _On Natural and Market Price_ 82

V. _On Wages_ 90

V*. _On Profits_ 116

VI. _On Foreign Trade_ 146

VII. _On Taxes_ 186

VIII. _Taxes on Raw Produce_ 194

VIII*. _Taxes on Rent_ 221

IX. _Tithes_ 225

X. _Land-Tax_ 232

XI. _Taxes on Gold_ 247

XII. _Taxes on Houses_ 262

XIII. _Taxes on Profits_ 269

XIV. _Taxes on Wages_ 285

XV. _Taxes on other Commodities than Raw Produce_ 330

XVI. _Poor Rates_ 354

XVII. _On Sudden Changes in the Channels of Trade_ 363

XVIII. _Value and Riches, their Distinctive Properties_ 377

XIX. _Effects of Accumulation on Profits and Interest_ 398

XX. _Bounties on Exportation, and Prohibitions
of Importation_ 417

XXI. _On Bounties on Production_ 449

XXII. _Doctrine of Adam Smith concerning the Rent of Land_ 458

XXIII. _On Colonial Trade_ 476

XXIV. _On Gross and Net Revenue_