for the industry and zeal with which he has fulfilled his task 



His copious extracts from his hero's written works shew how con- 

 scientiously he has endeavoured to do him justice. In this latter 

 respect we conceive his readers will allow him to have fully succeeded, 

 and those* who may be unacquainted with the half-forgotten and 

 obscure memorials here brought back to view, will perhaps be sur- 

 prised to see how closely and practically the Scottish financier antici- 

 pated the principles now currently adopted in commerce." 



Dublin Evening Post. 



" Mr Bannister has spared no pains to produce a complete life of 

 the eminent economist, and he has accordingly compiled an admir- 

 able book, which is sure to command much attention, not merely in 

 Great Britain, but 0*1 the Continent and in America." 



Edinburgh Mercury. 



" This work is one of considerable labour and research. It has 

 been compiled with a careful regard to accuracy and impartiality ; 

 and as it throws a flood of light upon a true genius, whose name 

 it rescues from misrepresentation, misapprehension, and positive 

 calumny, it merits, and ought to receive, an extensive circulation." 



London Evening Star. 



" The present biographer of Paterson has laudably attempted to 

 rescue his memory from unmerited oblivion, to elevate him to his 

 rightful position among the benefactors of his race, and to benefit 

 the present generation by a knowledge of his life, character, and 

 achievements." 



Edinburgh News. 



" The life of William Paterson is a subject peculiarly well deserving 

 of study in our time. How an obscure Scotchman, driven from his 

 country by the civil and ecclesiastical troubles of the period, rose to 

 eminence as an East India Merchant in the city of London, and lived 

 to project and carry into effect the two greatest commercial enter- 

 prises of our history, the foundation of the Bank of England, and the 

 colonisation of the Isthmus of Darien, is a story which will un- 

 doubtedly excite the imagination as well as enlighten the under- 

 standing." 



The Monetary Times and Bankers' Circular. 



" Now that commercial integrity is at a very low ebb, the young 

 and aspiring merchant may study with advantage the life and 

 conduct of such men as William Paterson, who, amidst the struggles 

 and adversities of a laborious career, maintained his honour and 

 integrity of character to the last. Mr Bannister has collected a 

 great variety of interesting facts relative to the pursuits of Paterson, 

 and has displayed a remarkable amount of laborious research in 

 their collection, while he has succeeded in raising a literary monu- 

 ment to one whose name will ever be associated with the greatest 

 monetary institution in the world." 



Edinburgh : WILLIAM P. NIMMO, 2 South St David Street. 



London : W. KENT & Co., Paternoster Row, 



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