BY THE SAME AUTHOR. 



THE HISTORY OF THE 



ENGLISH CORN LAWS 



By J. S. NICHOLSON, M.A., D.Sc., 



Professor of Political Economy in the University of Edinburgh. 



Author of " E/ects of Machinery on, Wages," &c. 



Cloth, 2s. 6d. [Sot. Sc. Serifs. 



OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. 



"The learned Professor gives a clear and succinct account of the history 

 of the English Corn Laws. He treats them very ably from three stand- 

 points as affecting the consumer, the producer, and national interests. In 

 the chapter devoted to general results, he asserts that the history of the 

 Corn Laws strongly supports the negative argument for Free Trade." 

 Dundee Courier. 



" Based on a set of lectures delivered at Cambridge last year, the book 

 examines the working of the Corn Laws in connection with the general 

 economic policy of the country, and after a close scrutiny, in the light of 

 Adam Smith's reasoning, of the actual results of the duties and restrictions 

 upon imports, finds that they either failed of their objects or were actively 

 hurtful. The work should prove welcome to many readers at this time, 

 both within and without the circle of professed students of economic 

 history. " Scotsman. 



"The principal object of this work is to show that the history of the 

 Corn Laws can only be understood as part of the general economic policy 

 of the country." Outlook. 



"The subject is dealt with in four chapters, devoted respectively to the 

 points of view of the consumer, producers, and public policy, and to general 

 results. From the fact that the old Corn Laws were part of a system, and 

 were destroyed with that system, it is argued that by analogy a new or 

 revised Corn Law can also only be part of a general system, whether of 

 Protection or Preference." Notts Guardian. 



"Professor Nicholson, by reprinting the four lectures on Corn Law 

 history that he delivered at Cambridge University last summer, has 

 rendered a service which deserves hearty appreciation from all students of 

 economics, and especially from students of the fiscal question. The book 

 is one that clears away misapprehensions and stimulates thought." 

 Sheffield Independent. 



" Professor Nicholson examines very lucidly the operation of these Laws 

 as a part of the general policy of the country. He points out that they did 

 not steady prices or benefit the farmer, that they did not prevent the flow 

 of labour from the country to the towns, and that they did not make the 

 nation independent of the foreign food supplies." Newcastle Chronicle. 



"Everyone of the divisions of the book is worked out with care, and 

 with many illuminating flashes from the author's wide reading and keen 

 grip of principles." Glasgoiu Herald. 



