THE HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH 

 CORN LAWS 



Cloth, 2S. 6d. [Social Science Series. 



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 standpoints 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. 



{t 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. 



" Every one 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." Glasgow Herald. 



