Crown 8vo. cloth, 5,f. 



THE STANDARD OF VALUE. 



Part I. LORD LIVERPOOL'S OVERSIGHT and its 



CONSEQUENCES. 



PART IL The DOUBLE STANDARD and the NATIONAL DEBT. 



PART III. The POUND STERLING: its HISTORY and 

 CHARACTER. 



OPINIONS OF THE PRESS, 



'A lucid statement and clear ca=e for bimetallists.' — Finance Chronicle. 



' This is one of the cleverest and most intelligent expositions of the thesis of bimetallism 

 which have appeared. Mr. Jordan is indeed a practised writer. This well-written book 

 can be read with pleasure and instruction by all.' — Money. 



' A pleasant historical resume, as well as a free statement of the case of the bimetallists.' 

 — Schoolmaster. 



' A perusal of the work, which is written in an attractive and popular ntyle, should 

 effectively dissipate the misty prejudices entertained on the question of bimetallism, which 

 has become the most important question of the present age.' — Liverpool Daily Courier. 



'Three timely papers on bimetallism.' — Graphic. 



' Ably and forcibly written.' — Glasgow Herald. 



' We do not see how it is possible carefully to read the facts which Mr. Jordan sets out, 

 or candidly to consider the arguments which he grounds upon them, without coming to 

 the conclusion that Lord Liverpool's " mistake " on the Currency Question was a very 

 disastrous one, and that Sir Robert Peel's Act of 1816 is now bearing better fruit.' — 

 British Mail. 



' Mr. Jordan shows a knowledge of the subject and its bearings which implies a familiar 

 acquaintance with questions of finance.' — Daily Review, Edinburgh. 



' British taxpayers at large are interested more deeply in the disputed question of 

 bimetallism than they perhaps imagine. It is, in fact, a question in which every one is 

 interested, for we all pay taxes, either directl}- or indirectl^^ Those who wish to get an 

 insight into the bearings of the question, as presented by one having decided views, 

 cannot do better than read Mr. Jordan's little book. It is written in a clear and interest- 

 ing style, and whether the reader carries his studies further or not, he will at all events 

 be enlightened upon one sufiiciently curious aspect of the case.' — Glasgow News. 



'There is no denying that the question of " The Standard of Value" is not only a 

 " living one," but one that will sooner or later become a burning one. Those who desire to 

 be well informed on the subject ought to read Mr. William Leighton Jordan's contribution 

 to the controversy.' — Society. 



' An interesting contribution to this much-vexed question.' — Lloyd's Weekly. 



'Contains some very interesting remarks on the origin of the Funding System.' — 

 Banker's Magazine. 



' The remarkably able essays of Mr. Leighton Jordan, which should certainly be read 

 by all interested in trade or commerce, have again roused attention to this all-important 

 question.' — Mercantile Shipping Register and Commercial Review. 



'This is an ably written answer to the question, What is a pound .' We recommend 

 an actual perusal of this exceUentlj' written and valuable work. The reader may assure 

 himself that these pages are well worth a perusal, and the Avriter thinks for himself.' — 

 M etropolit an. 



' Those interested in the bimetallic controversy will peruse this well-written book 

 with much interest.' — Edinburgh Courant. 



' This third edition of Mr. Jordan's views on an important public question deserves 

 calm and earnest consideration. We recommend a close perusal of the entire work.' — 

 Colliery Guardi.sjst. 



' The essay on the " Pound Sterling " is extremely interesting. Although inspired 

 l)y enthusiasm, is is perfectly logical.' — Schoolmaster. 



' Those M'ho interest themselves in bimetallism wiU find the arguments in its favour 

 ably stated by Mr. Jordan, and the lengthy preface to the third edition of this book brings 

 the controversy down to date.' — Echo 



'Mr. Jordan has in such large development the faculty of making abstruse questions 

 clear I hat we do not wonder his little work has passed into a third edition.' — Sheffield 

 Daily Telegraph. 



' Those wlio desire to acquaint themselves with the arguments of the bimetallists will 

 liud tliem clearly stated by Mr. Leighton Jordan.' — Westminster Revucw. 



