POLITICAL ECONOMY

WITH ESPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE

INDUSTRIAL HISTORY OF NATIONS.

BY

ROBERT ELLIS THOMPSON, M.A.,

PROFESSOR OF SOCIAL SCIENCE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA,
AND MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.

"The true greatness of kingdoms and estates, and the means thereof, is an argu-
ment fit for great and mighty princes to have in their hand; to the end that neither
by overmeasuring their forces, they lose themselves in vain enterprises, nor on the
other side, by undervaluing them, they descend to fearful and pusi¡lanimous coun-
sels."-Lord Bacon.

PHILADELPHIA:

PORTER & COATES.