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Our literature is rich enough in works on the principles of Political

Economy. So far as the translator is informed, however, it possesses none

in which the science is treated in accordance with the historical method.

We may therefore venture to express the hope that this translation will

fill a place hitherto unoccupied in the literatures of England and

America, and fill it all the more efficiently and acceptably, as Professor

ROSCHER is the founder and still the leader of the historical school of

Political Economy. Were this the only recommendation of our undertaking,

it would not be a useless one. But a glance at Professor ROSCHER’S book

will convince even the most hasty reader that its pages fascinate by their

interest and are rich in treasures of erudition which should not remain

inaccessible to the English student from being locked up in a foreign

tongue.