This text offers a short account of England's foreign trade in the nineteenth century and looks at the economic and social results of commerce. First published in 1893, this is a revised version and it includes ten statistical diagrams.

Arthur Lyon Bowley, 1896-1957, Cobden Prizeman (Cambridge), Trinity College.

Part 1 I.-Introductory; Chapter 1 1. england's commercial condition internally; Chapter 2 2. england's commercial relations abroad; Chapter 3 3. division of labour; Chapter 4 4. digression on changes in the value of gold and the use of index numbers; Part 2 II.-The French Wars, 1793-1815; b2_Chapter 1 1. the expense of the war and hindrances to trade; b2_Chapter 2 2. permanent effects of the war on commercf; b2_Chapter 3 3. the industrial revolution; Part 3 III.-The Battle Over Free Trade; b3_Chapter 1 1. introductory; b3_Chapter 2 2. principles and history of free trade; b3_Chapter 3 3. england's adoption of free trade; b3_Chapter 4 4. the immediate effects of free trade; Part 4 IV.-Success of Free trade, 1850-1870; b4_Chapter 1 1. unlimited expansion; b4_Chapter 2 2. treaties with foreign countries; b4_Chapter 3 3. american war and its effects-trade with the united states and india; b4_Chapter 4 4. balance of imports and exports-england's foreign investments; Part 5 V.-Trade in the Period, 1870-1892; b5_Chapter 1 1. the crises of 1873 and 1883, and their causes,; b5_Chapter 2 2. the construction of railways, and the effect of increased facilities of transport; b5_Chapter 3 3. digression on silver and its history (1870-1893); b5_Chapter 4 4. the steady increase of volume of imports and exports, and the proportion per head of the population; Part 6 VI.-England's Present Position; b6_Chapter 1 1. the present position of england's great trades; b6_Chapter 2 2. exports and foreign competition; b6_Chapter 3 3. imports and agriculture; b6_Chapter 4 4. conclusion;