HISTORY

OF

BRITISH COMMERCE

LONDON: PRINTED BY

SPOTTISWOODE AND (0., NEW-STREET STARK

AND PARLIAMENT STREET

OF LINCOLN'S INN, BARRISTER-AT-LAW; PROFESSOR OF THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF
COMMERCE AND COMMERCIAL LAW IN KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON ; DOCTOR OF

POLITICAL ECONOMY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN; ETC.

SECOND EDITION

WITH GRAPHIC TABLES

LONDON

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET

1880

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TO THE

BARONESS BURDETT COUTTS.

MADAM,

Among those who first contributed to raise British Commerce to the position it has since acquired was one whose name your Ladyship so worthily upholds.

Of representatives of old British Merchants and Bankers there are but few remaining; and I value the honour of dedicating this work to you, especially since pour munificence has given to the acquisition of wealth a high moral import, and to British philanthropy increasing renown and lustre.

Your Ladyship’s humble servant,

LEONE LEVI.