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lation must be taken into account, in
estimating the prosperity of a nation
from the numbers of its people, 199;
controverts Dr. Price in regard to the
decline of population in Great Britain,
234; his estimate of the numbers of
persons engaged in farming, 240; on
the population of England and Wales,
243; coincidence of his opinion, in
regard to the value of the precious
metals, with those of Hume and Wal-
lace, 374; on the policy of the French
government in regard to the Corn
Trade, ii. 72, seq.; quoted in reference
to this trade, 82; his opinions in re-
gard to this criticised, 83, 84; adduced
in regard to the Corn Trade, 114; in
regard to the dearth of 1799-1800,
122, seq.; his Table shewing the aver-
age prices of wheat for the year fol-
lowing the harvest of 1798, 128; his
opinion in regard to the relation of
the price to the plenty and scarcity of

grain, not very explicit, 132, seq.;
adduced in praise of milk as an eco-
nomical article of diet, 142; also of
potatoes, 143; as to the meaning of
ability, 222; quoted as to the disad-
vantages of a variable land-tax, 236;
noticed as against an exclusive land-
tax, 237; quoted in regard to tithes,
245; adduced as in favour of taxes
on consumption, 252; in favour of
the project of a limited assessment
for the poor, 278, 280; in regard to
a paradox,-that a liberal reward of
labour encourages idleness, 311; his
Annals of Agriculture quoted, 321,

322.

Young, (Sir William,) reprobates the
English Law of Settlement, ii. 269.

ZIMMERMANN, his Political Survey of
Europe quoted, i. 214.

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DUGALD STEWART, ESQ.,

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WITH A BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OF THE AUTHOR
BY SIR WILLIAM HAMILTON, BART.

AFTER the death of Reid, DUGALD STEWART was the head of what has been denominated "The Scottish School of Philosophy;" long before his death he was, indeed, universally acknowledged as the most distinguished living philosopher of Great Britain, and likewise as one of the best writers in the language. His published works are considerable, both in number and extent, and are also conversant with the most important parts of Philosophy,-historical, speculative, and practical. Of these works, the earlier have been frequently reprinted; but from circumstances, merely private, and which it is unnecessary to specify, new editions of his later writings have been withheld, and a collection of the whole, which ought long ago to have appeared, has only now become possible.

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mains of Mr. STEWART, besides the Writings thus left prepared for the Press, there are others which may afford valuable extracts to be incorporated in the already published Treatises,-or to be otherwise annexed to them.

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