THE

THEORY AND PRACTICE

OF

BANKING.

WORKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR.

I.

A DICTIONARY OF POLITICAL ECONOMY. Biographical, Bibliographical, Historical, and Practical.

VOL. I., Second Edition, preparing.

VOL. II., Completing the Work, in progress.

II.

Adopted by M. MICHEL CHEVALIER at the College
de France.

PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICAL PHILOSOPHY.

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SECOND EDITION.

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III.

THE ELEMENTS OF BANKING.

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IV.

THE ELEMENTS OF POLITICAL ECONOMY.

1 VOL., PRICE, 168.

Being the first Edition of the Principles. A few Copies of this Work may still be had.

THE

THEORY AND PRACTICE

OF

BANKING.

BY

HENRY DUNNING MACLEOD, Esq., M.A.,

OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, AND THE INNER TEMPLE; BARRISTER-AT-LAW;
FELLOW OF THE CAMBRIDGE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.

SELECTED BY THE ROYAL COMMISSIONERS FOR THE DIGEST OF THE LAW TO PREPARE
THE DIGEST OF THE LAW OF BILLS OF EXCHANGE, BANK NOTES, ETC.

Testimony is like the shot of a long bow, which owes its efficacy to the
force of the shooter; argument is like the shot of the cross bow, equally
forcible whether discharged by a giant or a dwarf.—BOYLE.