Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Cabinet of History, Vol. 1: Hisroty of the Reformation
It has been the wish of the Author and Publishers of this Work, that it should be as extensively useful as possible. If they be not deceived in their expectations, it may be advantageously employed as a sort of nude mecum by merchants, traders, ship owners, and ship masters, in conducting the details of their respective businesses. It is hoped, however, that this object has been attained without omitting the consideration of any topic, incident to the subject, that seemed calculated to make the book generally serviceable, and to recommend it to the attention of all classes.
Had our object been merely to consider Commerce as a science, or to investigate its principles, we should not have adopted the form of a Diction ary. But Commerce is not a science only, but also an art of the utmost practical importance, and in the prosecution of which a very large proportion of the population of every civilised country is actively engaged. Hence, to be generally useful, a work on Commerce should combine practice, theory, and history. Different readers may resort to it for different purposes and every one should be able to find In It clear and accurate information, whether his object be to make himself familiar with details, to acquire a knowledge of principles, or to learn the revolutions that have taken place in the various departments of trade.
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