PREFACE.

Of general queſtions of Political Economy, we have been mindful: to the ſtate of the poor, the price of grain, and (above all) to diſpute on the exiſtence of baneful Monopoly, many of our pages are dedicated.- The reviewing department has becn ably ſupported; its confinement within our own line has had the beſt effe&. Thus, on appropriate publications, we have been able to be more copious-than our limits ſeem to admit.

The general news of the month is carefully concentrated 5 and the enlargement of the Price Tables has been acceptable to many of our Readers. Little miſcelláneous matter has been admitted; indeed we are indebted for ſo many numerous volun- tary communications on ſubje&ts of general utility, that for delightful, but barren diſcuſſion, we have little room,

On a general retroſpe&t of the preſent volume, we are well Rtisfied in the ſucceſs of our cares; and as the public hâve thought fit to encourage us with an augmented ſale, we are equally bound by gratitude and intereſt not to intermit our vigilance, or our exertions, We are well aware of* the poſſibility of farther improvement; but for intrinſic UTILITY, may already ſafely challenge compariſon with any contemporary publication.

December 3oth, 1800,