CONTENTS.

[♦] Introduction • vii
[♦] Of Commerce • 1
[♦] Of Refinement in the Arts • 15
[♦] Of Money • 27
[♦] Of Interest • 39
[♦] Of the Balance of Trade • 51
[♦] Of the Jealousy of Trade • 67
[♦] Of the Balance of Power • 71
[♦] Of Taxes • 78
[♦] Of Public Credit • 83
[♦] Of some Remarkable Customs • 98
[♦] Of the Populousness of Ancient Nations • 106
[♦] Of the Original Contract • 174
[♦] Of Passive Obedience • 192
[♦] Of the Coalition of Parties • 196
[♦] Of the Protestant Succession • 203
[♦] Idea of a Perfect Commonwealth • 214
[♦] That Politics may be Reduced to a Science • 229
[♦] Of the First Principles of Government • 243
[♦] Of Political Society • 247
[♦] Alphabetical Arrangement of Authorities cited by Hume • 253