CONTENTSCHAPTERPAGEI.[The Period of Monopoly, 1708 to 1826][1]II.[Before and After the Act of 1844][24]III.[The Bank's Weekly Return][48]IV.[The Issue and Banking Departments][63]V.[The Store in the Issue Department][74]VI.[Weekly Differences in the Return][85]VII.[The Bank as Agent of the Mint][94]VIII.[The Principal Currency Drains][101]IX.[Banks and the Creation of Credit][113]X.[The Battle of the Banks][126]XI.[The London Money Market][139]XII.[ The Bank Rate and Stock Exchange Securities] [154]XIII.[The Banks as Stockbrokers][161]XIV.[The Short Loan Fund and the Price of Securities][169]XV.[Panic Years][177]XVI.[The Banks and the Public][224]XVII.[Bank Stock][240]