Transcriber's Notes:
All errors and inconsistencies in spelling, punctuation, and italicization have been retained, except as noted below.
The original did not have a table of contents; one has been added.
On p. 9, the title '[The geography of commerce]' had a lower case 't' in 'The' in the original.
On p. 10, the question ['What is meant by the "Factory System"?'] appeared in the original as 'What is meant by the "Factory System."'
On p. 12, the question ['What are the principal things besides money uses that cause a demand for gold and silver?'] had a full stop (period) instead of a question mark in the original.
On p. 15, in the phrase ['piece of the same denomination'] the original had 'demonination'.
On p. 17, in the reference to ['chs. VI, VII, XIII.'] the name 'Phillips' was not italicized in the original.
In the table at the top of p. 18 labelled 'Average prices for', there was no comma after ['Wool'] in the original.
On p. 18 the penultimate sentence in question 7, with the phrase ['weighting affect your first'], lacked a question mark in the original.