The following bibliography of taxation is taken from The Reader's Guidein Social and Political Science, edited by R. R. Bowker and George lies,and published in 1891 by G. P. Putnam’s Sons, for the Society of PoliticalEducation, as Economic Tract No. XXVII. The following letter from Mr.lies may properly be inserted here.
The Reader’s Guide says, touching the bibliography of land and rent:
“ Kinner and Laveleye give a general view of the development of prop-erty in land. Maine is for advanced students. Pollock’s sketch of British land laws is brief and clear. Leslie’s account of British and Irish land sys-tems is fuller. The Cobden Club Essays, edited by Probyn, serve as a goodintroduction to modern systems of land tenure. Meyer’s official report andRocher’s treatise are valuable. Prothero describes British agriculture.Ricardo is the chief expounder of the doctrine of rent. Wollser is hisprincipal American disciple. The criticisms of Carey have been adoptedby the so-called ‘American ’ school of financial writers. Brooklyn LibraryCatalogue, p. 919, contains important entries. See also various chapters inBuckle, Green, Escott, and other standard historians bearing on land sys-tems. Thorold Rogers in his Cobden and Modern Political Opinions, 1873,pp. 73-108, discusses the land question. Donaldson’s History is indis-pensable to students of the public lands question in the United States .”
After this introduction comes the following list of books recommendedto students :
Allison, E. P., and Penrose, Boies. Ground Rents in Philadelphia.Phila. , Wharton School of Finance and Economy, 1889. 19 pp. O. pap.
25 c.
Cheyney, E. P. Anti-Rent Agitation in the State of New Tork,1839 - 1846 . Phila. , Wharton School of Finance and Economy, 1889. O.pap. 50 c.
Cox, S. S. Free Land and Free Trade. N. Y. , Putnam, 1880. D.$1. A clearly written little treatise on the application to the United States of the principles that governed the repeal of the British corn laws.