ON TAXATION: HOW IT IS RAISED AND HOW IT IS EXPENDED. BY LEONE LEVI, F.S.A., F.S.S., OF LINCOLN'S INN, BARRISTER-AT-LAW; AND PROFESSOR OF THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF COMMERCE ΤΟ THE RIGHT HON. W. E. GLADSTONE, M.P., CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER, ETC. ETC. SIR, As a mark of esteem and admiration for your financial administration, your classical learning, and your power of eloquence, I dedicate to you, with your kind permission, this Essay on Taxation. The nation owes much to you for the many financial reforms you have already introduced, and for the high principles of honour and duty you have always propounded; and in your hands the finances of the Empire cannot fail to improve and to prosper. |