AUTHORITIES.--The constitutional historians--Stubbs, Gneist, Hallam--deal with the legal and constitutional aspects of finance. Special financial histories are: Sir J. Sinclair, _History of the Public Revenue of the British Empire_ (3 vols., 3rd ed., London, 1803); S. Dowell, _History of Taxation and Taxes in England_ (4 vols., 2nd ed., London, 1888); Schanz, _Englische Handelspolitik_ (2 vols., Leipzig, 1881), and H. Hall, _History of the Customs Revenue of England_ (2 vols., London, 1885), are valuable for the earlier periods. W. Cunningham, _Growth of English Industry and Commerce_ (2 vols., Cambridge, 1903-1907); H. O. Meredith, _Economic History of England_ (London, 1908), devote sections to finance. A. Smith, _Wealth of Nations_ (1776), Tooke and Newmarch, _History of Prices_ (6 vols., London, 1837-1856), give financial details. G. R. Porter, _Progress of the Nation_ (3rd ed., London, 1851); Sir S. Northcote, _Twenty Years of Financial Policy_ (London, 1862); S. Buxton, _Finance and Politics_ (2 vols., London, 1888); J. R. McCulloch, _Taxation and Funding_ (3rd ed., London, 1863); W. M. J. Williams, _The King's Revenue_ (London, 1908), for 19th-century finance. (C. F. B.)
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