"托马斯·图克（Thomas Tooke）（1774—1858年）是英国有名的经济学家、货币和价格理论专家，英国银行学派的创始人和主要代表人物之一。
威廉·纽马奇（William Newmarch）（1820-1882年）是英国有名经济学家、统计学家。"

PART IV HISTORICAL SKETCH OF PRICES, AND OF THE STATE OF THE CIRCULATION, FROM 1792 TO 1837
CHAPTER VI STATE OF PRICES AND OF THE CIRCULATION, FROM 1814 TO 1818
SECTION 1 Fall of the prices of corn from the close of 1813 to the commencement of 1816
SECTION 2 High prices of exportable commodities, in the spring of 1814
SECTION 3 Fall of prices between 1814 and 1817 of productions other than those of corn
SECTION 4 Rise of the prices of corn in this country and on the continent, from 1815 to the summer of 1817
SECTION 5 Fall of prices of corn in this country and in France in the summer of 1817, and the state of the corn trade till the close of 1818
SECTION 6 Prices of commodities from 1816 to the close of 1818
SECTION 7 State of the circulation from 1814 to 1818
SECTION 8 Summary of the preceding survey
CHAPTER VII STATE OF PRICES AND OF THE CIRCULATION, FROM THE COMMENCEMENT OF 1819 TO THE CLOSE OF 1822
SECTION 1 State of the question at the commencement of 1819, with a view to determine upon the future footing of the currency
SECTION 2 Markets for commodities from 1819 to 1822
SECTION 3 Prices of agricultural produce from 1819 to 1822
SECTION 4 State of prices on the continent of Europe
SECTION 5 State of the circulation from 1819 to 1822
SECTION 6 Summary of the preceding survey
CHAPTER VIII STATE OF PRICES AND OF THE CIRCULATION, FROM THE COMMENCEMENT OF 1823 TO THE CLOSE OF 1827
SECTION 1 Variations of the corn trade in 1823, with reference to the asserted influence of an enlarged circulation of paper in that year
SECTION 2 Prices of agricultural produce from 1824 to 1827, examined in connection with the circulation
SECTION 3 State of markets for produce and commodities other than corn, from 1823 to 1825
SECTION 4 Speculations in foreign loans and in shares in 1824 and 1825
SECTION 5 Fall of the prices off goods after the spring of 1825
SECTION 6 Recoil of markets for loans and shares after the spring of 1825
SECTION 7 Commercial discredit and pressure on the money market following the spring of 1825
SECTION 8 State of the circulation from 1823 to 1827
SECTION 9 Summary of the preceding survey
CHAPTER IX STATE OF PRICES AND OF THE CIRCULATION FROM THE COMMENCEMENT OF 1828 TO THE CLOSE OF 1832
SECTION 1 Prices of corn from 1828 to 1832
SECTION 2 State of markets for produce and commodities other than corn from 1828 to 1832
SECTION 3 State of the circulation from 1828 to 1832
SECTION 4 Summary of the preceding survey
CHAPTER X STATE OF PRICES AND OF THE CIRCULATION, FROM THE COMMENCEMENT OF 1833 TO THE CLOSE OF 1837
SECTION 1 Fall of the price of wheat from the harvest of 1832 to the close of 1835
SECTION 2 State of trade and manufactures, and prices of commodities, from the commencement of 1833 to the close of 1835
SECTION 3 Prices of agricultural produce in 1836 and 1837
SECTION 4 State of markets for produce other than those of agricultural produce, in the years 1836 and 1837
SECTION 5 Jointstock banks, and other Jointstock companies, and the speculations in the shares of these from 1833 to 1837
SECTION 6 State of the circulation from the commencement of 1833 to the close of 1837
SECTION 7 Summary of the preceding survey
CHAPTER XI GENERAL VIEW OF CONCLUSIONS TO BE DERIVED FROM THE PRECEDING HISTORICAL SKETCH OF PRICES; AND CONCLUDING REMARKS ON THE CURRENCY
SECTION 1 General view of the causes of the high prices from 1793 to 1814
SECTION 2 General view of the causes of the decline and comparatively low range of prices from 1814 to 1837
SECTION 3 Concluding remarks
APPENDIX
APPENDIX A
APPENDIX B
APPENDIX C

本书是一部经典性的著作，在经济学说史上占有不容忽视的重要地位。本系列丛书共分为6卷，讲述了1793-1856年间价格和货币流通状况的历史。作者对时间进行了严格的划分，分别介绍了不同年代间的谷物贸易、谷物价、谷物以外其他农产品的价格、物料流通状态、银行的监管问题等内容，并具体说明了各个时间区间的特点以及该时间段的谷物价格和大致产量。除此之外，作者还就《谷物法》以及金融机构的相关内容进行阐述，介绍了《谷物法》早期、中期和后期的特点及其颁布和实施后所带来的相关影响，自由贸易的原则在商业立法中的应用，英国银行的管理和相关政策，国家对金融、银行和信贷机构所采取的政策等。本书为该系列丛书的第2卷。

本书为该系列丛书的第二卷，介绍了1840-1847年间小麦的收成和价格情况，并对英国小麦价格预期走势做出了判断，书中还介绍了其他拼了农作物的价格变化情况。此外，书中还对纸币流通中的问题、货币与资本的关系、货币危机的形成以及银行破产等方面的问题展开了讨论。