INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER Ⅰ ON THE CORN TRADE IN 1838 AND 1839
SECTION 1 Cursory review of the seasons and crops of 1836 and 1837
SECTION 2 Character of the season in 1838． prices and estimated produce of wheat
SECTION 3 Character of the season of 1839． prices and estimated produce of wheat
SECTION 4 Relative prices of wheat and barley
SECTION 5 Influence of the corn laws on prices
SECTION 6 Effects which a bounty would have had
SECTION 7 Suggestion of the substitution of a fixed duty
SECTION 8 Conjecture as to the prices at which wheat would range in the event of a free trade
SECTION 9 On the effect of the prices of provisions on the condition of the working classes
CHAPTER Ⅱ ON THE PRICES OF PRODUCE， OTHER THAN CORN
CHAPTER Ⅲ ON THE STATE OF THE CIRCULATION IN 1838 AND 1839
SECTION 1 Causes of the recent depression of our foreign exchanges， and the consequent drain on the coffers of the Bank of England
SECTION 2 On the regulation of the bank issues in 1838 and
SECTION 3 Doctrine of the supposed duty of the Bank of England to accommodate the trade， and to support the commer credit of the country
SECTION 4 Result of the review of the management of the bank in 1838 and
SECTION 5 Vindication of the bank from some groundless charges
SECTION 6 Examination of the effects imputed by mr． hume in his speech of the 8th of July， 1839， to the management of the Bank of England
CHAPTER Ⅳ ON THE SEVERAL ALTERATIONS PROPOSEDIN THE MANAGEMENT OF THE CURRENCY， WITH AVIEW TO REMEDY THE EXISTING DEFECTS
SECTION 1 On the proposed total separation of the business of issuing bank notes from that of the deposits， and other mere banking operations
SECTION 2 Plan proposed for retaining the present system of union of the two departments， with greater security against the risk of suspension
SECTION 3 On the two schemes which offer themselves， consistently with the present standard， in the event of the bank charter not being renewed
SECTION 4 On proposed plans for altering the standard
SECTION 5 On the effects of a silver standard
SECTION 6 On the effects of a double standard
SECTION 7 On a system of paper circulation without a defined principle of limitation
SECTION 8 Digression on the suspended american banks
SECTION 9 Summary of the preceding review of the state of the circulation， and of some of the alterations proposed in our banking system
CHAPTER Ⅴ OBSERVATIONS ON A RECENT PUBLICATION BY MR． SAMUEL JONES LOYD， “ON THE MANAGEMENT OF THE CIRCULATION， AND ON THE CONDITION AND CONDUCT OF THE BANK OF ENGLAND， AND OF THE COUNTRY ISSUES DURING THE YEAR 1839”
Paper communicated by Mr． Pennington
APPENDIX

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。