CONTENTS

LECTURE I. CAUSES THAT HAVE RETARDED THE PROGRESS OF POLITICAL ECONOMY.

LECTURE II. POLITICAL ECONOMY A MENTAL STUDY.

LECTURE III. REASONS FOR TREATING POLITICAL ECONOMY AS A SCIENCE.

LECTURE IV. THAT POLITICAL ECONOMY IS A POSITIVE, NOT AN HYPOTHETICAL SCIENCE. DEFINITION OF WEALTH.

DELIVERED BEFORE THE

UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD.

BY NASSAU W. SENIOR, A.M.,

LATE FELLOW OF MAGDALEN COLLEGE,
PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL ECONOMY.

LONDON:
LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS.
1852.

London:
Spottiswoodes and Shaw,
New-street-Square.