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A HISTORY OF THE PRtCiOUS METALS
Fikm ihe Earliest Times to tlio Present;
By Alex Del Mar.
Second Ed., Complete in One Yol w SOf , 8to. CiOTfl AND GOLD, $3.M
This U not a reenslm of the first e4Mon (London, 18$0), but an entirely nework,
onstruoted oh an Improved plan. by the iama author. The following are from the preee
notices of the first edition:
Abounds Ith Tivld description and practical knowledga-iondon Athenaeum.
(Replete wIth.lnformaUon; erincM much care and '-LondonAaujemv.
iShowa the most conspicuoua dyance bcyoca his predecessers. iondon Saturday
A work of erott welwht and elegance of London EonPitJJ,nn ,,
No such able and exhaustire work elnco that of JVllHam Jacob. -ioridpn Statist.
Years ago Mr. Del Mar Rare to tbe public UA History of the Precious M.Ubj"
which has since become a standard work on the subject. In that work was traced the
7dVonturii of the Phoenicians. Bom, .Spaniards. California and A8tralhin
thoae Areoaauts who variouBly from the dawn of history to the present time,
thesearclifor tho precious metals. Beside dlscotery, tfoe author showed ft these
metals had been largely obtained throuh conquest and slaTory. The TewlM, Greek,
Homan, Egyptian, Spanish, and British conquests of mining countries, and w Bpwan
and Spanish systems of miuo slaTery, were next delineated, and finally ttie condition
of freo mining were examined. Upon a general reylew of the entire suUJect, the author
fouud ample reason to ngrco with the eolebrated dictum of Mpntosqulou, that upon the
wholo, gold and allTor, when obtainod by free mining and paid labour, had cost to the
world a far greater prico lhan they represented in the exchanges. Montesquieu arrived
at this conclusion by instinct; Mr. Del Mar reached it through historical research.
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Mr. D. has thoroughly surmounted every obstacle, and furnished a volume roplete
with information. Evory line will be read. Zonfion Mining Journal.
A Gemplotu text-book on the subject. Xondon Money.
Based on independent resoarch. London Daily News.
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The peculiar advantages which Mr. Del Mar has onjoyod have alono enabled a work
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by the light of tho'so rcsonrches he htts boon enabled to construo many obscure passages
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