In some cases, a single assertion is an all-sufficient measure
of know- ledge and capability. If a professor of medical science were to main- tain that the blood was not necessary to life, we should all know how to estimate his prescriptions. When Mr. GEORGE DiceexsoN assures us that by trusting ourselves to his guidance,we shall have Taxation No Longer a Burden, the soundness of his " New System" may be pretty well guessed. By sinking the real value of pounds to shillings, we can conceive a plan by which taxation should almost cease to be a benefit to tax-receivers, whilst the quondam payers world gain in pro- portion; but they would gain by getting rid of their burden—the wealth that taxation formerly abstracted from them would really cease to be taken.
It would be a waste of time to enter minutely into an examination of the scheme. The pamphlet is only curious as exhibiting the theory of " a practical man." We cannot recommend it for the purposes of instruction ; but a political economist, who requires scientific relaxation in the way of his trade, may advantageously consult A New System, or Taxation No Longer a Burden.
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