Excerpt from Mr. Balfour's Pamphlet: A Reply IT is alleged that on a famous occasion Mr. Gladstone banished political economy to the planet Saturn. Whether that allegation be true or false, it is certain that Mr. Balfour has derived his economic views from some equally distant planet. The pamphlet which he has issued to the world as a professed explanation of his opinions is founded entirely upon conjectures and suppositions, which have so little relation to the real facts of British life and British commerce, that it is hard to believe that the author is really an inhabitant of this planet and actually the Prime Minister of this country. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.