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Jos. French Johnson
1898 The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science  
I0I .., Reflections sur la formation et la distribution des ricnesses.&dquo* This is not merely a reprint of the faulty English translation of 1793, but an entirely new rendering based on the Robineau text in the &dquoPetite Bibliotkèque Economique&dquo and compared with the original as it appeared in DuPont's &dquoEPhémérides du Citoyen&dquo in 1769 and 1770. The translator &dquohas attempted to produce something like the effect of Turgot's style, which is, indeed, inelegant and sometimes
more » ... d, and also very limited in vocabulary, but yet direct and clear,&dquo and by following the typography of the original has sought to preserve ' 'something of the eighteenth century flavor. &dquo At the same time, the exact words of the original are given in foot-notes whenever there is any question in regard to the accurate rendering off the text. As a result of this painstaking attention to details we * Re~Yettions 0tI tllt Farmatioa and the Ih'stribstion of Ricku. By A. R.
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