Free Trade in Land ... With a reprint of the ... pamphlet published by the Anti-Corn-Law League “The Constituional right to a revision of the Land Tax” ... Second edition

Published in 1881, this work by James Beal serves as both a political treatise and a historical retrospective on the British land reform movement. Beal, a prominent activist and advocate for the reform of London's municipal government, compiled these texts to champion the abolition of laws that restricted the transfer of land, which he viewed as a primary obstacle to economic progress. The inclusion of the Anti-Corn-Law League's pamphlet, 'The Constitutional Right to a Revision of the Land Tax,' anchors the book in the mid-19th-century struggle for free trade, highlighting the legacy of the efforts to repeal the protectionist Corn Laws.

The second edition reflects the enduring urgency of the land question in late Victorian England, a period characterized by intense debates over property rights and the taxation of unearned increments. Beal’s design was to synthesize historical arguments with contemporary calls for systemic reform, providing his readers with a legal and historical foundation for radical change. While the work was recognized by contemporaries interested in radical political economy and local government reform, it remains a specialized primary source, valued today primarily by scholars examining the evolution of British land policy and the history of liberal reformism.