ABSTRACT
This chapter aims to give to capitalists investment information of the advantages and disadvantages of each kind of investment, as will enable them to place out their money in the manner they may deem most desirable. Solicitors can state the legal bearings of the subject; but they, generally speaking, know nothing of the value of many kinds of property: the knowledge of brokers and others is confined to those transactions with which they are professionally connected. No person is able to judge of the eligibility of investments generally without some knowledge of the law; he must also make himself acquainted with the non-legal advantages and disadvantages of each species of property; and then he is in a position to give advice, which will be sought for and appreciated.
