Lombard Street

Prefatory note; Advertisement; 1. Introductory; 2. A general view of Lombard Street; 3. How Lombard Street came to exist, and why it assumed its present form; 4. The position of the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the money market; 5. The mode in which the value of money is settled in Lombard Street; 6. Why Lombard Street is often very dull, and sometimes extremely excited; 7. A more exact account of the mode in which the Bank of England has discharged its duty of retaining a good bank reserve, and of administering it effectually; 8. The government of the Bank of England; 9. The joint stock banks; 10. The private banks; 11. The bill brokers; 12. The principles which should regulate the amount of the banking reserve to be kept by the Bank of England; 13. Conclusion; Appendix.

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Published in 1873, this is Bagehot's masterpiece on financial crisis management, described by J. M. Keynes as 'an undying classic'.