Introductory material
Reading edition
CHAPTER I.—Introduction—The origin of Joint Stock Companies, and Brokers.
CHAPTER II.—The History of the Morrison Kennel—Nicholas the 1st.—A Stock Speculation.
CHAPTER III.—State Stocks—History of the Morrison Kennel continued—Introduction of new characters—The U. S. Bank.
CHAPTER IV.—How Stocks are bought and sold—How Brokers get out of a bad Speculation—How money is sometimes made by doing a losing business—How Discounts are made and obtained.
CHAPTER V.—The Defaulter.
CHAPTER VI.—A Panic.