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Chicago ,Worthington ,Dustin & Co.,1870.
8vo. Pp xx + 19 + 536 + 1 advertisement leaf. Twenty three woodcut illustrations by Arthur Lumley. A very good copy in original publisher's pictorial cloth; spine lettered and illustrated in gilt
First edition.
William Worthington Fowler had an intimate knowledge of the scams and operations he witnessed in Wall Street. He was a broker from 1864 until 1871, and then became financial correspondent of the Boston 'Commercial Bulletin'. His book includes "histories, mysteries and men of the 'street'- the stock exchange- the gold room – speculation in stocks, gold, governments, pork, petroleum, grain etc.- sketches from the life of the noted speculators and money kings , with anecdotes and incidents of their careers – the women who speculate- the great rises and panics , and how and they are produced– the personal experiences of the author – the famous pools, rings, cliques, and corners, and how and by whom they were formed – a description of the battles of the giants, and of the great gold ring of 1869, etc, etc, etc."(Title-page).
Zerden writes of Fowler:" Interspersed among the history that he unfolds, Fowler dispenses a large supply of wisdom culled from the experience of years of speculation."
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