man, " what shall I be expected to do,
if I take the situation ? "
" Oh ! you mean if you take the
758
COMMERCIAL AND BUSINESS ANECDOTES.
place. I understand you now," rejoin-
ed my lord ; " why, you're to do every-
thing but sweep the chimneys and clean
the pig-sties, and those / do myself! "
The "gentleman" stared, scarcely
knowing what to make of this, and
seemed to wish himself out of the
room ; "he, however, grinned a ghastly
smile, and after a short pause, inquir-
ed, "What salary does your lordship
give ? "
" Salary, salary ! " reiterated his in-
corrigible lordship ; " don't know the
word, my good man."
Again the " gentleman " explained
" I mean, what wages ? "
" Oh ! what wages," echoed my lord ;
" what d'ye ask, what d'ye ask ? "
Trip regained his self-possession at
this question, which looked like busi-
ness ; and, considering for a few min-
utes, answered first stipulating to be
found in hair powder, and (on state
occasions) silk stockings, gloves and
bouquets that he should expect thirty
pounds a year.
" How much ! how much ! " de-
manded my lord, rapidly.
" Thirty pounds, my lord."
" Thirty pounds ! " exclaimed Lord
Eardley, in affected amazement, " make
it guineas, and I'll come and live iritli
YOU ; " then ringing the bell, said to
the servant who answered it : " Let
out this ' gentleman /' he's too good
for me ; " and then turning to a vis-
itor, who was much amused, said, as
the man made his exit, " Conceited,
impudent puppy ! soon sent him off
soon sent Mm off ! "
Prize "Won by Stephenson for his
Famous Locomotive.
WHILE the Liverpool and Manches-
ter railroad was in process of construc-
tion (in the early days of railroads),
many consultations were held by the
directors as to the kind of power which
was to be employed in the working of
the line when opened for traffic.
Two eminent practical engineers re-
ported against the employment of the
locomotive. The whole profession stood
opposed to George Stephenson, but he
still held to his purpose. Urged by
his solicitations to test the powers of
the locomotive, the directors at last de-
termined to offer a prize of 500 for the
best locomotive engine which, on a cer-
tain day, should be produced on the
railway and fulfil certain conditions in
the most satisfactory manner. A speed
of ten miles an hour was all that was
required to be maintained.
Mr. Stephenson, assisted by his son,
immediately set about the construction
of his famous " Rocket." An impor-
tant principle introduced in the con-
struction of this engine, was the mul-
titubular boiler, by which the power
of generating steam was greatly in-
creased.
On the day appointed for the com-
petition at Rainhill, four engines were
entered for the prize : first, Messrs.
Braithwaite & Ericsson's " Novelty " ;
second, Mr. Timothy Hackworth's
" Sanspareil " ; third, Mr. Robert Ste-
phenson's " Rocket " ; fourth, Mr. Bur-
stall's " Perseverance." Mr. Stephen-
son's engine was first ready, and enter-
ed upon the contest. It drew after it
thirteen tons' weight, in wagons, and
the maximum velocity attained during
the trial trip was twenty-nine miles an
hour three times the speed that one
of the judges had declared to be the
limit of possibility. The average speed
was fifteen miles an hour. The specta-
tors were filled with astonishment;
and one of the directors lifted up his
hands and exclaimed, " Now is George
Stephenson at last delivered t" The
" Sanspareil " weighed five hundred-
weights beyond the weight specified,
and was therefore excluded from com-
petition. The steam-generator of the
"Novelty" burst, and ended its per-
formance. The " Perseverance " did
not fulfil the advertised conditions;
and the prize of 500 w r as accordingly
OCCUPATIONS AUXILIARY TO COMMERCE.
759
awarded to the " Rocket," as the suc-
cessful engine.
Samuel Wheeler, the Iron-Smith, and
General Washing-ton.
SAMUEL WHEELER was the most
eminent iron-smith of his time in the
United States, and probably equal to
any in the world. During the Revo-
Jiutionary War, Mr. Wheeler made a
chain, to be put across the North River,
to stop the British troops in ships.
General Washington had thought that
the river could not be defended except
by two armies, one on each side. He
happened to say, in the hearing of Gen-
eral Mifflin, " I wish I could get a chain
made ; but that is impossible." Said
General Mifflin, " I know a man that
can make such a chain." "Who is
he ? " " Mr. Samuel Wheeler, a friend
and a townsman of mine." " I should
like to see that man." Mifflin said,
"He is here, now, in the army." Mr.
Wheeler was forthcoming. General
Washington then said, " I wish a chain
made, to put across the North River, to
stop the British ships. Can you make
it ? " "I can." " Then I wish you to
make it." "I cannot do it here."
" Then," said General Washington, " I
will cheerfully give you dismission
from the army. Badly as we want
men, we cannot afford to keep such a
man as you." Mr. Wheeler made the
chain. It was hauled in links across
New Jersey. It was hung, and did
good service. It was ultimately cut,
by building a fire about a link, and
then using a chisel and sledge-hammer.
Ludwick, the Baker-General in the
Revolutionary War.
CHRISTOPHER LUDWICK was by birth
a German, who, after various experien-
ces, went to Philadelphia, in 1753, with
an adventure of 25 worth of clothing,
on which he made a profit of three
hundred dollars, and again returned to
Europe. He had taken the idea of be-
coming a gingerbread baker in Phila-
delphia ; and in 1754 he came out with
the necessary prints seemingly a new
idea among the simple cake eaters
then ! He commenced his career in
Letitia Court, and began to make
money fast by his new employment.
He proved himself an industrious,
honest, and good neighbor, which led
to a deserved influence among the peo-
ple, and to the sobriquet of the " Gov-
ernor of Letitia Court."
At the commencing period of the
Revolution, in 1774, he had become
rich, and gave his influence and his
money freely to help on the resistance
of the Colonies. He was elected read-
ily on all the committees and conven-
tions of the time for that object. On
one occasion, when it was proposed by
General Mifflin to procure firearms by
private subscription, and while several
demurred to it as not feasible, he put
down the opposition by saying aloud,
" Let the poor gingerbread baker be put
down for 200 ! " He became a soldier,
and was active and influential as such.
In the year 1777, he was cordially ap-
pointed by Congress as baker-general
of the American army, and to choose
freely his own assistants and necessa-
ries. In their instructions to him, they
expected to require from him one pound
of bread for every pound of flour, but
Christopher readily replied, " Not so ;
I must not be enriched by the war [are
there no Lud wicks in 1864 ?]. I shall
return one hundred and thirty-five
pounds of bread for every one hundred
pounds of flour."
As a proof that he was respected and
valued in his sphere, he was often in-
vited to dine with Washington in large
companies, besides having many oppor-
tunities of long conferences alone with
him, as commander of the army, m re-
lation to the bread supplies, The gen-
eral appreciated his worth, and usually
addressed him in company as his " hon-
est friend."
760
COMMERCIAL AND BUSINESS ANECDOTES.
Trades and Genealogies.
THE connection between trades and
surnames the derivation of the latter
from the former affords some curious
material, and is by no means destitute
of practical information. The fact
that a particular vocation was, in for-
mer times much more than in modern
days, pursued hereditarily, throws a
good deal of light upon the subject,
and is indeed the key to its solution.
Of the surnames thus derived, the
following list will be found quite
ample :
Barber, Bottler, Mason, and Builder,
Carrier, Carter, Carver, and Gilder ;
Dancer, Drover, Dresser, and Dyer,
Cartwright, Clothier, Caner, and Crier; /
Arrowsmith, Arkwright, Agent, and But-
ler,
Carpenter, Chandler, Cooper, and Cutler ;
Bathmaker, Butcher, Brewer, and Broker,
Cardmaker, Carman, Corder, and Coker ;
Bellringer, Bellman, Bowman, and Black-
er,
Pavior, Peddler, Painter, and Packer ;
Currier, Collier, Chanter, and Cropper,
Huntsman, Hosier, Hacker, and Hopper ;
Boatwright, Baker, Binder, and Brazier,
Grocer, Gouger, Grinder, and Glazier;
Merriman, Mercer, Merchant, and Miller,
Banker, Chapman, Cutter, and Killer ;
Fiddler, Farmer, Joiner, and Stringer,
Gardener, Goldsmith, Tapper, and Ring-
er ;
Horseman, Hooker, Barker, and Peeler,
Fryman, Fowler, Draper, and Dealer ;
Ploughright, Packman, Puller, and Plater,
Traveller, Tapster, Thatcher, and Slater ;
Plater, Pitman, Pincher, and Potter,
Turner, Trimhier, Tanner, and Trotter ;
Shoveller, Swindler, Stainer, and Smoker,
Saddler, Shearer, Salter, and Stoker ;
Fleshman, Foreman, Fuller, and Fyler,
.Taverner, Taylor, Tasker, and Tyler ;
Dairyman, Doctor, Drawer, and Dredger,
Herdsman, Hawker, Hewer, and Hedger;
Quarrier, Quitter, Rhymer, and Reader,
Bowmaker, Scrivener, Presser, and Plead-
er; /
Pressman, Plainer, Poet, and Pinner,
Staymaker, Sheppard, Glover, and Skin-
ner;
Tuner, Threader, Bridger, and Arpher,
Tirer, Thrower, Loader, and Marcher ;
Girdler, Stamper, Keeper, and Nailer,
Rasper, Trainer, Easier, and Sailer;
Warrener, Workman, Webber, and Whit-
er, /
Wheelwright, Watchman, Roper, and
Writer.
This list of names we might extend,
And fifty more at least append ;
Nay if inclined, we could recite 'em
Thus, one by one, ad infinitum.
INDEX
TO TI1E LEADING ANECDOTES.
INDEX TO THE LEADING ANECDOTES, ETC.
A Banker's Love of Birds Girard's little
Songsters, 510
A Bankrupt on his Legs Again, 401
A Deep Design, 363
A Good Beginning -Old Moses Rothschild, 184
" A Little More," 198
A Millionnaire on Giving Away Money ; Pe-
ter C. Brooks, 489
"A Roland for an Oliver," 714
A Rustic bargaining for a Hat, 262
A Tailor for many Years, 734
A Trade and a Wager Won, 555
A. T. Stewart's Success, 145
"Accommodation " offered at the Bank, 119
Accomplished Canine Shoplifter, 200
Adam and Eve Leading on in Trade, 601
Addison's Loan of Five Hundred Pounds to
Stanyan, 428
Addison's Opinion of the Royal Exchange and
its Frequenters, 112
Adapts in Commercial Puffing, 305
Auj listing an Insurance Loss, 648
Advantage of being a Large Debtor, 399
Advantage of Prison Life to a French Debtor,
410
Advantage of Skilful Book-keeping, 695
Affidavit by an Apothecary, 742
Afraid of the Sheriff's Hat, 451
Aged Merchant Saved from Robbery by the
Weather, 176
Agreement for a Loan, 142
Aid in the Nick of Time: Jacob Barker and
John Wells, 436
Albert Gallatin declining Mr. Baring's offer
of a Fortune, 115
Allaying a Panic, 537
Alliteration in Advertising, 335
Almanac making ; Fortunate Wit, 711
Alrnonastre Signora, and John McDonogh, 493
Amending the Charter, 384
American Customers at a Turkish Bazaar, 598
" Merchants of the Olden Time Jo-
seph Peabody, 174
American Shipnology, 356
America's First Printed Book, 723
Amos Lawrence when a Clerk, 661
Amos Lawrence's Opinion of Marriage, 484
Amusing Perplexities at the Custom House,
898
An Emperor Blowing the Blacksmith's Bel-
lows, 743
' Error in Shipping the Goods, 170
' Excited Specie Hunter, 97
' Insolent Tradesman in the Clutches of Old
Audley, 406
' Interesting Consignment, 370
' Old Merchant's Style and Equipage, 486
* Unsettled Commercial Question, 405
* Untried Method, 809
Angersteiu, the Great English Underwriter,
632
Animated Scenes at the French Exchange, 293
Another Bank Project, 72
Anselm Rothschild's Will, 472
Answering a Tailor's Dun, 714
Appleton, Daniel, English Booksellers and
American Customers, 454
Appletou, Nathan, Merchant of Boston, 32
" Samuel, " " " 48
William, " 5
Application for a Discount by Astor, 102
Apprehended Embezzlements, 676
Apt Illustration of a Principle, 638
" Speech by a Carpenter, 737
Aptness and Nicety in Business illustrat-
ed, 170
Arab Honesty in Business Transactions, 140
Archaeological Tailor's Measures, 713
Arms and Seal of the Bank of Ireland, 314
Arrival of the Steamer, 353
Artful Dodge, 206
Artifice to Escape Bankruptcy, 458
" Ask any Committee Man," 347
Assessments in Old Times, 645
Assuming the Responsibility, 373
Astor's Appearance and Manners, 465
" Early Prediction, 144
" Secret Pain, 88
764
INDEX TO THE LEADING ANECDOTES.
Atchafalaya Currency by the Cord, 75
Atkinson, the Eccentric Speculator, 542
Attempt to overthrow Rothschild's Power in
the Money Market, 250
Attempt to Print a Perfect Book, 747
Attention to Trivial Things by Girard, 243
Auction Sale of Old Furniture, etc., Extra-
ordinary, 570
Auctioneering in England and America, 537
Audubon, John J., and John J. Astor, 454
Austen, the Famous Metal Founder, 748
Avarice of Ostervvald, the French Banker, 244
Avoiding Specie Suspension, 74
Aztec Merchants, 181
Backing up his Recommendation, 438
Bacon by the Shilling's Worth, 560
Bad Bank Bill, 277
" Business, 223
" Operation in Leather, 586
Baking and Banking, 320
Balance of Trade ; or, Beauties of Compe-
tition, 719
Bank Clerks and their Friends, 684
" Notes at Ten Cents a Yard, 531
" Parlor in the Winter, 74
" Teller Filing his Gold Coin, 260
" Tellers' "Varieties," 92
Banker vs. Musician, 505
Bankers of the Old School, 76
" Snubbing Napoleon, 87
Banking Habits of Girard, 66
" Bankrupt," 407
Bankruptcy and Barbarism in Court, 396
" of a Dealer ^in "Women's
Blacks," 425
Bankrupts in Batavia, 397
Banks Failing, 84
" of Ease, 108
Barbers' Chairs, 730
Barclay, Robert, becoming a Banker instead
of a Courtier, 502
Bargain Hunters at Pawnbrokers' and Auc-
tions, 567
Bargaining by Pantomime Trade in Camels,
603
Bargaining for a Jar, 234
Bargains in Cochin Chinas, 219
Baring, Francis, at the Virginia Inn, 467
Baring's Daughter and M. Labouchere, 463
Barings (The), Bankers, of London, 27
Barker, Jacob, merchant, of New Orleans, 43
" " under Medical Treatment, 482
Barnard, the Proud Broker, 114
Barnum.P T., " the Prince of Showmen," of
New York, 29
Barnum Buying the American Museum with
Brass, 589
Baron Rothschild Defending himself with a
Big Ledger, 466
Batavian Trade in Bird's Nests, 627
Bates, Joshua, of the House of Barings, Lon-
don, 21
Beatty, James, merchant, of Baltimore, 23
Before and Behind the Counter, 585
Ben. Lippincott, Girard's Clerk, 689
Ben. Russell, the Printer : Exciting Scene, 737
Benefit of a Doubt, 419
Benevolence of Goldschmid, the Old Jew
Broker, 126
Benevolence of Shai-king-qua, the Chinese
Merchant, 172
Benjamin Franklin as a Bookseller, 727
Betty Starkey and Coutts's Clerk, 694
Bewitching a Bank Teller, 114
Bidding on Girard's Old Chaise, 536
Biddle, Nicholas, financier, of Philadel-
phia, 26
Billingsgate Market Dealers, 723
Bit of Yankee Financiering in Wall St., 266
Bleeding a Banker by the Job, 479
Blinders for Stockholders, 216
Bold but Calamitous Speculation of John
Guest, 580
Bone and Offal Millionnaire,161
Bonfire of a Debtor's Papers, 424
Bookkeeping in Former Times, 685
Bookmaking a Trade, 736
Books and Music, 755
" Newspapers in China, 705
" Borrow Money ! Borrow Money !" 90
Borrowing and Lending a Melange, 435
" Money, or Doing Business on
Credit : Peter C. Brooks's Idea, 416
Borrowing Money of Rich Relations, 428
Boston Merchant's Reason for Not Marry-
ing, 470
Boston Merchant's Opinion of Business Men's
Honesty, 157
Boston Merchants' Business Marks or To-
kens, 307
Bound not to Break, 86
Boy Traders in Morocco, 590
Boyhood Struggles of a Merchant, 125
Breach of the Bond, 445
Breaking and Waxing the Thread, 753
Breeches without a Body, 755
Brief Biographical Sketch of a Banker's
Clerk, 662
Brief Explanation of Banking, 83
Broadway Clerks, Japonicas, and Sweet-
hearts, 658
Broadway Signs, 337
Brooks, Peter C., millionnaire, of Boston, 49
" " in Court, 404
Bruck, M., Austria's great merchant banker, 7
Bruised, but not Crushed : the Messrs.
Brown, of Liverpool, 16^
INDEX TO THE LEADING ANECDOTES.
765
Bubble-Bookkeeping Taugbt in Six Les-
sons, 665
Bubble Prospectuses, 281
Burlesque ou Modern Business Utopias, 528
Burning a Banker's Notes, 76
Burns and the Drowning Merchant, 272
Business and Beauty, 511
" " Something Else, 486
" Aspect and Conduct of the Kichest
Banker in the World, 71
Business, Bankruptcy, and Literature : John
Pierpont and John Neal, 443
Business Habits of A. T. Stewart, 165
" Haggling in Scotland, 194
" in London at Four o'Clock, 295
" Mistakes of Publishers, 729
Business Puffing Two Hundred Years Ago,
329
Business Signboards in Different Nations, 332
" " Suckers," 212
" Value of a Name, 446
" versus Disease, 141
Bussey, Benjamin, merchant, of Boston, 15
Butchers' Blue Blouse or Frock, 712
Buying a Claim, 336
" Pianoforte Establishment, 450
" Saddle, 754
" Cheap, 211
" His Own Goods at Auction, 530
" Shoes and Sermons, 751
" Wine by Sample, 231
Byron's Genoese Tailor, 714
Cabalistic Sign for an Ale House, 317
Cabinet of Debtors' Autographs, 452
Caledonian Adroitness, 659
California Gold Seventy Years Ago, 73
Callaghan, Daniel, the Irish Mercantile
Celebrity, 9
" Candle" Auctions, 552
Canine News Dealer, 715
Capital of European Bankers, 81
Captain Macalester and his Fast Ship " Fanny,"
387
Caricature of Commercial Speculations, 551
Carmeline, the Dentist's Sign, 316
Cashier Inviting a Run upon his Bank, 77
Celebrated Law Suits among Rival Crafts, 433
Question in Commerce put by
Cicero, 140
Certificates of Solvency, 456
Change of " Packet Day," 385
'Change Alley as a Business Resort, 297
Changes in Mercantile Standing, 442
Character Displayed in Auction Dealings, 557
Characteristic Smuggling, Ingenuity of
Parisians, 226
Charging for Advertisements, 3G1
Charles Lamb as a Clerk, 6'Jl
Charming Customer in a Bank Perils of a
Cashier, 680
Chartier, the Leech Merchant, 592
Chatham Street Clo' Dealers, 618
" Cheap and Dear," 596
Cheating the Oculist, 212
Chickering and his Employes on " Blue Day,"
681
Chiffoniers, or " Rag Merchants " of Paris, 589
Child, Francis, Founder of English Banking
Houses, 14
Chinese Barbers, 730
" Merchant's Gratitude, 169
" Shopkeepers, 610
" Trade Puffing, 310
Chronicles of the " Black Day," in London,
541
Church and State vs. Railways, 351
Cigars at public sale, 577
City Merchant Securing a Customer, 241
Class Advertisements in City Papers, 321
Classical Shop Language, 810
Classification of Newspaper Readers, 724
Coal Dealer's Prediction Fulfilled Perhaps,
265
Cceur Jacques : French Merchant in the Mid-
dle Ages, 36
Coin used by Judas, 100
Coleridge and the " Ogh Clo' " Man, 590
Collecting a Draft, 431
Colloquies inside the Bank, 106
Colloquy between a Shopkeeper and his
Customer, 243
" in a Dry Goods Jobbing Store, 416
Colston, the Benevolent Millionnaire Mer-
chant, 499
Comfort for Scotch Debtors, 405
Commencing in the Sub cellar, 135
Commercial Advantage of a Blind Eye, 505
" Croakers, 248
" Dignity at the Apple-stand, 619
Commercial Drummers, or Travelling Clerks,
678
Commercial Envelopes, Wrappers, Labels, &c.,
311
Commercial Fortune of a Peer, 173
" Importance of the Cat, 346
" Milk, 223
" Value of Dramatic Literature, 715
" " Insects, 593
Companies for Insuring Female Chastity,
Childrens' Fortunes, &c., 633
Compliment to Wharfingers, 742
" Concerned in Trade," 709
Conducting Business on the Paris Bourse, 95
Confidence in a Debtor's Promise, 455
" <f Hard Times, 62
" " Mercantile Success, 144
766
INDEX TO THE LEADING ANECDOTES.
Connection between small Bank Notes and
Crime, 214
Consequence of a Simple Mercantile Specula-
tion, 241
" Considering " a Ship Builder, 344
Controversy among Wine Dealers, 137
Convenient Substitute for Money, 407
Cool Assurance of a Doomed Financier, 2*9
" " Operation," 425
Cooper, Peter, Merchant, of New York, 16
Cope, the Quaker Merchant, mistaken for
a Major-General, 473
Cope, Thomas P., Merchant of Philadelphia, 53
Cope's, Thomas P., Integrity, 155
Copy of a Painter's Bill, 707
" Cornering " among Brokers, 247
Corning, Erastus, Merchant, of New York, 51
Correct Appreciation of Mercantile Character
by Mr. Astor, 186
Correcting an Erroneous Entry, 698
Cost of a Nap on the Ledger, 687
Costly Banquet by a Merchant to Charles the
First, 504
" Cotton is Quiet," 318
Counting-House Dinners of Girard, 69
" Country Bankers," 735
Countryman and Clerk, 668
Coutts, the English Banker, 3
" " " Choosing a Part-
ner, 464
" Crack Horses " at Auction, 572
Crinkles in the Credit System, 454
Criticism of a Hatter's Sign, 316
Croesus and his Avaricious Guest, 221
" Wealth of, 91
"Credit," 449
Curious Division of Ships into Ounces, 350
" Financiering, 394
" Inconsistencies in Insuring Life, 633
" Reason for Borrowing Money, 74
" Suit against a Bank Agent, 418
Custom-House Official dealing with a Princess,
285
Custom-House Swearing, 249
Custom-Houses and Star Chambers, 289
Customs of the Store in Church, 253
Dadabhoy Jeejeebhoy, Parsee Banker and Mer-
chant, 41
Dangers of Legitimate Business Transactions,
224
Daniel Webster's Insurance Anecdote, 646
Day and Martin New and Old, 448
" " The Millionnaires, of High
Holborn, 147
Day and Martin's Precursors, 591
Deaconing Both Ends of the Barrel,. 206
Deadhead Customer a Clincher, 195
Dealing in " Orrd Things," 601
" With a Bankrupt in Hamburg : Ex-
ecution on the BouYse, 397
Dean Swift and the Barber's Sign, 306
Death of an Old Business Favorite, 450
Death-bed Surroundings of the New Orleans
Croesus, 492
Debt and the Contribution Box, 426
Debtor's Complaint in Court, 423
Debts of Honor, 401
Debts Owing and Balances Due, 391
De Buirette, the Illustrious German Merchant,
28
Deciding a Case in Botany before a Dutch
Magistrate, 457
Decoration of Railroad Depots, 368
De Medici, " the Magnificent Merchant,"
when a Child, 4G6
" Denison, Old Mr ", of St. Mary Axe, 46
Derivation of Names of Trades, 711
Derivation of " The Commercial Term
" Bourse," 294
Deserved Reward of Blasphemy, 265
Detecting Bad Bills, 96
Determined not to be Overreached, 200
Determining the Character of an Article by its
Age, 196
Determining the Genuineness of a Check, 96
Dexter, Lord Timothy, Eccentric Merchant,
of Newburyport, 20
Dialect of Different Trades, 322
" Died of a Street Debt ! " 417
Dignity Conferred by the Blacking Busi-
ness, 755
Disadvantage of being a Bank Director, 107
Discounting a Legacy, 237
" an Hibernian's Note, 111
Dishonest Grocer Punished' by his Son, 412
Disinterested Brokers, 68
" Feat of a Merchant, and its
Reward, 508
Disinterested Railroad Contractor, 376
Dismissing a Shipmaster, 346
Disposing of an Old Stock, 233
" one's Surplus Income, 494
Disreputable for a Broker to be Honest toward
his Creditors, 410
" Ditto," 328
Doctrine of Benevolence held by Girard, 499
Doing Things on Shares, 271
Domestic Advantages of Commercial De-
cay, 517
Domestic Trouble of Rothschild, 463
" Done Brown," 697
"Done For" Twice, 238
Down on the Doctors, 518
" Down with Your Dust," 525
Dowse, the " Literary Leather Dresser," 751
Dr Johnson in the Capacity of a Reporter, 726
INDEX TO THE LEADING ANECDOTES.
767
Drawing an Inference, 401
" the Specie, 59
Dress and Personal Peculiarities of Long-
worth, 477
Drinking Success to the First Railway, 385
" the Health of Custom-House Offi-
cers, 287
Dry Goods Drummer " Sold," 204
Dryden Describing his Publisher, 749
Dudley North's Opposition to Brokerage, and
How he was Caught, 81
Dummies, or Counterfeit Show Windows, 269
"Dun," 407
Dunning as a Profession, 393
Dunup's Distressing Failure, 434
Duplicity of French Speculators, 227
" Practised by Furuese, the King's
Banker, 210
Dutch Tulip Mania of the Seventeenth Cen-
tury, 567
Dutchman Illustrating a Mercantile Prin-
ciple, 195
Dutchman's Gold in a Safe Place at Last, 551
Duty on Pictures, 298
Earliest American Sale of Books by Cata-
logue at Auction, 552
Earliest American Whaleship in England, 181
" Newspaper in the English lan-
guage, 750
Earliest Printed Advertisements, 307
Early Stock-jobbing and Lotteries, 553
East-India Company and the Missing Wit-