Description:
Small quarto (9 1/2 by 6 1/4 inches) New York: S.R. Wells, 389 Broadway, and H.C. Baird, 406 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, 1874. Third Edition. 24 page sewn booklet in wrappers; three advertisements, good condition (minor old-age stains along lower margins, one to lower right corner of title page, four minor pencil notations, light chipping to margins - text and contents intact, and not affected.)Written in response to the financial crisis of 1873, and "SOLD BY NEWSMEN," the contents include: "MONEY-ITS FUNCTIONS AND REQUIREMENTS, Analysis of the Greenback," "THE CURRENCY OF THE FUTURE," "FINANCE-A COMMON SENSE VIEW." Horace Greeley is quoted, ship building is discussed, commerce and banking are contrasted.
