Shop rhetoric-The_mendacity of business denounced-Illustra-
tions-Douglas Jerrold on the English tradesman-A plea for
honesty of dealing-Story of Lafitte-Fowler the Scotch
brewer-Honesty is the best policy-On the acquisition of
money as a means-A warning against avarice-The generosity
of commercial men-Business and piety-Joshua Watson, a
Christian merchant-William Cotton the engineer-Sir Wil-
liam Brown of Liverpool-Dr. Robert Chambers-The colossal
prosperity of the Rothschilds-The secret of their success em-
bodied in two principles-Anecdotes of Nathan Meyer Roths-