A Practical Treatise on Business: or How to Get, Save, Spend, Give, Lend, and Bequeath Money: with an Inquiry into the Chances of Success and Causes of Failure in Business. Also, Prize Essays, Statistics, Miscellanies, and Numerous Private Letters from S…

xx, 21-357, [3] pp. A mid-19th century work on how to manage money and run a successful business. It was apparently re-released in 1859 under the new title How to Make Money. Various types of business are discusses, including farming, machinery, invention, patent medicines, and speculation. Includes a chapter on how to become a millionaire, with discussion of John Jacob Astor, P.T. Barnum, the Rothschild family, and other wealthy citizens.