Reproduced in Rembrandt photogravure from a rare engraving in line in possession of the Author by G. F. Schmidt, after Pesne. ROBERT ORCHARD Reproduced in Rembrandt photogravure from a scarce mezzotint in the possession of the Author. THE CUSTOM HOUSE From a line engraving in the possession of the Author. 246 THE RUINS OF THE CUSTOM HOUSE, LONDON, AFTER THE FIRE OF FEBRUARY 14TH, 1814 . From an engraving in the possession of the Author by Wise, after Fellows. TULIPS AT THE TIME OF THE TULIP CRAZE From an engraving in the collection of John Lane. PHILIPPE, DUC D'ORLEANS 248 From a line engraving in the collection of John Lane by Marie JOHN LAW 256 262 Reproduced in Rembrandt photogravure from a line engraving in the possession of the Author by Peter Schenk, after Leon Schenk. THE SOUTH SEA HOUSE . From a line engraving in the possession of the Author. Reproduced in Rembrandt photogravure from an engraving by Van der Gucht, after a portrait by John Riley. WILLIAM PATTERSON From a woodcut in the British Museum. A VIEW OF THE BANK OF England THE BANK OF ENGLAND (1816) From an engraving in the British Museum published in 1797. SIR ROBERT PEEL, BART. (1750-1830) From an aquatint by Havell, after a water-colour drawing by From an engraving in the collection of John Lane by H. SIR CRISP GASCOYNE 296 Reproduced in Rembrandt photogravure from a rare engraving in line in the possession of the Author by J. McArdell, after W. Keable. SIR MATTHEW WOOD, M.P. From an engraving in the collection of John Lane by Cooper, after A. Devis. 302 PETER, Lord King From an engraving in the possession of the Author. SIR THOMAS SMITH From an engraving in the possession of the Author. LIONEL CRANFIELD, EARL OF MIDDLESEX 308 Reproduced in Rembrandt photogravure from an engraving by THOMAS COUTTS From an engraving by R.W. Sievier of an oil painting by Sir SPEAKER BRAND, VISCOUNT HAMPDEN From an oil painting by Wynn H. Watkins in the possession CHART MADE FOR THE HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY PRINCE RUPERT From a line engraving by Chambers in the collection of John OLD HUDSON'S BAY FORT From an engraving in the British Museum. SAMUEL HEARNE From an engraving in the possession of the Author. SIR ALEXANDER MACKENZIE . From an engraving by P. Condé, after a painting by Sir MONTREAL FROM THE EAST From an engraving in the British Museum. HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY BUILDING. From a drawing by G. Shepherd in the British Museum. 308 316 320 324 330 356 366 THE OFFICE BUILDING FOR MITSUI BANK, MITSUI AND Co., AND MITSUI MINING COMPANY, TOKIO, JAPAN From a photograph in the possession of the Author. CHART OF ORGANIZATION ROMANCE OF : COMMERCE : I CONCERNING COMMERCE O write on Commerce or Trade and do the subject justice would require more volumes than any library could hold, and involve more detail than any mind could grasp. It would be a history in extenso of the world's people from the beginning of time. For we are all merchants, and all races of men have been merchants in some form or another. The desire to trade seems to be inherent in man, as natural to him as the instinct of self-preservation, and from earliest recorded history we see trade and barter entering into and becoming part of the lives of men of all nations, and further, we see it as one of the most desirable objectives of the nations themselves. Ever since that moment when two individuals first lived upon this earth, one has had what the other wanted, and has been willing for a consideration to part with his possession. This is the principle underlying all trade however primitive, and all men, except the idlers, are merchants. We give this title exclusively to the man who buys and sells merchandise, but the artist sells the work of his B |