Chapter II: Preface: vii

I. THE TEMPLE OF MAMMON 1

II. DREAMS AND SCHEMES 45

III. SACCARD MAKES A START 81

IV. THE BANK IS FOUNDED 112

V. THE LITTLE MONSTER 144

VI. A GREAT STROKE 182

VII. REVELATIONS 219

VIII. THE BOOM BEGINS 237

IX. EXCELSIOR! 271

X. THE BATTLE OF MILLIONS 311

XI. RUIN 355

XII. FROM HORROR TO HOPE 388

NOTES 428

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