From the Book - First Syracuse University Press edition.
A particular principality. "People we visit"
Out of the wilderness (1837-1865) "Mount Seligman"
Into the mainstream (1866-1899) Peddlers in top hats
The "our dear Babette" syndrome
"The haughty and purse-proud Rothschilds"
The Seligman-Hilton affair.
The age of Schiff. "A complex oriental nature"
"Your loving Kuhn, Loeb & Company"
"The battle of the giants"
Further adventures underground
Elberon, and points north and south
The Guggenheim-Lewisohn battle
Monsieur Journet's nightgown
The great battle of 1109 Fifth Avenue
"Witty and interesting personalities"
The Equitable Life affair
"I enclose my check for $2,000,000 ..."
The "sinister transmutation"
The rise of a house of issue
New York 21, N.Y. The end of a line
"Familiengefühl" ... and no bare feet at dinner.
