Laments the financial consequences of Railway Mania.
Laments the financial consequences of Railway Mania.
The singer warns of the consequences of the frenzied investment in railways.
A poem satirising the participation of the servant classes in railway speculation
A broker sells shares he knows to be worthless
An unscrupulous dealer in railway shares
A poem satirising the participation of the servant classes in railway speculation
A satire mocking members of the lower classes (personified as a domestic servant) who invested in railway shares.
The singer warns of the consequences of the frenzied investment in railways.
After initial success, the hero falls victim to the speculative bubble
A young man ruined by railway speculation describes how he copes with poverty
Laments the financial consequences of Railway Mania.
A broker sells shares he knows to be worthless