What a unique contemporary record in cartoon form of' the feverish activities of traders in stock! Speech balloons are used to report the speech of those portrayed and each card has a pithy verse describing the situation. (Some of these verses may not be suitable for children!)
The cards offer not only a marvellous record of' fashions of dress of the period but also commentary upon those who were tempted and fell as a result of the apparent gold rush - cobblers, reverends, lawyers, "a Brisk Young Gentleman", and so on. The difference that wealth made to the marriage market is dwelt upon at length: and one of' the many interesting sidelights on history disclosed by this pack is that the status symbol most generally craved by the newly rich was as now a vehicle of transport; at that time a coach.
