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  THE STOCK EXCHANGE
      FROM WITHIN




  THE
  STOCK EXCHANGE
  FROM WITHIN

  BY
  W. C. VAN ANTWERP

  [Illustration]

  GARDEN CITY      NEW YORK
  DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
  1914




  _Copyright, 1913, by_
  WILLIAM C. VAN ANTWERP

  _All rights reserved, including that of
  translation into foreign languages,
  including the Scandinavian_


  31ST THOUSAND

             First printing, Jan., 1913.
             Second printing, Apr., 1913.
             Third printing, June, 1913.
             Fourth printing, Feb., 1914.




PREFACE


In so far as these pages reflect the thoughts of a busy stockbroker,
distracted by many duties and lacking in literary skill, they have but
little merit and the writer entertains no illusions regarding them.
But in the many quotations from the writings o