CHAPTER I[The Great Proprietary Estates]
CHAPTER II[The Sway of the Landgraves]
CHAPTER III[The Rise of the Trading Class]
CHAPTER IV[The Shipping Fortunes]
CHAPTER V[The Shippers and Their Times]
CHAPTER VI[Girard—The Richest of the Shippers]

PART II

THE GREAT LAND FORTUNES

CHAPTER I[The Origin of Huge City Estates]
CHAPTER II[The Inception of the Astor Fortune]
CHAPTER III[The Growth of the Astor Fortune]
CHAPTER IV[The Ramifications of the Astor Fortune]
CHAPTER V[The Momentum of the Astor Fortune]
CHAPTER VI[The Propulsion of the Astor Fortune]
CHAPTER VII[The Climax of the Astor Fortune]
CHAPTER VIII[Other Land Fortunes Considered]
CHAPTER IX[The Field Fortune in Extenso]
CHAPTER X[Further Vistas of the Field Fortune]


PART I

CONDITIONS IN SETTLEMENT AND COLONIAL TIMES