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The land of pluck; stories and sketches for young folk (1894)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · New York : Century Co. · leaf 68

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the hope of making large profits upon them. Therise and fall in tulip stocks were the excitement of theday. At last, the government, becoming alarmed for thestate of society, checked the traffic, and so burst the bubble.Then things were worse than ever. Disappointed and en-raged speculators went to… … A TULIP FANTASY. long, and Holland settled down to its tobacco and meer-schaum again. There had also been great tulip excitementsin England and Paris, but these, too, died out in time.To this day, however, the Hollanders are fond of their -•_> ////•; LAND OF ri.ciK i inlian-llower, as well they…

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