Robinson Crusoe's Money;

Great Bags

come to him from the ship. In it he found pins, needles and thread, a pair of large scissors, "ten or a dozen good knives," some cloth, about a dozen and a half of white linen handkerchiefs con

s entirely different. It was a thing to him, under the circumstances, absolutely worthless, and over its presence and finding he soliloquized as follows: "I smiled at myself at the sight of all this money. 'Oh, drug!' said I, aloud, 'what art thou good for? Thou art n

d be difficult to find an illustration which conveys in so simple a manner to him who reflects upon it so much of information in respect to the nature of that which is popularly termed "wealth;" or so goo

ility to Robinson Crusoe, because their possession satisfied a great desire

geable value, because they could not be bought or sold, or, w

for they had no purchasing power

ances, neither utility, value, nor price. It could not be eaten, drunk, worn, used as a tool, or exchanged with any bo

were all instrumentalities capable of being used to produce something additional, to him useful or desirab

y nor value, let us next consider under what change of domestic circumstances it could become usef