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CONTENTS.

FROM OLD ENGLAND TO NEW ENGLAND.

PAGE

Persecution driving Franklin and others away-Discussion

about emigrating-Josiah Franklin--His trade-Benjamin

Franklin-Doctor Franklin's account of his ancestors-

Meetings of Dissenters broken up-Why Josiah decided to

go-Account of their Family Bible—The final decision--

The Franklin family influential—Thomas Franklin-The

Franklin poet-Doctor Franklin about his father-What

Boston was then and now Exploring the wilderness-

Influence of Franklins in Boston

THE FIFTEENTH GIFT.

Birth of Benjamin Franklin on Sunday--The fifteenth child--

God's gift--Proposition to baptize him the same day-

Discussion over it-Baptized on that day by Doctor

Willard-The church record-House in which he was

born-Josiah's children-Death of wife and second mar-

riage--The Folger family-Named after Uncle Benjamin-

Personal beauty-Words of Parton--Josiah took up trade of

tallow-chandler-The business and place described--Sons

apprenticed-- Josiah a good musician-Condition of the

world when Benjamin was born in 1706

PAYING TOO DEAR FOR THE WHISTLE.

Seven years old - First money to spend as he pleased - Advice

gratis--Boy with whistle-Benjamin buys a whistle--Going

into the concert business-Scene in the family, Tormented

by John for paying all his money ---Ben breaks down-Father

and mother take his part-The lesson he learned—What

he wrote about it at seventy-two years of age---When boy's

pay too dear for the whistle-Dickens-Keeping the

secret-How the secret came out

Uncle Benjamin and his poetry--His family-His letter about

Ben-Plans for school and Doctor Willard-Goes to school

at eight years of age-Description of his father-Of his

mother-Inscription on their monument-Nathaniel Williams,

teacher-Description of schoolhouse-His scholarship high

-His teacher praises him-Led the school-Prophecies

about him-Webster-Rittenhouse-Stephenson .

Poverty forces him to leave school-His mother's view–Hard

time for ministers-Brownell's school of penmanship--How

Ben could help his father-Boys put to work young then-

His obedience-A well-disciplined boy--Incident of his

manhood to rebuke a landlord-Robert Peel and Harry

Garland–The eight Hall brothers-His progress

FROM SCHOOL TO CANDLE-SHOP.

Arrival of Uncle Benjamin-Opposed to taking his nephew out

of school-Thinks Ben is very talented-Prospects of the

business-Benjamin's talk with his mother-Blessings of

industry-Doctor Franklin's proverbs-Became wiser than

his father-Tallow-chandler at ten years of age-His father

saw his dissatisfaction--Josiah, the runaway son, returns--

Wanted to go to sea—The proposition vetoed--Uncle Ben-

jamin against it

CHOOSING A TRADE AND STEALING SPORT.

Love of a trade necessary to success ---Following “natural

bent”-Square boys in round holes—Smeaton-Benjamin

pleased with a new plan--Examining different trades— The

cutler, brazier, etc.-Chooses cutler's trade-Enters shop

on trial-Disagreement on terms-The good it did him-

Sport on the water-An evil proposition—Stealing stones-

The wharf built-The thieves detected-How Benjamin's

father found him out-Benjamin's confession and promise-

BECOMING PRINTER-BOY.

James Franklin returns from England a printer-His father's talk

about learning that trade--Benjamin likes it--Arrangement

with James-Printing in its infancy then-Censorship over

printing-Bound to his brother-Form of indenture-

William Tinsley-White slavery-Poor children sold at

auction--A printer-boy and how he liked it-Time for read-

ing-Budgett -- The printing office, where and what-Being

on time--After a book before breakfast - Washington's

punctuality-Franklin's like it

TABLE-TALK EDUCATION.

What Franklin said of table-talk-What heard at table now-

Its moulding influence—That of his grandfather--The

Franklins good in conversation-Extract from Parton-

Letter of Franklin to his wife in 1758 - Pythagoras-Cicero

--- Josiah Franklin--His wise counsels--Origin of his temper-

ance principles ---No temperance cause then--The Wash-

burne family—The way the twig is bent

LEADER OF SPORTS AND THOUGHT.

Love of reading and fun-The best swimmer, etc.- Invention to

promote swimming-His secret of success—The trial of the

apparatus-Hard on the wrists-Another experiment pro-

posed-Swimming promoted by a kite--Delight of the boys

What Franklin said of it in manhood—The seed-thought

of drawing lightning from a cloud with a kite-His experi-

ment and joy--What he wrote about it-Advocate of liberal

female education Correspondence with Collins-His father's

opinion- How Benjamin tried to improve-How he gained

time-Wise maxims in age-Maxims—C. G. Frost and one

hour a day-What spare inoments did for Benjamin .

XI.

STARTING A NEWSPAPER.

Only three newspapers in America--Created a stir--What news-

paper business is in Boston now-How to estimate it
Benjamin manages the printing of it—His interest in it-
Its warm reception--Proposition to board himself—What
he gained by it-His object self-improvement-James selfish,

Penjamin generous--- Their talk about the plan---What his

bill-of-fare was-How come to adopt vegetable diet-- More

maxims-Cocker's arithmetic--His success

THE RUSE, AND WHAT CAME OF IT.

What Parton says of Courant -- The knot of liberals-Ben's first

anonymous article, and his ruse- -Discussion over it by the

Courant Club-Decided to publish it-Benjamin puts it in

type--It created a sensation --The second article, better than

first--Excitement over it still greater-Ben's exultation-

James' astonishment-Surprise of the “knot "--Ben a

favourite now-How the “Autobiography" tells the story-

Decided Ben's career-Canning and microcosm--Examples

of industry, tact, etc.- Boy without a name

BOOKS OF HIS BOYHOOD.

Four classes of readers--Ben after diamonds---Hungry mind-

Words of Thomas Hood-What Franklin said-First book

“Pilgrim's Progress "'-- Talk with his father-What Franklin

said of narrative-Plutarch's “Lives ”—Easy to do good-

What they were-Incident by Parton-Plan to buy Burton's

“Historical Collections"-Describes them---Boyle's “Lec-

tures "-Kind offer of Matthew Adams-Borrowing books of

booksellers' clerks--Great favour-Books very scarce then-

Greenwood's English Grammar-Talk with Collins --Other

books read-Habit of taking notes-Letter of Franklin about

it--Professor Atkinson's words--Garfield had same habit

XIV.

LEARNING THE ART OF COMPOSITION.

Began to write poetry at seven- -Had practised putting thoughts

together, James praised his pieces-Proposition to write,

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