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The Life of Benjamin Franklin, Illustrated by Tales, Sketches, and Anecdotes
The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Life of Benjamin Franklin, by Samuel G. Goodrich
Title: The Life of Benjamin Franklin
Illustrated by Tales, Sketches, and Anecdotes
Author: Samuel G. Goodrich
Release Date: January 2, 2012 [eBook #38469]
Language: English
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Transcriber's Note:
The total number of questions at the end of each chapter does not necessarily correspond to the total number of paragraphs in the chapter.
Text is missing from the printed book at the end of Paragraph 19 in Chapter X.
Franklin taking home his paper.
Reconciliation of Franklin with his Brother.
THE
LIFE
OF
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.
ILLUSTRATED BY
TALES, SKETCHES, AND ANECDOTES.
ADAPTED TO THE USE OF SCHOOLS.
WITH ENGRAVINGS.
PHILADELPHIA:
DESILVER, THOMAS & CO.,
No. 253 MARKET STREET.
1836.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1832, by Samuel G. Goodrich, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts.
PREFACE.
The following Preface to the Life of Columbus will explain the plan of the series, of which this is the third volume:—
"There is no kind of reading more attractive than biography, and, if properly treated, there is none more instructive. It appears, therefore, to be peculiarly fitted to the purposes of education; it readily excites the curiosity and awakens the interest of the pupil, and, while it stores his mind with facts, dates and events, displays to his view the workings of the human heart, and makes him better acquainted with himself and mankind.
"In the selection of subjects for a biographical series of works for youth, the editor has been led, by two considerations, to prefer those which belong to our own country. In the first place, it is more particularly necessary that our youth should be made acquainted with the lives of those men who were associated with the history of their native land; and, in the second place, no country can afford happier subjects for biography than this. There are few such lives as those of Columbus, Washington, and Franklin, in the annals of any nation.
"In the preparation of the work, the author has sought to adapt it to youth, by the use of a simple style, and by the introduction of many illustrative tales, sketches, anecdotes and adventures. Questions for examining the pupils are printed in the pages, which may be used, or not, at the choice of the Teacher."
The Life of Columbus and the Life of Washington, on a plan similar to this, have been already published; and other volumes, containing the lives of celebrated Indian Chiefs, celebrated American Statesmen, &c., will appear hereafter, if those already in progress should meet with success.
CONTENTS.
| Page | |
| CHAPTER I. | |
| Birth of Franklin. Early Education. Anecdote. Choice of a Trade. He is placed with a Cutler. His Fondness for Reading. Bound Apprentice to his Brother. Makes a Couple of Ballads. His Friend Collins. Reads the Spectator. | 11 |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| Franklin gives up eating Meat. His Economy of Time. Studies Arithmetic. James Franklin establishes a Newspaper. Benjamin writes for it. His Brother is imprisoned. Benjamin manages the Paper. Leaves his Brother. Goes to New York. Sails thence for Philadelphia. Anecdote of the Dutchman. | 19 |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| His Journey. His Dinner with the old Gingerbread Woman. Arrives in Philadelphia. Anecdote of the Rolls. Attends the Meeting House of the Quakers. Suspected of being a Runaway. Employed by Keimer. Noticed by Governor Keith. Visit to Boston. Return. | 27 |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| Finds his Friend Collins in New York. Visit to the Governor. Promises from Governor Keith. Project of a new religious Sect. Anecdote of Keimer and the roast Pig. His principal Acquaintance. A literary Trick. Prepares to go to London. The Governor's Deception. Arrival in London. | 35 |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| Troubled by his Friend Ralph. Obtains Employment. Ralph turns Schoolmaster, and begins an Epic Poem. Franklin teaches some of his Friends to swim. Anecdote of Mr. Denham. Return to Philadelphia. Story of George Webb. Franklin quarrels with Keimer. Returns to work for him. Employed at Burlington. Leaves Keimer. | 43 |
| CHAPTER VI. | |
| The Junto. A new Paper started by Keimer. Franklin purchases it. Difficulties in their Business. A Dissolution of the Partnership. Franklin assisted by his Friends. David Harry. Match-making. Marriage with Miss Read. | |