- Life of Benjamin Franklin
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This little book was intended for the education of school children and includes tales, sketches and anecdotes of his life written for the children of the mid 1800's and written in the English language of that period. Each chapter has numerous questions intended for the the reader or the teacher to quiz themselves to see if they gathered the pertinent information. The quiz questions will not be recorded. Also part of this book are numerous short essays written by Franklin on various topics. These entertaining and insightful samples occupy sections 17 through 27.
- Chapters
- Chapter I
- Chapter II
- Chapter III
- Chapter IV
- Chapter V
- Chapter VI
- Chapter VII
- Chapter VIII
- Chapter IX
- Chapter X
- Chapter XI
- Chapter XII
- Chapter XIII
- Chapter XIV
- Chapter XV
- Chapter XVI
- A True Story
- HANDSOME AND DEFORMED LEG
- ADVICE TO A YOUNG TRADESMAN
- NECESSARY HINTS TO THOSE THAT WOULD BE RICH
- ON THE ART OF SWIMMING
- PAPER. A POEM
- PRELIMINARY ADDRESS TO THE PENNSYLVANIA ALMANAC, ENTITLED, "POOR RICHARD'S ALMANAC, FOR THE YEAR 1758."
- OBSERVATIONS ON WAR
- THE WAY TO MAKE MONEY PLENTY IN EVERY MAN'S POCKET
- MORALS OF CHESS
- CONVERSATION OF A COMPANY OF EPHEMERÆ; WITH THE SOLILOQUY OF ONE ADVANCED IN AGE. TO MADAME BRILLIANT.