OR,

The Right Road through Life.

A STORY TO SHOW HOW YOUNG BENJAMIN LEARNED THE PRINCIPLES
WHICH RAISED HIM FROM A PRINTER'S BOY TO THE FIRST

EMBASSADOR OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC.

A BOY'S BOOK ON A BOY'S OWN SUBJECT.

BY

HENRY MAYHEW,

AUTHOR OF "THE PEASANT-BOY PHILOSOPHER,' THE WONDERS OF
SCIENCE; OR, YOUNG HUMPHREY DAVY," &c., &c.

PUBLIC LIBRARY
831772

ASTOR, LENOX AND
TILDEN FOUNDATIONS

1917

"But the work shall not be lost."-Passage from the Epitaph of Benjamin Franklin, written by himself.

"It's hard for an empty sack to stand upright."-Proverb from Poor Richard's Almanac.