Part 1

THE

WAY TO WEALTH.

FRONTISPIECE.

Published by W. Darton, Junr. Octr. 1, 1805.]

FRANKLIN'S WAY TO WEALTH;

OR,

"Poor Richard Improved."

LONDON:

PRINTED BY AND FOR W. AND T. DARTON, No. 58, Holborn-Hill.

1810.

TO PARENTS, GOVERNESSES, AND SCHOOL MASTERS.

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A GRAMMATICAL CATECHISM for the use of Schools, upon the plan of Lindley Murray.

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INTRODUCTION.

Dr. Franklin, wishing to collect into one piece all the sayings upon the following subjects, which he had dropped in the course of publishing the Almanacks called "Poor Richard," introduces Father Abraham for this purpose. Hence it is, that Poor Richard is so often quoted, and that, in the present title, he is said to be improved. Notwithstanding the stroke of humour in the concluding paragraph of this address, Poor Richard (Saunders) and Father Abraham have proved, in America, that they are no common preachers. And shall we, brother Englishmen, refuse good sense and saving knowledge, because it comes from the other side of the water?

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