  CHAPTER II. UNCLE BENJAMIN, THE POET. CHAPTER III. BENJAMIN AND BENJAMIN. CHAPTER IV. FRANKLIN'S STORY OF A HOLIDAY IN CHILDHOOD. CHAPTER V. THE BOY FRANKLIN'S KITE. CHAPTER VI. LITTLE BEN'S GUINEA PIG. CHAPTER VII. UNCLE TOM, WHO ROSE IN THE WORLD. CHAPTER VIII. LITTLE BEN SHOWS HIS HANDWRITING TO THE FAMILY. CHAPTER IX. UNCLE BENJAMIN'S SECRET. CHAPTER X. THE STONE WHARF, AND LADY WIGGLEWORTH, WHO FELL ASLEEP IN CHURCH. CHAPTER XII. A CHIME OF BELLS IN NOTTINGHAM. CHAPTER XIII. THE ELDER FRANKLIN'S STORIES. CHAPTER XIV. THE TREASURE-FINDER. CHAPTER XV. "HAVE I A CHANCE?" CHAPTER XVI. "A BOOK THAT INFLUENCED THE CHARACTER OF A MAN WHO LED HIS AGE." CHAPTER XVII. BENJAMIN LOOKS FOR A PLACE WHEREIN TO START IN LIFE. CHAPTER XVIII. LITTLE BEN'S ADVENTURES AS A POET. CHAPTER XXI. LONDON AND A LONG SWIM. CHAPTER XXII. A PENNY ROLL WITH HONOR. JENNY'S SPINNING-WHEEL. CHAPTER XXIV. FRANKLIN'S STRUGGLES WITH FRANKLIN. CHAPTER XXV. THE MAGICAL BOTTLE. CHAPTER XXVI. THE ELECTRIFIED VIAL AND THE QUESTIONS IT RAISED. CHAPTER XXVII. THE GREAT DISCOVERY. CHAPTER XXVIII. HOME-COMING IN DISGUISE. CHAPTER XXIX. "THOSE PAMPHLETS." CHAPTER XXX. A STRANGE DISCOVERY. CHAPTER XXXI. OLD HUMPHREY'S STRANGE STORY. CHAPTER XXXII. THE EAGLE THAT CAUGHT THE CAT. DR. FRANKLIN'S ENGLISH FABLE. THE DOCTOR'S SQUIRRELS. CHAPTER XXXIII. OLD MR. CALAMITY AGAIN. CHAPTER XXXIV. OLD MR. CALAMITY AND THE TEARING DOWN OF THE KING'S ARMS. CHAPTER XXXVI. THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. A MYSTERY. CHAPTER XXXVII. ANOTHER SIGNATURE. THE STORY OF AUVERGNE SANS TACHE. CHAPTER XXXVIII. FRANKLIN SIGNS THE TREATY OF PEACE. HOW GEORGE III RECEIVES THE NEWS. CHAPTER XXXIX. THE TALE OF AN OLD VELVET COAT. CHAPTER XLI. JANE'S LAST VISIT. CHAPTER XLII. FOR THE LAST TIME. CHAPTER XLIII. A LESSON AFTER SCHOOL. APPENDIX. FRANKLIN'S FAMOUS PROVERB STORY OF THE OLD AUCTIONEER. TRUE TO HIS HOMEA TALE OF THE BOYHOOD OF FRANKLINBooks by Hezekiah Butterworth.Each, 12mo, cloth, $1.50. The Log School-House on the Columbia. With 13 full-page Illustrations by J. Carter Beard, E. J. Austen, and Others. "This book will charm all who turn its pages. There are few books of popular information concerning the pioneers of the great Northwest, and this one is worthy of sincere praise."—Seattle Post-Intelligencer. In the Boyhood of Lincoln. A Story of the Black Hawk War and the Tunker Schoolmaster. With 12 full-page Illustrations and colored Frontispiece. "The author presents facts in a most attractive framework of fiction, and imbues the whole with his peculiar humor. The illustrations are numerous and of more than usual excellence."—New Haven Palladium. The Boys of Greenway Court. A Story of the Early Years of Washington. With 10 full-page Illustrations by H. Winthrop Peirce. "Skillfully combining fact and fiction, he has given us a story historically instructive and at the same time entertaining."—Boston Transcript. The Patriot Schoolmaster; Or, The Adventures of the Two Boston Cannon, the "Adams" and the "Hancock." A Tale of the Minute Men and the Sons of Liberty. With Illustrations by H. Winthrop Peirce. The true spirit of the leaders in our War for Independence is pictured in this dramatic story. It includes the Boston Tea Party and Bunker Hill; and Adams, Hancock, Revere, and the boys who bearded General Gage, are living characters in this romance of American patriotism. The Knight of Liberty. A Tale of the Fortunes of Lafayette. With 6 full-page Illustrations. "No better reading for the young man can be imagined than this fascinating narrative of a noble figure on the canvas of time."—Boston Traveller. —————— New York: D. Appleton & Co., 72 Fifth Avenue. TRUE TO HIS HOMEA Tale of the Boyhood of FranklinBY |
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