PUBLISHER'S ADVERTISEMENT. The autobiography of Dr Franklin narrates his life It is a singular fact, that the original autobiography PUBLISHER'S ADVERTISEMENT. failed to preserve the freshness and charming ease It is believed that the value of the work has been CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. THE FAMILY OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN - His Birth and early Boyhood PAGE CHAPTER II. Franklin goes to Philadelphia - Incidents on the way- His first 30 CHAPTER III. - Eails for London - Finds that he has been deceived by Keith - - 51 -- CHAPTER IV. Returns to America- His mercantile plans defeated by the death PAGE 63 - CHAPTER V. The Junto Club - Its original Members - Franklin's great indus- - 73 CHAPTER VI. Result of this project — Foundation of the Philadelphia Library— - 86 CHAPTER VII. Plan for raising a "United Party for Virtue "The intended creed -- 102 CHAPTER VIII. Mr. Whitefield arrives in Philadelphia - Effect of his Preaching- - PAGE. - 116 CHAPTER IX. Writes and publishes the pamphlet entitled, “Proposals relating to - - - 131 CHAPTER X. - Appointed Delegate by Pennsylvania, to attend at Albany a Gen- 145 CHAPTER XI. Appointed one of the Commissioners for appropriating the public |