Quaint corners in Philadelphia, with one hundred and seventy-four illustrations . eain»- to him. Kaeh nieinhei owned hooks wliieh were. and Franklinsplan wa>- to put them all to_retlier in the eluh-i-oom. wheretlu-y woidd he (-a-y of aeee-- for reference durini; thenn-e(ini:>. and «aeh nieniltei- could have the use of thewholr eolleetion. The eluli had hy thi> lime moved tothe Iwuise of Kobert (iraee. wlu^ is iiinnorlali/.ed inFhihnhdphia annals by Fninklins terse descriplion ofhim as a yomiiz Leiitleman of >ome foi-tune : generous,lively and witty : a lover of pinmin^and of his fi
Quaint corners in Philadelphia, with one hundred and seventy-four illustrations . eain»- to him. Kaeh nieinhei owned hooks wliieh were. and Franklinsplan wa>- to put them all to_retlier in the eluh-i-oom. wheretlu-y woidd he (-a-y of aeee-- for reference durini; thenn-e(ini:>. and «aeh nieniltei- could have the use of thewholr eolleetion. The eluli had hy thi> lime moved tothe Iwuise of Kobert (iraee. wlu^ is iiinnorlali/.ed inFhihnhdphia annals by Fninklins terse descriplion ofhim as a yomiiz Leiitleman of >ome foi-tune : generous,lively and witty : a lover of pinmin^and of his fiiends,and >o Franklin> plan b»in<j: a gathered up hi> -jreat folio- and (piartos. his chap-books, nnd all hi> literarv treasure-, and carried them to. \ j^-^-^-r ^-A\{^:A-r^.3. Ulimmm ^~ i^^ s ]-.]} A STL VAX CITY. (i • -oimiliinixfr<lr. Tliov niadr a notcof 301111^ lM-_imurs lately sd iij). ami (Ncidcd upon llu* host waytahli>hin^ advantairious made ihemselvo aecpiainted wilh every fleservingstranger who eunie to town and asked if they c-ould beof u-e to hin>. Nity of ln>yl\a-iiia and the renn>ylvania Ilo-pital are anion:^ its many• lirect de>«-endant>. The animatin-j >onl in all of thiswa- the ^r,...tiv,. Ki-anklin. He wa> always full ofjtlan- and hu>y about the be-t way of carryinu themout. He drew up the rule> for the (lull, and it «,m-(W lobe like him. ()ne day the idea of a
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