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Bird, Robert Montgomery (1806-1854)

CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME.

1.

BOOK I. CONTAINING INSTRUCTIONS HOW TO SPEND AND HOW TO RETRIEVE A FORTUNE.

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BOOK II. CONTAINING SUNDRY ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE ADVANTAGES OF GOOD LIVING, WITH A FEW CHAPTERS ON DOMESTIC FELICITY.

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BOOK III. CONTAINING MUCH THAT WILL BE INTERESTING TO YOUNG GENTLEMEN IN DEBT, AND TO FATHERS OF FAMILIES WHO DESIRE TO HAVE THEIR CHILDREN RISE IN SOCIETY.

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BOOK IV. CONTAINING ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE FOLLY OF BRINGING UP CHILDREN IN THE WAY THEY SHOULD GO, AND THE WISDOM OF MAKING A FORTUNE.

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CHAPTER I. The private history of Abram Skinner, the Shaver.

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CHAPTER II. Sheppard Lee's first hit at money-making.

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CHAPTER III. Reflections on stock-jobbing and other matters.

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SHEPPARD LEE.

WRITTEN BY HIMSELF. “Let these shine now that never shone before, And those that always shone now shine the more.” Advertisement to Hunt's Blacking.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

NEW-YORK:

HARPER & BROTHERS, CLIFF-ST.

© 1836.