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Title: Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February, 1852

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Harper's

New Monthly Magazine

No. XXI.--February, 1852.--Vol. IV.

CONTENTS

Public Life Of Benjamin Franklin. By Jacob Abbott.
Napoleon Bonaparte. The Syrian Expedition. By John S. C. Abbott.
Great Objects Attained By Little Things.
The Sublime Porte.
The Curse Of Gold. A Dream.
Maurice Tiernay, The Soldier Of Fortune.
Anecdotes And Aphorisms.
A Curious Page Of Family History.
The Ass Of La Marca.
The Legend Of The Weeping Chamber.
An Old Maid's First Love.
The Poison-Eaters.
A Child's History Of King John's Reign. By Charles Dickens.
My Novel; Or, Varieties In English Life.
The Orphan's Dream Of Christmas.
What Christmas Is In The Company Of John Doe. By Charles Dickens.
What Christmas Is, As We Grow Older. By Charles Dickens.
Helen Corrie.--Leaves From The Note-Book Of A Curate.
The Good Old Times In Paris.
Vision Of Charles XI.
Street-Scenes Of The French Usurpation.
What Becomes Of The Rind?
Mazzini, The Italian Liberal.
Chewing The Buyo. A Sketch Of The Philippines.
Sketch Of Suwarow.
Monthly Record of Current Events.
United States.
South America.
Europe.
Editor's Table.
Editor's Easy Chair.
Editor's Drawer.
Literary Notices
A Leaf from Punch
Fashions for February.
Footnotes

PUBLIC LIFE OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.(1) BY JACOB ABBOTT.

[Illustration: Benjamin Franklin.]

Benjamin Franklin entered upon his career as a public man when very near
the middle of the active portion of his life. His history, therefore,
naturally divides itself into two equal portions, each entirely distinct
from the other. Until the age of about thirty-five he was simply a
Philadelphia mechanic, discharging his duties, however, in that capacity
so gracefully and with such brilliant succ