"All Abroad"--The Quagmire--Proposal to build a Wharf--The Heap of Stones--Plan to steal them--Time set in the Evening--The Plan executed--The Wharf done--Keeping the Secret--Benjamin's Father finds him out--Benjamin in a tight place--Promises to do better--How the Boys were found out--Benjamin's Reading Habits--What Books liked--Mather's "Essays to Do Good"--Letter to Mather's Son--Boys should be at Home in Evenings--Advantage of Reading--Letter to a Girl on the Subject 44-54 CHAPTER VI. TABLE TALK. Interview with a Friend--His Ancestors--Their Hardships--Denied Liberty of Conscience--The Bible under the Stool--Leaving the Church of England--Emigration for Religious Freedom--Conversation on Useful Themes at Table--No Complaints allowed about Food--Guests introduced and sensible Remarks made--Effect on Benjamin--The Washburne Family--Benefit of Good Conversation--His Father's Remarks about Food--Benjamin Temperate in Eating and Drinking--"The Water- American"--No Temperance Societies then--Table Talk now--A Table Scene 55-63 CHAPTER VII. CHOOSING A TRADE. Still Opposed to Candle-making--A Dirty, Simple Business--Wants to do something that requires Ingenuity--His Father and Mother conferring together--"A rolling stone gathers no moss"--Afraid he will go to Sea--Benjamin's Views and Maxims--Opportunity to choose a Trade--Going to see different Trades--Devotes a Day to it--Joiners', Turners', and Bricklayers' Work--Cutlery Shop, his Cousin's--Which Trade he chose--His Father's Decision--Arrangement to learn to make Cutlery--Wise to Consult Taste and Tact of Benjamin--Handel the Musician--Sir Joshua Reynolds--Father of John Smeaton--Opposing a Child's Bent of Mind 64-75 CHAPTER VIII. THE PRINTER-BOY. Taken Away from Cousin Samuel--His Brother's Return from England-- Setting Up the Printing Business--Proposal to Benjamin--A Long Apprenticeship--Benjamin disposed to turn Printer-boy--His Brother's Offer to Teach Him the Art of Printing--Borrowing Books to read, and sitting up at Night--Mr. Adams's Library and his Kindness-- Going to it for Books--Scarcity of Books--Compared with now--Two and a half Books made in a Minute--No Libraries then--Their enormous Size now--Habit of Reading made him punctual--Example of Lord Brougham 76-84 CHAPTER IX. FIRST LITERARY ENTERPRISE.