THE

NATIONAL THRIFT

READER.

CONTAINING

LESSONS INCULCATING THE PRINCIPLES OF
ECONOMY, CLEANLINESS, FRUGALITY,
AND THRIFT ;

WITH

Directions for Possessing & Preserving Health;

THE WHOLE ILLUSTRATED BY

LIVES OF GREAT AND GOOD MEN AND

WOMEN,

WHO BY THEIR PERSEVERANCE AND THRIFT RAISED THEMSELVES
FROM INSIGNIFICANCE

"Talks about Health," "Wild Flowers worth Notice," "British Ferns," "Talks
about Plants," "Domestic Economy for Girls."

London:

ALLMAN AND SON, 463, OXFORD STREET.

268.c.716.

3 NOV86

OXFORD

HAZELL, WATSON, AND VINEY,

PRINTERS, LONDON AND AYLESBURY.

Dedicated, by Permission,

ΤΟ

THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF DERBY,

WHOSE

CONSISTENT AND VALUABLE ADVOCACY

OF THE PRINCIPLES INCULCATED IN THESE PAGES HAS

SERVED TO DIRECT THE ATTENTION OF ENGLISH

MEN AND WOMEN TO THE NATIONAL

IMPORTANCE

OF

THRIFT.

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