AUTHOR OF "PLANTING THE WILDERNESS," ETC., ETC.
Numerous Illustrations ,
FROM ORIGINAL DESIGNS BY G.F. & E.B. BENSELL.
"Man, it is not thy works, which are mortal, infinitely little, and the greatest no greater than the least, but only the spirit thou workest in, that can have worth or continuance."—Carlyle.
GEORGE MACLEAN,
PHILADELPHIA, NEW YORK AND BOSTON. 1871.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1870, by
E. HANNAFORD & CO.,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D.C.
ELECTROTYPED AT THE FRANKLIN TYPE FOUNDRY, CINCINNATI.
"The physical industries of this world have two relations in them: one to the actor, and one to the public. Honest business is more really a contribution to the public than it is to the manager of the business himself. Although it seems to the man, and generally to the community, that the active business man is a self-seeker, and although his motive may