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