AMOS LAWRENCE. 



DIARY AND CORRESPONDENCE OF THE LATE AMOS LAW- 

 RENCE ; with a brief account of some Incidents in his Life. Edited by his son, 

 WILLIAM R. LAWRENCE, M. D. With fine steel Portraits of AMOS and ABBOTT 

 LAWRENCE, an Engraving of their Birth-place, a Fac-simile page of Mr. Law- 

 rence's Hand-writing, and a copious Index. Octavo edition, cloth, $1.50. Royal 

 duodecimo edition, $1.00. 



This work was first published in an elegant octavo volume, and sold at the unusu- 

 ally low price of $1.50. At the solicitation of numerous benevolent individuals who 

 were desirous of circulating the work so remarkably adapted to do good, especially 

 to young men gratuitously, and of giving those of moderate means, of every class, an 

 opportunity of possessing it, the royal duodecimo, or " cheap edition," was issued, 

 varying from the other edition, only in a reduction in the size (allowing less margin 

 and the thickness of the paper. 



Within six months after the first publication of this work, tiventy-tivo thousand 

 copies had been sold. This extraordinary sale is to be accounted for by the character 

 of the man and the merits of the book. It is the memoir of a Boston merchant, who 

 became distinguished for his great wealth, but more distinguished for the manner in 

 which he used it. It is the memoir of a man, who, commencing business with only 

 $20, gave away in public and private charities, during his lifetime more, probably, 

 than any other person in America. It is substantially an autobiography, containing 

 a full account ot Mr. Lawrence's career as a merchant, of his various multiplied chari- 

 ties, and of his domestic life. 



" We have by us another we rk, the ' Life of Amos Lawrence.' We heard it once said in the pulpit, 

 ' There is no work of art like a noble life,' and for that reason he who has achieved one, takes rank 

 with the great artists and becomes the world's property. WE ARE PROUD OF THIS BOOK. WE ARE 



WILLING TO LET IT GO FORTH TO OTUER LANDS AS A SPECIMEN OF WHAT AMERICA CAN 



PRODUCE. In the old world, reviewers have called Barnum THE characteristic American man. We 

 are willing enough to admit that he is A characteristic American man ; he is ONE fruit of our soil, 

 but Amos Lawrence is another. Let our country have credit for him also. THE GOOD EFFECT 



WHICH THIS LIFE MAY HAVE IN DETERMINING THE COURSE OF YOUNG MEN TO HONOR AND 



VIRTUE is INCALCULABLE." MRS. STOWE, IN N. Y. INDEPENDENT. 



" We are glad to know that our large business houses are purchasing copies of this work for each 

 of their numerous clerks. Its influence on young men cannot be otherwise than highly salutary. 

 As a business man, Mr. Lawrence was a pattern for the young clerk." BOSTON TRAVELLER. 



" We are thankful for the volume before us. It carries us back to the farm-house of Mr. Law* 

 rence's birth, and the village store of his first apprenticeship. It exhibits a charity noble and active, 

 while the young merchant was still poor. And above all, it reveals to us a beautiful cluster of sistei 

 graces, a keen sense of honor, integrity which never knew the shadow of suspicion, candor in the 

 estimate of character, filial piety, rigid fidelity in every domestic relation, and all these connected 

 with and flowing from steadfast religious principle, profound sentiments of devotion, and a vivid 

 realization of spiritual truth." NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW. 



" We are glad that American Biography has been enriched by such a contribution to its treasures. 

 In all that composes the career of ' the good man,' and the practical Christian, we have read few 

 memoirs more full of instruction, or richer in lessons of wisdom and virtue. We cordially unite in 

 the opinion that the publication of this memoir was a duty owed to society." NATIONAL INTEL- 

 LIGENCER. 



" With the intention of placing it within the reach of a large number, the mere cost price is 

 charged, and a more beautifully printed volume, or one calculated to do more good, has not been 

 issued from the press of late years." EVENING GAZETTE. 



" This book, besides being of a different class from most biographies, has another peculiar charm. 

 It shows the inside life of the man. You have, as it were, a peep behind the curtain, and see Mr. 

 Lawrence as he went in and out among business men, as he appeared on 'change, as he received 

 his friends, as he poured out, ' with liberal hand and generous heart,' his wealth for the benefit 

 of others, as he received the greetings and salutations of children, and as he appeared in the bosom 

 of his family at his own hearth stone." BRUNSWICK TELEGRAPH. 



" It is printed on new type, the best paper, and is illustrated by four beautiful plates. How it can 

 be sold for the price named is a marvel." NORFOLK Co. JOURNAL. 



"It was first privately printed, and a limited number of copies were distributed among the 

 relatives and near friends of the deceased. This volume was read with the deepest interest by those 

 who were so favored as to obtain a copy, and it passed from friend to friend as rapidly as it could be 

 read. Dr. Lawrence has yielded to the general wish, and made public the volume. It will now be 

 widely circulated, will certainly prove a standard work, and be read over and over again.'V-Bos- 

 TOH DAILT ADVERTISER. 



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