T r ir WORKHOUSE AT MUNICH. 



INTRODUCTION. 



Situation of the Author in the Service of His Most 

 Sere7ie Highiess the Elector Palatine, Reign- 

 ing Dttke of Bavaria. — Reasons which induced 

 him to undertake to form an Establishment for the 

 Relief of the Poor. 



AMONG the vicissitudes of a life checkered by a 

 great variety of incidents, and in which I have 

 been called upon to act in many interesting scenes, I 

 have had an opportunity of employing my attention 

 upon a subject of great importance, — a subject inti- 

 mately and inseparably connected with the happiness 

 and well-being of all civil societies, and which from its 

 nature cannot fail to interest every benevolent mind : 

 it is the providing for the wants of the poor, and secur- 

 ing their happiness and comfort by the introduction of 

 order and industry among them. 



The subject, though it is so highly interesting to 

 mankind, has not yet been investigated with that suc- 

 cess that could have been wished. This fact is appar- 



