RICHES HAVE WINGS;
OR,
A TALE FOR THE RICH AND POOR.

BY T. S. ARTHUR.
AUTHOR OF “KEEPING UP APPEARANCES,” “THE YOUNG MUSIC TEACHER,” “LADY AT HOME,” ETC.

FIFTH THOUSAND.

NEW YORK:
PUBLISHED BY BAKER & SCRIBNER,
145 NASSAU STREET, AND 36 PARK ROW.
1849.

Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1847, by
BAKER & SCRIBNER,
in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.

S. W. BENEDICT, PRINT. & STER.
16 Spruce Street, N. Y.

CONTENTS


PAGE.
[CHAPTER I.]
[INTRODUCTION][5]
[CHAPTER II.]
[HUMAN PRUDENCE][11]
[CHAPTER III.]
[CONFIDENCE IN HUMAN PRUDENCE SHAKEN][24]
[CHAPTER IV.]
[SPECULATION][36]
[CHAPTER V.]
[ELDORADO][44]
[CHAPTER VI.]
[LOVE AND PRIDE][52]
[CHAPTER VII.]
[MERCENARY LOVE][64]
[CHAPTER VIII.]
[AFFLICTION][69]
[CHAPTER IX.]
[MENTAL PROSTRATION][75]
[CHAPTER X.]
[A GREAT DISASTER][81]
[CHAPTER XI.]
[CONSEQUENCES][92]
[CHAPTER XII.]
[LIGHT IN DARKNESS][102]
[CHAPTER XIII.]
[MORE REVERSES][113]
[CHAPTER XIV.]
[FAITH TRIED AND PROVED][119]
[CHAPTER XV.]
[WEAKNESS AND STRENGTH][125]
[CHAPTER XVI.]
[FURTHER RETRENCHMENTS][135]
[CHAPTER XVII.]
[THE USES OF ADVERSITY][146]
[CHAPTER XVIII.]
[MORE SACRIFICES][153]
[CHAPTER XIX.]
[A DISAPPOINTMENT][163]
[CHAPTER XX.]
[SURPRISE—UNEXPECTED RELIEF—GRATITUDE][177]
[CHAPTER XXI.]
[THANKFUL FOR EVERY THING][183]
[CHAPTER XXII.]
[CONCLUSION][188]

RICHES HAVE WINGS.