proverbs, which Poor Richard was supposed to utter,
Franklin became the counsellor and household friend of almost every family
in America. Thus, it was the humblest of all his labors that has done the
most for his fame."

"I have read some of those proverbs," remarked Edward; "but I do not like
them. They are all about getting money, or saving it."

"Well," said his father, "they were suited to the condition of the
country; and their effect, upon the whole, has doubtless been
good,--although they teach men but a very small portion of their duties."

Chapter IX

Hitherto, Mr. Temple's narratives had all been about boys and men. But,
the next evening, he bethought himself that the quiet little Emily would
perhaps be glad to hear the story of a child of her own sex. He therefore
resolved to narrate the youthful adventures of Christina of Sweden, who
began to be a Queen at the age of no more than six years. If we have any
little girls among our readers, they must not suppose that Christina is
set before them as a pattern of what they ought to be. On the contrary,
the tale of her life is chiefly profitable as showing the evil effects of
a wrong education, which caused this daughter of a king to be both useless
and unhappy.

Here follows the story.

QUEEN CHRISTINA

BORN 1626. DIED 1689.

In the royal palace at Stockholm, the capital city of Sweden, there was
born, in 1626, a little princess. The king, her father, gave her the name
of Christina, in memory of a Swedish girl with whom he had been in love.
His own name was Gustavus Adolphus; and he was also called the Lion of the
North, because he had gained greater fame in war than any other prince or
general then alive. With this valiant king for their commander, the Swedes
had made themselves terrible to the Emperor of Germany and to the King of
France, and were looked upon as the chief defence of the Protestant
religion.

The little Christina was by no means a beautiful child. To confess the
truth, she was remarkably plain. The queen, her mother, did not love her
so much as she ought; partly, perhaps, on account of Christina's want of
beauty, and also, because both the king and queen had wished for a son,
who might have gained as great renown in battle as his father had.

The king, however, soon became exceedingly fond of the infant princess.
When Christina was very young, she was taken violently sick. Gustavus
Adolphus, who was several hundred mil