The Poor Rich Man, and the Rich Poor Man

by Catharine Maria Sedgwick

THE POOR RICH MAN,

AND

THE RICH POOR MAN,

BY THE AUTHOR OF

"HOPE LESLIE," "THE LINWOODS," &c.

"There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing; there is that maketh himself poor,

yet hath great riches."

NEW-YORK:

HARPER & BROTHERS, CLIFF-STREET.

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1836.

[Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1836, by

Harper & Brothers,

in the Clerk's Office of the Southern District of New-York.]

TO THE REV. JOSEPH TUCKERMAN, —

⁠THE POOR MAN'S FRIEND

THIS LITTLE VOLUME IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED

⁠BY THE AUTHOR

CONTENTS.

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CHAPTER I
School-Days	9
CHAPTER II
"Uncle Phil"	18
CHAPTER III
A Friend in Need	24
CHAPTER IV
A Poor Man's Journey	33
CHAPTER V
Charlotte's Return	37
CHAPTER VI
Showers and Sunshine	53
CHAPTER VII
Love-Letters	62
CHAPTER VIII
A Peep into the Poor Rich Man's House	75
CHAPTER IX
A Peep into the Rich Poor Man's House	81
CHAPTER X
The Rich Poor Man's Charities	88
CHAPTER XI
An Orphan Girl	Page 95
CHAPTER XII
"Society" at the Poor Man's Home	104
CHAPTER XIII
"Society" at the Rich Man's Home	118
CHAPTER XIV
An Old Acquaintance not "Forgot"	125
CHAPTER XV
The Rich Man's Charities	137
CHAPTER XVI
Another Rich Merchant's House	144
CHAPTER XVII
A Cure for the Heartache	148
CHAPTER XVIII
Light in a Dark Place	159
CHAPTER XIX
A Death-Bed	165
CHAPTER XX
The Conclusion	172
NOTE
Note	180