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From the introductory. It is safe to say that everyone who is not rich is desirous of having wealth, and is striving in one way or another to acquire it. The possession of riches is often spoken of as a doubtful blessing, when the cares and responsibilities attendant thereto are considered; however, one would need to travel far to find a person unwilling to accept a heavy load of this world's goods - cares, responsibilities and all. But while it is well known that the poor are often unhappy and discontented, yet wealth does not by any means invariably bring happiness and contentment. At a meeting in London to make arrangements for one of Mr. Moody's campaigns, a speaker expressed the hope that Mr. Moody would -do something for the miserably poor of London.- -I shall try and do so, - the evangelist replied, -and I hope also to be able to do something for the miserably rich.- The ambition to acquire a competency, however, is certainly a laudable one. Money in itself is neither good nor evil; all depends on the way in which it is used. But the first thing is to get it. An advertisement appeared in the public press some years since, offering for one dollar to send to any address the secret of the sure road to wealth. In return for his dollar each person accepting the offer received a slip of paper, on which were printed these words: WORK HARD AND DO NOT SPEND A CENT. Of course, this was merely a scheme for enriching its originator without his working at all. The advice was absurd, as it was practically impossible to follow it. However, any person may hope to become reasonably well off if he will pursue the proper course, and in order to determine what this course is, the writer has sought and obtained from men who have been successful in various walks of life, valuable hints for young men on the acquirement of wealth, which are presented in the following pages. Stephen Girard, John Jacob Astor, A. T. Stewart and Cornelius Vanderbilt, who amassed colossal f