The Richest Man in Babylon

Our prosperity as a nation depends upon the personal financial prosperity of each of us as individuals. This book deals with the personal successes of each of us. Success means accomplishments as the result of our own efforts and abilities. Proper preparation is the key to our success. Our acts can be no wiser than our thoughts. Our thinking can be no wiser than our understanding. This book of cures for lean purses has been termed a guide to financial understanding. That indeed is its purpose: to offer those who are ambitious for financial success an insight which will aid them to acquire money to keep money and to make their surpluses carn more money. In the pages which follow we are taken back to Babylon the cradle in which was nurtured the basic principles of finance now recognized and used the world over. To new readers the author is happy to extend the wish that its pages may contain for them the same inspiration for growing bank accounts greater financial successes and the solution of difficult per sonal financial problems so enthusiastically reported by readers from coast to coast. To the business executives who have distributed these tales in such generous quantities to friends relatives employees and associates the author takes this opportunity to express his gratitude.