He was apprenticed to a bookseller , at the sum of 4 shillings a week .
He was a keen reader and would get up early in the morning to read by the dawn light because he was too poor to buy candles .
reader was apprenticed to a bookseller , at the sum of 4 shillings a week .
He was a keen reader and would get up early in the morning to read by the dawn light because he was too poor to buy candles .