An Experiment in Cheap Living (from 1872) * Get Rich Slowly

An Experiment in Cheap Living (from 1872) * Get Rich Slowly

Brilliant extract, from an old book, on the cost of eating - and most surprisingly how little was considered sufficient - in 1872.

I know it sounds alarming and drastic, but enormous sums of money could be saved by the average person giving up only junk food snacks, treats and sodas and eating a bit less.