Chapter 10

INTELLECTUAL HYGIENICS.

I. To a young author whilst he was writing his first book 415

II. To a student in the first ardor of intellectual ambition 422

III. To an intellectual man who desired an outlet for his energies 431

IV. To the friend of a man of high culture who produced nothing 441

V. To a student who felt hurried and driven 446

VI. To an ardent friend who took no rest 451

VII. To the same 456

VIII. To a friend (highly cultivated) who congratulated himself on having entirely abandoned the habit of reading newspapers 466

IX. To an author who appreciated contemporary literature 470

X. To an author who kept very irregular hours 476