Chapter 11

TRADES AND PROFESSIONS.

I. To a young gentleman of ability and culture who had not decided about his profession 488

II. To a young gentleman who had literary and artistic tastes, but no profession 499

III. To a young gentleman who wished to devote himself to literature as a profession 504

IV. To an energetic and successful cotton manufacturer 513

V. To a young Etonian who thought of becoming a cotton-spinner 522