Description: CHOICE OF PURSUITS; OR, WHAT TO DO, AND WHY, DESCRIBING SEVENTY-FIVE TRADES AND PROFESSIONS, AND THE TALENTS AND TEMPERAMENTS REQUIRED FOR EACH; ALSO, HOW TO EDUCATE, ON PHRENOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES, EACH MAN FOR HIS PROPER WORK; TOGETHER WITH PORTRAITS AND BIOGRAPHIES OF MANY SUCCESSFUL THINKERS AND WORKERS Author: Sizer, Nelson Title: CHOICE OF PURSUITS; OR, WHAT TO DO, AND WHY, DESCRIBING SEVENTY-FIVE TRADES AND PROFESSIONS, AND THE TALENTS AND TEMPERAMENTS REQUIRED FOR EACH; ALSO, HOW TO EDUCATE, ON PHRENOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES, EACH MAN FOR HIS PROPER WORK; TOGETHER WITH PORTRAITS AND BIOGRAPHIES OF MANY SUCCESSFUL THINKERS AND WORKERS Publication: New York: Fowler & Wells Co., [1876] 1883 Edition: Later Printing Description: Hardcover. Octavo, 7 1/2 in. x 5 1/4 in brick red cloth boards with black leaf-and-frond border framing front board with elaborately-initialed lettering to front board. (The black design to front, is repeated on rear board) , but this time, in blind. Gilt lettering to spine. Rubbing to edges and light bumping to corners.This is the Original Book -- NOT a latter-day reproduction! Very Good. " 'What Ought I to Do?' and 'How Should I be Educated for Duty?' are important questions. This book deals with them pointedly, and may be read with profit by all successive generations. A story once read is dismissed. This book will bear fifty readings. Every page is full of instruction. No one, with a true sense of its value, would be without it." (Publisher's Preface, p. iv).The book is dedicated "to parents and teachers who have to guide and instruct the young in all that relates to their character, talent, and future good; and to Young Men and Women who have to sustain themselves by Labor of Head or of Hand, and who, above all things, honestly desire to find The Right Pursuit, and to cultivate and employ all their powers in the most useful and successful manner..."The author also wrote "How to Teach; or, Phrenology in the School-Room and the Family" and "Thoughts on Domestic Life, or Marriage Vindicated and Free Love Exposed";. Seller ID: 85394 Aardvark Rare Books Eugene, OR We work hard to make your Bookbuying Experience safe, easy and fun. Aardvark Books is a proud member of the ABAA (Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America) and IOBA, Independent Online Booksellers Association. Ezra is also an accredited and Qualified Appraiser of Books and Manuscripts, with a designation from the ASA (American Society of Appraisers), with considerable Archive experience as well. Shipping All books shipped to US destinations are sent via the US Postal Service. Faster shipping is available, please ask before paying. We will combine shipping on items purchased at the same time in order to help reduce costs. International shipping is also available. Please inquire for a shipping quote before ordering.This listing was created by Bibliopolis.
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Author: Sizer, Nelson
Publisher: Fowler & Wells Co
Year Printed: 1883
Binding: Cloth
Language: English
Subject: Self-Help
