325
VIII. To a lady of high culture 330
IX. To a young man of the middle class, well educated, who
complained that it was difficult for him to live agreeably
with his mother, a person of somewhat authoritative
disposition, but uneducated 333
PART VIII.
ARISTOCRACY AND DEMOCRACY.
I. To a young English nobleman 341
II. To an English democrat 358
PART IX.
SOCIETY AND SOLITUDE.
I. To a lady who doubted the reality of intellectual
friendships 374
II. To a young gentleman who lived much in fashionable society 379
III. To the same 384
IV. To the same 391
V. To a young gentleman who kept entirely out of company 397
VI. To a friend who kindly warned the author of the bad effects
of solitude 402
PART X.
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
PART XI.
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
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