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THE author's object in preparing this volume has been to render easier the period through which young men have to pass after leaving college. This period is often exceedingly trying, both to the beginner and to those who have to look after him in the civil engineer's office. He may have had a very successful college career, and the work he will most certainly be started on is usually of such a character as to lead him to imagine that a great part of his studies have been useless. Of course, this view is quite a mistaken one; responsible work will come later, and the knowledge acquired in college will then be essential to success. The volume before us will be of great service in bridging over the transition period, and we can heartily recommend it to students still pursuing their college course, in order that they may have some idea of what lies before them when they are introduced to the practical work of the civil engineer.
An Introduction to the Practice of Civil Engineering.
E. E.
Mann
By. Pp. xi + 296. (London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1924.) 7s. 6d. net.
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An Introduction to the Practice of Civil Engineering. Nature 114, 714 (1924). https://doi.org/10.1038/114714d0
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