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THIS book sets out with the aim of helping a young boy to choose a career. According to the author, psychological tests are so new and uncertain that for practical purposes they are almost as untrustworthy as phrenology and physiognomy. Therefore the youthful aspirant for a career is recommended to analyse himself according to the questionnaire appended and then to turn to the various occupations and select according to his fitness. chapter is devoted to each of the common occupations, and the requirements, emoluments, and drawbacks to each are described. It is distressing to learn that the telegraphist, although he fulfils a very important function, is unlikely to win high financial reward. As a handbook to various trades, the book may be useful; its style is verbose and the information it gives would not have been impaired by judicious compression. The blend of moral “uplift” and commercialism is not attractive to the English reader.
Choosing your Life Work.
William
Rosengarten
By. Second edition. Pp. xxii + 323. (New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc.; London: McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., Ltd., 1924.) 12s. 6d. net.
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Choosing your Life Work . Nature 116, 355 (1925). https://doi.org/10.1038/116355c0
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