THE SECRET OF SUCCESS; OR, HOW TO GET ON IN THE WORLD. WITH SOME REMARKS UPON TRUE AND FALSE SUCCESS, Enterspersed with Numerous Examples and Anecdotes.' BY W. H. DAVENPORT ADAMS, AUTHOR OF ENGLISH PARTY LEADERS, THE BIRD WORLD, 66 этно 'The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well." H. W. Longfellow. The way we trifle with time-How it is wasted-Economy of time never inculcated-The young see nothing but waste of time going on around them-Yet the day lost cannot be recovered- Time is every man's estate-Make use of the golden hours- Silliness of the complaint of want of time-Method makes time -Utilising odd minutes-Examples-Goethe's good advice- Wesley's maxim-A man should be always learning-The power of the littles-Occupations of childhood-Their influ- ence on our later life-Examples-Macaulay's boyhood-Miss Mitford's early taste for poetry-Sir William Jones's division of time-Sir Edward Coke's-Lord Jeffrey's criticism on Sir Wil- liam Jones-The charm of method explained by Coleridge- Time is exactly what we make it-Half a dozen practical rules The young man on the threshold-What shall he be or do ?-Im- |