...and counsels to young men on their entrance into active life. with a copious appendix of examination papers and other practical information.

Blue cloth 12mo; 326, 8pp. Date from dedication page. Good to Very Good with bumping and rubbing to extremities, including a puncture to the front joint and staining to the endpapers where the joints are threadbare, tidemark to top edge; binder's ticket to ffep. Binding tender, textblock swollen but clean, rubbing and soil to spine, but cover gilt still bright. A guide to occupations mostly suited to British boys (presumably middle class or aspiring) who may not grow up to be "whatever they want to be," but maybe well suited to Civil Service. Annotated with facts and figures, examples of pay, education requirements, questionable wisdom.