“The Young Man’s Book of Amusement”, 1854

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Thomas

November 18, 2010 at 10:15 am · Reply

If you can’t pick a font, use them all.
Amanda Uren

November 18, 2010 at 10:23 am · Reply

I have a copy of The Schoolboy’s Science Pocket Book from 1960. Bet there wasn’t a Schoolgirl’s…

Openings for Scientists section:

When you get your qualifications….you can expect to be able to start in industry or research at a salary of £500-£700 per year….Salaries for top men in industry can be very high indeed….They can reach about £2,500 per annum.
Nick Rutter

November 18, 2010 at 11:42 am · Reply

I have an 1898 copy of the slightly more serious “Cobbett’s Advice to Young Men and (incidentally) to Young Women, in the middle and higher ranks of life: in a series of letters addressed to a Youth, a Bachelor, a Lover, a Husband, a Father, a Citizen or a Subject.”
Thorby

December 31, 2011 at 5:38 am · Reply

I’m sure to give my boys a book on how to make fireworks!!!