and see it whole."

The foundation of a critical habit in reading has a practical bearing,
inasmuch as it is a direct training for the positions of book-reviewer
and manuscript reader for magazine and book publishers. Since women read
more than men, the woman's view of a manuscript is often preferred by
publishers. Therefore there are more women than men in the position of
literary adviser. These are paid salaries ranging from $25 to $50 a
week. Manuscripts are read by the piece for from $3 to $5 each. Book
reviews are paid for at all prices, from the possession of the book
alone to the payment of a cent a word. It is best for the aspiring
critic to practice herself on book reviews first. In these she can with
profit display her power to analyze the artistic construction of books,
and so develop her abilities as a manuscript reader.

The knowledge of books and the ability to digest their contents are
necessary to the making of a library worker, an employment which the
great increase in libraries, through the benefaction of Andrew Carnegie
and others, is offering to thousands of American women. The salaries are
low, but in considering entering upon the work, weight should be given
to the opportunities for literary knowledge and culture it affords and
its refined surroundings. The making of a descriptive catalogue of the
home library, using the card index system, forms an ideal test for the
young woman who is uncertain whether she has the taste and ability
required in this sort of work. To the student in the home, even though
she intends to follow some other vocation, such as teaching or writing,
such an inventory of her intellectual store-house will be invaluable.
It matters not how small the library is, for "intensive cultivation"
is as profitable in mental culture as in agriculture.