New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-01
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
THE vop1n,s OPPORTUNITIES.

rur worI,p.s OPPORTUNITIES. AND HOW TO
USE THEM by AIrRED IL SSsESsE Iicn wi Illus
trated. up. 600. Harper Brothers
Th;s,sa handsome specimen Of bookmaking and
while of late years the press has sent out many
works of a somewhat similar tendency, we do not
think that any other approaches Dr. Guernsey 5 III
fnlness and compTehcnsvcness. The title perhaps Is
not as significant as il might have been. Inc
ac,ual purpose of the work is to furnish guide 10
energy and ambition bv supplying ample and care
fuuv elaborated information concerning the many
occupations and industries which are open to the
American Of the period. The general result OF tins
cuterprjse is a book cmbodyiug descriptions and
statistics of every branch of production and COM
merce including much valuable and interesting IN
formation regarding the occupations which are now
open 10 women. Dr. Guernsey has performed MS
task conscicntiously and thoroughly ana me 'ap'e'
of statistics will prove of permanent value. some
idea of their scope may be gathered from the t'les
of A few of them as for instance: Area ana f9puIa-
tion: Emigration of Native reputation III
dustria Occupations; Assessed Valuation :
Farms; Acreage and Value; Naue OIL VI
cbard products: Live Stock; Dairy Products
Wages OF Agricultural Laborcrs; Common SchooI
Statistics: Coal and Minor Minerals; Wages IN
Cities for Trades: Manufacturing Establishments
Caniial and Profit In the body Of the work the
migrat,ons of population are followed and eX-
planned and the fullest statistics and descriptions
of all the various ayOcatiOnS IN which llNlhe may
be earned are given. it is shown how the young
man with little or no capital can. in many ways
and by the virtue simply OF perseverance anu
thrift acquire a competence anu lay inc lo'li"d
tions for something more in few years. Inc NarI-
ous ministries are carefully followed mp from the
beginning The orchard, the farm and the DAIRY are
analyzed'to show all that can be done with them
Indications are given of the many directions III
which improyomcnt in productive processes Is de-
manded so as to incte to the exercise of inventive
talent 1t NAV possibly be objected that the views
taken by DIR. Guernsey are too sahguhe' out ho
gives facts and figures for all his statements; ana
while OF course a fair degree OF intelligence SIeau'-
ness and industry Is pTeSupposed. experience war
rants the conclusion that the average American can
do in all these lines of effort whatever the average
American has already done.
The chapter entitled Suggestions for Research
md Invention is thoroughly characteristic of the
National genius 1t Is redolcnt of suggestion and no
voung man possessing the least inventive capacity
can read il without having his maginatlons fired
The information in regard to climate, temperature
and rainfall is another important one, and some
wholesome advice to wOrkingnen is contained IN
the discussion of labor-saving machinery. Alto
cether the work is calCuated to assist the beginner III
life very materially and we are sorry TO nave point
out one capital defect in whal is otherwise so excel
lent a volume We refer to the absence OF an index
which we should regard as absolutely indispensable
for such book and the want of which constitutes
a blemish quite inexcusable, and the more remark
able when we consider the lavish expenditure
which the publishers have put upon every part oil
the work.
word must be said concerning the illustrations
which are for the most part particularly good Whic
Some of them are really splendid specimens OF
American wood engraving. The fact that many OF
them have appeared in HGrPers NdJa-i"e or IN othcr
works published by the same firm does not detract
from their beauty or the appositencss Of their employ
,ncnr here Snch work must be welcomed when
ever and wherever it is found, and in the present
case the illustrations add distinct and consider
able value TO a work which possesses OF itself quite
other and conspicuous merits.