Arnold, Frederick. Turning-Points in Life. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1874. [11824]
Clean publisher's terra cotta cloth decorated in black & bright gilt, spine ends frayed, small dig to the side of the backstrip, bottom edge of front board frayed, 7 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches. 364 clean pp. with index, 8 pp. publisher's catalogue. Good. Hardcover.
An analysis with advice on the turning-points of life, and the improvements that we can make to improve them. Discusses many professions and their advantages and snares - university careers, holy orders, lawyers, merchants, statesmen. Advice on marriage, careers, travel, philosophy of life, adverse circumstances, etc.
The Rev. Frederick Arnold (1833-1891), an Anglican churchman. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, and was for some time the editor of the Literary Gazette, as well as the Churchman's Family Magazine. He wrote extensively in church history, biography, a history of Greece, and Turning Points in Life. Rev. Arnold was a contributor to the Encyclopedia Britannica, and to Smith's Dictionary of Christian Biography.
