“Ben Hur,” _see Achievements_. =Bent:= Art must be inborn, _Gibson_, 343 Boyhood sketches, _Opper_, 354 Leaning toward business, _Field_, 82 Fitted for railroading, _Vanderbilt_, 141 Inclination for mechanics, _Vanderbilt_, 139 Invention born in a man, _Edison_, 27 Mechanics, natural to, _Clowry_, 146 Natural bent for singing, _Nordica_, 543 School-boy sketches, _Remington_, 328 Talent must be cultivated, _Shrady_, 370 Best, _see Methods_. Blacksmith, _see Careers_. Blindness, _see Obstacles_. Books, _see Reading_. Bottom of the ladder, _see Start in life_. British Government, _see Fame_. “Broncho Buster,” _see Achievements_. Busts, _see Achievements_. Business ability, _see Success Qualities_. Canada, opportunity in, _see Opportunity_. Canadian Pacific R. R., _see Achievements_. Canadians, biographies of, _see Careers_. Canniness, _see Success Qualities_. =Careers:= Actors, biographies of, 677 Actresses, biographies of, 681 Amusements, _Wilder_, 373 Art, _Ruckstuhl_, 364 Artist, _Opper_, 354 Authors, biographies of, 702 Banking, _Gage_, 133, 135 Bar, called to, _Borden_, 450 Blacksmith, _Collyer_, 442 Canadians, biographies of, 687, 700, 716 Cartoonists, biographies of, 691 Choice of, _Abbey_, 314, 315 Choosing a career, _Herreshoff_, 534 Commerce, _Field_, 83 Commercial, mechanical or scientific pursuits in Canada, _London_, 483 Could succeed at anything, _Maxim_, 38 Decorators, biographies of, 690 Divines, biographies of, 714 Editors, biographies of, 660 Educators, biographies of, 656 Explorers, biographies of, 652 Farm, _Van Horne_, 496 Farmer in politics, simplicity, sense, _Borden_, 452 Father was a farmer, _Burroughs_, 405 Farmers, scientific, _Loudon_, 484 Finance, _Burroughs_, 408 Financiers, biographies of, 638 “Finding one’s self,” _Shrady_, 366 Humorists, biographies of, 693 Illustrators, biographies of, 690 Illustrating for girls, _Stephens_, 323, 324 Industrial leaders, biographies of, 620 Inventors, biographies of, 633 Journalism, _Conwell_, 429 Journalists, biographies of, 695 Jurists, biographies of, 644 Law, keep out of, _Platt_, 232 Law, _Borden_, 451 Law, _Dolliver_, 220 Law office politics, _Parent_, 464 Lawyers, biographies of, 644 Lawyer, orator, _Gunsaulus_, 433 Lecturing, _Conwell_, 431 Lecturers, biographies of, 683 Literature, _Riley_, 258, 259, 260 Manufacturers, biographies of, 624 Mechanics and R. R. finance, _Vanderbilt_, 139, 140, 141 Merchants, biographies of, 636 Ministry, _Gunsaulus_, 434 Music as a vocation, _Nordica_, 543 Musicians, biographies of, 670 Novelists, biographies of, 704 Orators, biographies of, 668 Oratory, _Depew_, 217 Organizers, biographies of, 683 Painting, _Shrady_, 366