=Reading:= A great advantage, _Platt_, 228 Always carried a book, _Conwell_, 427 Books and the maiden, _Collyer_, 442 Col. Anderson’s library, _Carnegie_, 53 “Congressional Record,” _Dolliver_, 219 Evening study, _Wallace_, 301 Home study, _Clowry_, 148 I devoured poetry, _Markham_, 268 I loved to read, _Wallace_, 298 I made use of books, _Field_, 82 Influence of, _Armour_, 513 Many hours with great authors, _Gage_, 132 Mathematics, _Edison_, 19 “Progress and Poverty,” _Johnson_, 238 Read because I wanted to read, _Howells_, 293 Reading constantly, _Howells_, 284 Scientific books, _Edison_, 23 Study nights, _Gunsaulus_, 434 Study all the time, _Conwell_, 431 Taste ran to essays, _Burroughs_, 407 Tried to read entire free library, _Edison_, 19 Uses mind-stuff, _Howells_, 288 =Recreation:= Change or recreation, _Herreshoff_, 535 In painting pictures, _Van Horne_, 495 Out-of-doors, _Roosevelt_, 176 Yachting, _Lipton_, 116 Reformers, biographies of, _see Careers_. Retire early, _see Health_. Riches, _see Wealth_. Rising in the world, _see Opportunity_. Ruts, _see Dangers_. Sacrifice, see _Success Qualities_. Sailors, biographies of, _see Careers_. Salary, _see Dangers_. Saving, _see Methods_. Saving, _see Success Qualities_. Scholarship, _see Achievements_. School days, _see Education_. Sculptor, _see Careers_. Seclusion, _Burroughs_, 410 Secretary, _see Careers_. Self-confidence, _see Success Qualities_. Self-culture, _see Education_. Self-denial, _see Success Qualities_. Self-help, _see Success Qualities_. Self-reliance, _see Success Qualities_. Self-respect, _see Success Qualities_. Scotch blood, _see Heredity_. Sentiment, _see Success Qualities_. Shoe factory, _see Start in Life_. Shoveling gravel, _see Start in Life_. Shrewdness, _see Success Qualities_. Simple life, _see Success Ideals_. Simplicity, _see Success Ideals_. Sincerity, _see Success Qualities_. Singers, biographies of, _see Careers_. Sleeping-car industry, _Carnegie_, 60 Smokeless powder, _see Achievements_. Smoking, _see Health_. Smoking, _see Dangers_. Society, _Gould_, 418 Soldiers, biographies of, _see Careers_. “Solon,” bust, _Ruckstuhl_, 364 Spanish ancestors, _see Heredity_.