APPENDIX C 



Conjugal condition of men of letters, classified by period of birth, and by median 

 number of children born to them. 1 



Appendix C is given as being of interest, though it does not bear directly on 

 the thesis. It is worthy of note that there was apparently an increasing tendency 

 on the part of literary women to remain single, a tendency not manifest on the 

 part of men. 



The number of children born to literary persons appears to have been declining 

 no faster than the number of children born to persons forming part of the general 

 population, so that there seems to be no reason for believing that the literary stock 

 of the nation has been dying out. 



1 The median is the middle number of a series, ranked according to size. It is used here instead 

 of the average because in some cases the exact number of children could not be ascertained, and 

 exact numbers are necessary for calculating an average. It was known, however, on which aide 

 of the median the number of children in any given family lay, so that that number could be used in 

 determining a median. 



2 Of those whose conjugal condition was ascertained. 



J Not given when, because very few persons are concerned, the ratio would be spuriously accurate 

 and therefore misleading. 



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