75] ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA 7^ 



TABLE ILyi— Concluded 



Mechanical^ Clerical and 



L nskil/ed {conVd) 



Book-binder 



Brickinaker 



Leather dresser 



Wool carder 



Baker 



Carter 



Cooper 



Engineer 



Lighthouse keeper. . . . 



Mariner 



Pencil maker 



Printer 



Sail maker 



Ship builder 



Ship chandler 



Shipwright 



Tailor 



2.0 

 1.5 

 1.5 

 1-5 

 i.o 

 i.o 

 1.0 

 1.0 

 1.0 

 1.0 

 1.0 

 1.0 

 1.0 

 1.0 

 1.0 

 1.0 

 1.0 



Mechanicaly Clerical and 

 Unskilled (cont'd) 



"Watchmaker 



Weaver 



Confidential clerk 



Hat maker 



Marble cutter 



Mason 



Miner 



Shoemaker 



Soldier 



Tallow chandler 



Telegrapher 



Trunk maker 



I 



Unknown 

 Grand total 



334 

 1000 



From Table XX it is plain that the professional classes 

 produced many times their proportionate number of liter- 

 ary persons. The business classes also produced more than 

 their numbers alone would lead one to expect. On the other 

 hand, the agricultural class furnished somewhat fewer lit- 

 erati than might have been expected from so large a body; 

 while the class of mechanics, clerks, and laborers produced 

 relatively very few men of letters. 



It is apparent that birth into one of the so-called higher 

 social classes gave the literary aspirant exceptional opportu- 

 nity. In many cases the parents themselves were well edu- 

 cated, and simple association with them was an education 

 in itself. At any rate, such birth secured a relatively easy 

 entrance into educational and educated circles, and must 

 have been of great advantage in beginning a literary career. 



Odin studied the social position of parents of literati in 



