Concerning Overwork

The subject of overwork, then, is one of the greatest importance to study, and lias to be discu'ssed daily by all of us. My own opinión has already been expressed, that the evils attending it on the coinnmuity at large are vastly overestimated ; and, judging from my own experience, the persons -with unstrung nerves who apply to the doctor are, not the prime minister, the bishops, judges, and hard-workiug professiqnal men, but merchants and stook-brokers retired from business, Government clerks who Wfítik from 10 to 4, women whose domestio duties and bad servante are driving them to the grave, young ladies whose viaits to the villnge school or Sunday performance on the orgp.n are midermining their hoalth, and so on. In short, in my experience I see more ailments arise from want of oecu pation than from overwork, and taking the various kinds of nervons and dyspeptic ailments wliich we are consta tly t.reatinsr, I ñnd at least six due to iciienoss tu one from overwork. i - 1 1 1 Mr. JPisraeli has a worn earpet and alain wooden shelves in his library, and ie eats sandwiches out of his hand while strolliug in the London suburbs. Vic;or Hugo has no carpet on his library loor. Thomas Carlyle smokes a clay pipe. George Eliot lives humbly. No3ody ought to complain of having to go sarefoot after thio.