How to Make the Best of Life - With an Excerpt from Arnold Bennett by F. J. Harvey Darton

Book excerpt: "How to Make the Best of Life" is a 1923 self help book by English writer Arnold Bennett. It offers the reader simple, practical advice on how to lead a good life, looking at how one should deal with such aspects as business, love, children, citizenship, and much more. A timeless self-betterment manual that has helped improve people's lives for nearly a hundred years. Contents include: "Temperament and Habits", "Establishing Good Humour: Three Aids", "The Business of Education", "Starting Life", "Falling in Love", "Marriage", "The Continuation of Marriage", "Children", "Not for the Young", and "Being Interested in the Community". Enoch Arnold Bennett (1867-1931) was an English writer. Although he is perhaps best remembered for his popular novels, Bennett also produced work in other areas including the theatre, propaganda, journalism, and film. Other notable works by this author include: "Helen with a High Hand" (1910), "The Card" (1911), and "Hilda Lessways" (1911). This classic work is being republished now in a new edition complete with an introductory essay on Arnold Bennett by F. J. Harvey Darton.