The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1849-05-30
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! Sin n prcyigas liis,ber, we atlyested 10
s0fnc of Tile ses tiiy gj novel reading; we
tllg propose 10 feshn,c our sematks 81, 1
tle san,e ioRie IS "a
In addiiiont5 Is tile evils alreaI Y enunaa.
rated. ns resulting frornIthis clnss Of read 4
.ing.jt g. .ob9isss, ,ii,at. duces q dis.
inclination for Tho pursuits of solid
iiterd dtafs. - Iiplesof ficiioni ne Yer appeal
10 the thinking man. I'i.ey Gull for. no
previous know ledge, excfpt t7Fic Sinpig ar.
of reading;;s aandl spfy ga6jnS like sober
though. u Oh saatiqlai igqtlirY sciised
from The province WhicI,i ihfsc class OF pub.
licatiohs has aisurped. Z The eoiised Oh diucnce,
rs, that am effeminacY OF Intellect is pro.
duccd. AS ihelb body inerysted by disense.. q
loses alI relish for tro6g and non Il
food; 50 the mind, aiiursed III, fancy & i5Di
M may Sintie 90 grow siIio grace md beauty,
but 3, tits its milne character VIII be gone.
I. Fancy, g visions viii absorb jihe attention
due due. 70 scbsr reason, and fiction will en-.
gross the lime, which ought 10 have been
employed in the prod Of f irttli.
Again, novel. reading unfiis tht, mind.
TO On alarming ex1 ii, FOR ibe e5tso;ir.l linarv
duties oflife. Human life is moi, d d
g. mere ideal existence. but d sol emsn, real.
..!iiy, llnqdispensabl y, come dWilhit, are
|lmIportant dulies;; and ilieR great end Of
life is answered, only SO far as these d,,..
ties are perforncd. But the eject Of
snovel!rentlins, n ms every one at nli coDvcr-
SAM witt, tho subject is aware, is, vesfy
5m.lcilto indispose tile mind for itet mat ma,
ter Ct fact business of life, An ideal
world is ere ltcd, !, is Whichsthe imagination
delights TO slnxufiate;; and $50 spowerfuf is
the Influence which these mere represen,i
taiions of fincy have upon tbe youthful
mind, especially; as to lead 10 The pc rs,itl.
sion, that, the pleasing incidents which It
contemPlatcs. may actually occur in its
own history. The consequence! is, tint
oil necessary excrlions, Tor the support of
life, are aralyzed; and the disapPointed
VISIONARY IS lefi,i "a great measure, 10
dream away5his existence. s, I;,, ;,5ssi.
81 The" Confessions of Rnusscau fur
nish. g melancholy illustration in point.
q cherished for myself" he remarks,
Hthe situations Which had Interested ma
in my reading. | recnlled Them, varied
them, and SO appropriated them, until
becarns one OF The persons whom 1 ina.
sined, until saw myself III tho siituatio,n
most agreeable tony iaste-dntiI, in fine,
the fictitious site into which cai,r,c sca,is.
cd me TO forget my real condition, wi,h
which was so discontcnted. I. This IoveSof-'
imaginary objects, and This faciliiy'ofoecn |.
pyiag myself Observation-Disclosures of;all
that surrounded me- and formed that
laste for solitude which j retain to ogtiiis
day. He further SAYS; 1.-THE i,npossi.
'bility OF finding real beings adapted 10 nv
TASTE, thrcw%mc into a chin!cficai world,
anu seeing nothing Of positive existence,
which was worthy Of my ideiiriun,, I.cher.S
ishcd inile ideal world, nhiclfny crea- :
tive imaginationivery som penpletl with
with beings adapted 10 ny5taste. For-
getting altogether the human. race. lcre-
1 la,cd led for myself n society of perfect
creatures, celestial, MS we'll their yir.
tues, as by their beau --of friends sure,
tender, and faithful, such MS i have never
found them on. earth. =
4 S1cl, are The confessions or Ills anliap.
py mnn; and low cffeciually iii lis case, I
did tho perusal oflworks of fiction tlivess
life of lis er,realiiics, and substitute in
their place the wrought pictures as
The imagination! 3, {5,ss ,,.3
+. Noyel-reaiing involves o criminal con-
sumption of time. We say crin,inal;; for,
most assurcdly, in The estimation Of every
one but the Infatuated noyel.render him
self the time devoted to tltis kind of read
ing might, may, should be occupied in q
far more pro6inbie way Yet, sucii lis
the influence which tnles of fiction. highly
Wrought and well constructed, hive upon
the mind, tihat, mo. only whole days, but
even whole nights, have been consumed
in their perusaI. The tale once, com.
nienced, The infatuated reader is held
spellbound through successive plots and
scenes, mil the last passes in review
The claims Of
! Tired Natures sweet stoser baln,y s!crp,,,
Are disregarded; and ile hours which na.
lure demands should 5bo devoted 10 / .he
repose Of the body, are consumed in the
perusal of such works. is II right 10 an. an
propriate so much time 10 such; nf obiesct9
Is itslriglf; for Tie ,onng, especially, tos do.
.it2 3" EARLY life Is the favorable pcrtio5d
for storing the mind with useful know
ledge, ehlarging the intellectual capacity,
and forming the eharacter.''3 But, if This
favorable period be dissipateti, ,--and
whit moro calculated TO dofit.than sdcyo.
ton ionovel- -reading? these important
ends, (thet attainment Of which, are sos
ressary 10 future usefulness and dfstict-
!tion,] willibe Illustrated. ss slssf5sI
sNoyeEreadi6g conveys false an, dam.
gerous sentiments in reference 10 Inc