, 1876-11-18


farc. !. legitimate %nhl tnr governmental nc.
tim ~ "Ths un,y 'rthonx i s'>r1t 4 tho i1.'itn,
G It s hapnss. 10
lIer',crt Spencer wrnle III. "Ror!A stsscs hotnrn
@ psse Ewars r. b .s s % sn
heforc Parliament: and 3ts. Spencer, III that wl,r,;.
e. sf FL e sssS wteu # Il III is'ss ss
s %s:x sse: aes Accurately tcpse'sni hi present.
lie hrar.e. 10 which shall direct your attention
ta!cd. These objections. which arc usually 1na,ic
ci an enttTe missoEesptlot; q tGe ise!s IN
.eives Of the od iics tlst tbfarie ufo erfahshst
for thu exclusive benefit of Scholar.; whereas the
In thu community. On MT other prinetrie would a
general s9x fos shsF .snpport be tTsttses az The
ySisp and inefea,s II rS!s !. done y plaeies IN
acquire tha Ia5ii 81 read,nlg. W. must iirst !n.
tsfGss ts rcao: hsfo1s We ca e II. GaSsas @ aa
intelliRencc The scholar. In blu pride Of intellect
forget; tns rrosre.slse step. ho toS i' II, eW
sh!sS 'i,e ssse,sd yin ds!es,, .si " ssntI:
eyer wheh he shna ens n s truth
Do"k. 7 d. tiaiidnId & they weto not supplied
With the 9ooks to whiel, ho obyees; but ho ls ns.
Cured, shs renders tas.c. md hence tbs qunlisy
Of s ssna;d Gso1es' work. of
Fssni1se Lost arc ssaiea books s' to !arrer por.
saosledSs FIX h isst a s'S saId 5oSa
t1fg k1CtfJtBY of {hBt I fun1n rNnrRfrr
wlat il WIS ibAt my faiher and o,hcr 10 much ad:
sni!cd In that book. I sucked tobaceo and read
to ind ont what was tic rccondiie charm in
them Tint gave my father 20 much pleasure.
s Ats .skag mskkg iya a a Sus O. Ys s:
but did not ma:tct Milton: wns nearly ~
ycars Of aye when first read Paradise Lost with
IL our objrctora mourn over the standard Of
books wh!eh lei A. are read BY tho public, they may be
boUks better than themselves. and Hence ats bons. @
ated by reading. a book OF lowgr intellectual Or
moral .tandard than the Feader's II thrown nsldo
s.il lower In tue scale Of mental and moral acycl.
s9 not s se sn il i 9o pss sqs sa ss
iatcd at public t!hrasles.. Why th!a lnmentatIon
over ono speelac form 81 sction' TIE writer's Of
tho writer's Of Poc!lcai ,dc.lSn. dIs,nasie ac;
sn s the ws. x i. ' :.og ' ana f'Ge %as
History processes to relate actual events, 81.
ogsapSy 70 describe actual livcs, and science to
phS peeen feo hess aua apo o.des' s
1ccte, mental, moral, sentimental. and divine,
tssts ssS = pfss e .sG21 ss G s s s,ss II
this form. More !s known to.dny Of tho history
ma traditions Of Scotland, and q tho soo!ai
Scott md Charles Dickens than from all the h1a.
turies Of those localities. Fiction Is tho art Gle
nf Nn1,tuH In }tfnrntuff
works Of tl,p fnaglnutlon.
{. said t'!at tie;s !: much poor aeson. and tho
and pour statuas. wrelchcu chronios and more
wtGtchcl p1astur casts, That these productions and
"a e,sense " that there are pessHns wsoso
fecblo clEosts. and they are educated thereby.
hut thu.e nro novels, wo arc told whiah arc In.
motni paintings and Indecent plastic Objects Tho
a., o. ~ ,9a tns s14srd ~ e s
librarian WHO shonid allow an Immoral navel IN hlB
library for circulation would bc culpkblu tho
oct1n Of ssafssa,n.y e III WHO should hang On
Young people. again, We ato tola. read too many
o" oen q s 70 bSs pag eq too n c 70
vii Witch ths, taka speesi esht The ;sa'cdy
shat Tia pasehs aud guardiuns shouI1 fcsalate Chem.
havc never met person OF much library culture
Mho %ora nG1 a fSns Gs a s%ms psrod IN n
ccssivey. Ills specal interest In them suddenly
ceased. lie found himself with confirmed hab,t
vocabulary, md taste for other ind higher classes
Of literature. 4 novel was read occasionally In
Inter e ,shs. aas u % v ndst S poss
drcs4ed to this punt aud cxtona!ny over libfaty
expetenca q thirty years, has conirmed ns In tho
every pcrson who later attains 10 ltcrnsy crlturu
limited pera9a When 10 Graves reading, and
He!haps tsads novels to t., eEesss hut from witch.
hroadrt ilells ii stndy and ths craving mover rs.
turns 10 him In is original form.
rcsdns Of shosa g a.s age because a
y uvt fut Whit department e Literature e traoi
|: oa ss,ss asto y, %nesa s as9ry ,. St TIC
& Iancroftsf Mr. .lanesoft for fsrty years las
been changing tho platca Of his work to III e1sont
ss I q an ssey has resssd whoa II ths neW
Centennial edition. Tho accnrutc student VI spo.
Sne, 10 nto VIZ sk t. ny ns
aaa queen ElssSth es tsas ons lit i Il
ot S Tun 10 me ato1y sad tx nonarc
"that know II y To. lead 10 me something that
ss J; ws XIs, + ~ A. sss5
eas sey ., v Il snss Ma9'' wiz ss
ashS cai,iSn tho elUpe'a @ nsS isi'annea M ~
~ tbs ninth edltlons Iiomess ...I!lud,", Lauios
d!yins eomo4y. saakspcase's ''llamlct," and
ten tWeny ysa s 81
"ivan!oe, 'anl "Roblnson crusoe," have held
tion without ravislon boeaueu they iafaliy ire
pictures Of human llte and hn'nan nature, 6hnll
W. Isay that In IN tssasass M A. nna selenss there y
Ia !ie public libraries which afe growing up In
onr lan1, tn!ly fonr.al.hs Of ;!s n,uney app.;o.
wnp!s Of scholars. liz thy larger l!brasics thu pro-
portion Is oven greater. slardly becoming tor
sS "mo slny III remr - 10