, 1880-01-17

taken FROM Our public lbfRfttS ny guUScrlD-
crs are works Of fiction. TtIe sa.ao n,ny ba
sal.l Of our circulating llbrnries. Outside of
these we hro met with dciugc Of fiction III
tho shnpe Of the cheap editions Of popular
authors, Add to this The fiction III Our mag
nzillcs. ottr religious webkl1cs. besides score
Of weekly story papcrs whose readers in the
aggregntn must be. counted by millions, and
tlleqncstlon arises, Ia mt tho popular demand
for fiction far greater tlnn Y should bep :.
individually, answer, itis, II Is AisIic,tlt
to account fnr tastea, especially in literature.
which nl1 tnstca cnt, bo gratlfscd. Evidently
this IA the reason for ltA widespread popular.
tty. It ls not my desire to depretate novel
reading, but to draw, oHt m sxpression Of
Possesses Il, affotsling fnstrnot'nll wien COM
pared to otltor branches Of literature.
While we may lt,llerlt or possesA healthy
body, wo are dependent upon nl1r own *
requires irlure la!,or t0 bnf,l TIP tie mental
t1lon tllc phystcnt STRUCTURE, we should not
nn TINT ncro,lns shirk the duty We owe 70
s tS sn1fSs an s1f # s sFssvss Me ss G + ns t
strength TO the bofy, not the sauces, splcHs,
or contents Of tie cruct- 1t Is tho snine witt!
the tnshd. It can never grow strong nr,tl
Vigorous under md. a. axsisivo dct q Is'. ctGn
impress us through the pages of iovcl,
hence the necessity for n mon, generous
branch OF litarntllrr, wllGrptn oil tile fGilc.
tio,,s e the mind n'y bc fully developed md
we edieate tbe Child so that the child can
educate Itself. When sch00l-tlays nre over
literature then becomes our tuxt b!'oks. We
ca.ltlot DO tuo careful III cllot,s!mE tllolll.
hnyo mot but very few yn.!.lg men who
could talk will, inc intcllHeHtly and under
standingly upon a historical or scientific sltl'-
don't desire to find fault with youthful
fnHtfnrH 1p1tr tinpntr TIM qfxtrF
with such avidlty; but Wien Erowi,-up men
and women can si,o nothing lltUro tempting
III lltcr,t.lrc ,tnon tto PAPERS referred
{,r,[v pty pttynaS them nt f9T tSE a ba lack mort ct
detrimental to literary culture t!inn the rgcatl-
knowledge hayo they gAtned2 What lht!glE-
sno4y Sse Tx sc sy ya sftnns1 e @ s
| calm mo,nents Vi rrrctton2 fear not. No
wonder the att OF, conversation IL not Guilt.
vnted.. If the renders at sltcli ltternry trasll
would devoto the time given 70 IT. perlisal t.,
remember what they read, they wbnlt com;
bIne pleasure and profit to themselves and
others, and feel At home In tho ooinpnny Of
No ono Gun pead poverty MS nil excuse, IN
tho. present ntte Of cheap literature anil pub
lie libraries, for tl,er lauk Of knowledge. nor
nr0 Wa obltgrt to cnllllle ourselves to any
Bar,te11 ,s rc n fy 9d Ts h, ovaI wnTsy ais,s s1"
Rcatl ore thing at iin.,s md think ovcr &.
| II It ba history, digest 1t we'll, for history fs
NIL ep!tono Of everything TINT llns taken
pacb. III the past. II yol have devoted ii
month or 20 70 1t, clargu of, alnl take 1ip
Dickens. o.. Scott, T!nckeray or. 0corgo
you wcre rentElng thu dry details Of history.
! Having effected cIanEe, you'll laugh. II
yon hAyo intlulEet1 III tllB wars Of tho CRU
An.les, you'll tind enjoyment III Dor. Rulxotc.
Tic hlirnor OF one. Will counterbalancu the
solenntty of the other.
l WINS once told by a gentleman that If I
should ever visit London l should satisfy
myself by seeing ono tllfng OF Importance
sHort Gt;s, t;isn,e, y, wollid remeMber III notlng but
| the fntig,,o Which 1t accustomed.
| L layo experienced tho value of TINT nd
Vice IN readng. And II the renders OF The
Home would try. the prescription they would
find II worry effective BOB.