The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1883-12-06
LOYAL WOMBN'S WORK
Reading Circle---Our Boys Expert
ence Meeting---ReIief Corps.
roanaue.ea bu Ka.s B. sae,rrood.l

tconducted By Kate B. shezrOod.l
Dr. johnson once said that the man who
would devote six hours out of the twenty four
60 reading would in few years find himself
"a learned man. We would shorten the number
and make the time thus spent just half that
long. Only, one should know what 70 read and
how.
The necessity Of reading slowly and carefully
until the habit has become fixed, has been
pointed out. Next is the formation of taste.
We know of mother who SO early developed
taste in her little for works Of travel,
popular science, and history, that, although
man grown be has never read book of fiction.
And this is as it should be. Fiction should be
the syllabub that follows the roast, and not the
substance Of the meal itself Too many young
people read fiction TO the exclusion of every
thing else The result is their taste for solid
reading is never developed, and when they
attempt anything of the kind, appetite pals
and genuine ease of literary indigestion sets
in The same thing happens when child who
has been fed on tarts and pastry tries good,
square piece of roast beef and slicspf York
shire pudding.
SYSTEMATIC READING.
For those who would read to real profit
there should be some general plan in view in
setting ont For all such we would commend
the following as pleasant, profitable, and sat
isiactory course 10 pursue. Instead of reading
travel simply because it is travel, or history
because it is history, We would recommend
taking up each country by topics. Say the
country is France: then, in connection with
ordinary history should be read such books as
Abbotts French Revolution" !" the Memoirs"
of the Duchesse ID AbraHtes trsnslatiOns from
the French poets. French biographies. and for
fiction Madame de Staei, George Sand, and
Victor Hugo, especially Les Miserablcs,
which gives such vivid portrayal of life in
.1. s-n1 la-.sa
learns TO know country as through actual
contact, to locate scenes, establish living iden-
titles, and SO place characters and emblazOn
epOchs that wbea the name Of the country
studied is mentioned the entire picture unfolds
itself as an intelligent and comprehensive
unity.
HISTORY OF ENGLAND.
Suppose YOU would acquire an intelligent
knowledge Of the British kingdom: you would
not confine yourself to the ordinary accounts
known as history, OF the rise and fall Of king
doms and the wars Of contending factions
That would be simply to study one phase of
history. The intellectual and physical pro-
grss Of the paople in letters, the arts sciences,
manufactures and commerce would be almost
wholly lost sight Of We are glad that men
are beginning TO write history so that il in
cludes all these; bat that is recent reform.
Thompsons late English history, followed by
MacMasters in this country, are on the iIR-
proved pau. ana can Be fecJsuLlcnuc1- An H.
quiry reaches US as 10
WHAT SHALL We READs
MIDLAND. MICH, Nov. .. I5sS.
To the EDITOR NATIONAL TETBySE:
Ia your good article on literature you give help
ing ideas on reading IN the hOIDe. but many
complain Of not knowing how and what to read
90 prepare themselves FOR a Hao-e advanced work
For Instance whAt woald you advise lady 20
take up FIRST. who i thirsflEg after knowledge and
has rea ! only some Of the standard authors such
resfri it.Ftrl ctr M Vf4. say
biography. travels. history, or what? And would
you kindly Suggest some authors and books.
Your adrIce 10 read together evenings has been
needed by marry. who find il most delightful and
thank you for the suggestions made ~ you viii
kindly assist US further IN what IL read, yoa VIII
cause 10 lie under lasting obgations-
MASY OF ToUR READTzEs.
THE AMERICAN COURSE
To the above inquiry we would recommend
the American course first. believing that every
cDe whs would read inteiiigentiy must first be
familiar with the intellectual productions Of
his own age and people We would, therefore,
suggest tie following skeleton course, TO be
fi5ed II as progress suggests:
January -BGneroff's History of the United
States. Irvings Sketches.
ebruary-Cooper's Historic American Nov
els, Bryant's poems
Marca- -Bayard Taylor's Books Of Travel,
Mrs. Stoves Uncle TENS Cabin" Longfel-
lows sketches ani poems
Aprii-A bbolt's Biographies Of Revolution
AIRY Patriots. Hawfh0rne's Scarlet Letter "
and Biographical Stndies, Poe's poems and sto-
ries.
Mav-Thoreau's Works Richardson's "Be-
yond the Mississippi" Oliver Wendell Holmes
sketches and poems.
June-Bento.'s Thirty Years in the United
States Scnate" Mark Twain's Life on the
Mississippi" Lospeli's poems.
Juiy-Eyeretts Life Of Washington" Sar-
gents Life OF Benjamin Franklin Higgin-
A Z Il
lands poems.
August Helpers Impending Crisis" Gid.
dngs' fxiles u Florida, Bret Harte's From
tie- sketches whittiers poems
SsPtember-Eanerson's Essays, Greely's " His
tory Of the Great Rebellion, Stoddart's Po
cts Homes"
0clober-AIoticy's Causes Of the American
Civil War and Historic Progress and Ameri.
Can Democracy" poems by John j. Piatt and
Mrs : H. 3. Platt
Noveaber-Pnsseott's History Of the Con.
guest Of Mexico" Dr. Hollands stories, Ed
Unnd G. Stedman's poems.
Beeenber-Henry Ward Beecher's Lectures
AenlhoEs sketches CT trayel, Howells' Lady
o. Ar0ostook2
Isay Of these books esn he ordered direct
through THE NATIONAL TRTBUNE.-Ed,l
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MED by fever, pain in the back and loins
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