The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-04-22

liberty, but duty, is the condition
of existence: the teaching of the in5
calculable effects of hereditary
transmission, with the solemn re-
sponsibilitieS it involves; the teach,
ing of the inherent sadness and i'm
perfection in human nature, which
render resignation the first virtue
in man. But the lessons
which George Eliot would fain
teach to men were most unmistak-
able in their bearing-the lessons of
plying love toward felloW-men; of
sympathy with all human suffering !;
of unwavering faithfulness toward
the social bond, consisting in the
claims of race, of country, of family !;
of unhagging aspiration after that
life which is most Beneicent to com.
munity.
The next in the series will be a
biography of Emily Bronte by Miss
Robinson
COOKS AND How To USE THEM: Practi-
cal Hints for Readers and Students:
By JOHN @. VAN DYKE. II mo,
Vellum Cloth, 81. New York:
Fords, Howard s. Hurlburt.
Salt Lake, James DWYer.
This is one of the most useful of
recent publications, particularly to
young people. In this age, with its
endless volumes all more or less
useful, the young reader wanders
in q sea of doubt, wondering where
he shall begin to read, what books
are most useful, what shall he read
in order to gain desired information
without wasting time in practically
Yalueless works, and 6conteBplat-
ing, almost with dismay, the
crowded path before him. The re-
suit has been Encouragement to
hundreds, while thousands, whose
taste for reading and whose deter
minatlon have kept them at work,
have read for years and are appar-
emily as far from the end IS when
they began the journey; and about
all the benefit many seem to
have derived from their vast read
ing is the knowledge that hundreds
of tones have been perused which
had better never been taken from
the shelves. This little book con-
tains world of consolation to the
mystifed student, and gives him
the benefit of years of experience
in an hour, and directing him how
to read to personal advantage, 1t
also dessipateS many popular but
erroneous ideas. The author takes
the broad and democratic ground
that the student or the reader should
peruse that which is to his taste
and holds the idea advanced by some
writer's that a certain number of
books should be read by all is an
arbitrary opinion founded entirely
on the lakes and diSikeS of the
author of the idea. He warns young
people against going beyond their
depth in the literary current, lest
they be swept away in a
sea of words destitute of ideas,
which their youthful and untried
minds are capable Of grasping. He
advises all to read what they can
understand and that which will en-
terrain; to force oneself to read
Milton, Locke, HerbertSpencer, or the
products of other authors, when we
cannot appreciate them, is to incul-
cate q distaste for sublime works
which, when the mind is capable of
understanding, can never be effec-
tually eradicated. The mind will
develop to these works in due time;
the reader need only follow that
which can be understood and appre.
ciated, and if the power is there it
will manifest itself soon enough.
The reading of one subject ard of
many subjects, reading for pleasure
and for profit, reading fast and slow.
attention in reading, habits Of read
ing and how acquired, reading what
you like, skipping, memoranda.
notebooks, marginalia, and all OF
the many methods of reading anC
memorizing are very thoroughly
gone into IN the chapters on
allow to Read" Under "Wher
and Where to Read" the author
gives some good suggestions OIL
night 0eg;SaIS day study, physical ex
ercise, hours and places Of reading
and under "What to Read" will bt
found some clear and sensible tall
on Objectionable literature, which il
divided into two classes; the, NOR
ally I and socially Objectionable
Every page contains hints of valu
alike to the Oldest as we'll as tn
youngest reader, and in a commun
| ity like this, where literary develop
nent is yet limited, and wher
literary works are not as accessible
as could be desired, this little Wor
| will be found invaluable. The sEyl
| is entertaining and eyerythin
about Il is a Recommendation whic
will ensure the book an enormou
sale. No student or young reade
can afford to be without the advic
it gives. and it eau be taken t.
heart with profit to all.