The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-03-12

One Il the highest marks of civil
ization5 although, in these days, ont
Of the agst, Is the establishment o
| churchpe and their nurseries, th,
Sunday schools. As q consequence
, q .literdture has been created, especi
ally fofthese institutions. The ma
jority 0 the church going people like
to readi and one of the best aids to s
steady interest in the Sunday schools
is the establishment of a library o.
interesting books, and the distribu.
tion OF illustrated papers.
One the greatest obstacles to this
help is he lack of money in q newly
organi4 ID school. Another is, that
each nomination publishes such
excelie1 i books and papers, that nc
two m&mbers Of union school OF
diHereI$ denominations, can agree az
to the rhablishlng house to be patron
Both of these objections are met
and provided for, In the publications
of DavM C. Cook of Chicago.
His books and papers, while highly
religioue in tone, are entirely unde-
nominatiOnal. and the influence in
the direction of temperance is Just
what iswanted.
Then, these publications are novels
Of chealness. Just think of paying
five cents for a book which any
where else would cost you $l.25 or
uore. Some Of these books are re-
prints Of very excellent authors. and
some are written especially for books
Sabbath Library" To be sure,
they are paper covered, and pham-
phlet form, but the covers are neat and
cheerful, the print distinct, and the
books are wire stitched, so that our
Sabbath school finds them a. durable
as higher priced and beautifully
bound books. We do not intend to
deny the influence of a case of nice
prettily bound books, but we are.
supp0sing the common case of an,
empty or very nearly empty treas.
ury.
These books cost a trifle more than
five cents, for a library of 100 vol.
umes can be had for $6.75 What
kind of literature
Very good; that is, that which we
have in our schools is Of good char
acter, and Is becoming quite popular,
even with shelves of pretty books in
view.
We will notice two or three we re-
member.
''The Danesburg House," by Mrs.
Henry Wood, is an English story-a
powerful temperance sermon in story
form. It shows most faithfully the ef-
feet of having wine at the home table
and the terrible effects of strong
drink in every class of society. This
is valuable reprint.
Fright Is Right is the frat Of the
Tangible series by Belle Kellogg
editor of the Weekly
Magnet, . fine serial paper from the
same house.
This story is very fascinating to-
young people: shows how every day
rials are met by the simple thought,
right is right" ""I'll do my part and |
cave the consequence to God.'
The heroine, Dora. by exercise Of
his idea, makes the light OF her faith |
RS home, transforms her careless
om-boy sister into pretty, affec
ionate little maiden, teaches the !
retful lame boy of Heavens hopes,
md saves another brother from the !
lownwa rd path. It is not at all i'm
possible, and Dora Is not a saint, but |!
faulty young girl who leans on
Gods promises.
''Erna's Missian," is an interesting |
tory Of the influence of one who qui-
tly and uuswervingly persists In the
'ath of duty.
There are many others equally
'Ond. F. A. r.