The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-04-03

with a great deal that IS Worldly ana cynical, contain certainly much good advice. Every moment, for instance, he says, which you now loose Is much character and advantage lost; as, on the other hand. every moment you now employ usefully, Is so much time wisely laid out at prodigious interest" " Do what you will, he elsewhere ob- serves, only do something Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it,
 Is not happiness indeed duty as well as self,denial? It has been well said that some of our teachers err, per haps, in that they dwell on the duty of self denial, but exhibit not the duty of delight We must, however, be un- grateful indeed if We cannot appreciate the wonderful and beautiful world in which we live Moreover how can We better make others happy than by be- ing cheerful and happy ourselves?
 Few. indeed attain the philosohv of lIcgel who k said to have cainly finished his " Phaenomenoloeie des tioistee al Jena. on October II. lS06, not know ing anything whatever of the battle that was raging round him Most men, how ! tN'ls ItltlN di W lia iliNN' bi tiiiN hA'i iNt either palace. or u prison and there crally available sources ot happines, than tho wis" Use of books
 Many l hclieyo, are dotcrrcd from at tempting what 3rc called stiff books for fear they should not understand them, but il, llohhe~ said, there are few who need complain of the narrowHess of i their minds, II only they would do their best with them.
 ln reading, however it is most im- portant to select subjects n which one is interested. remember years ago consulting Mr Darwin as to the selection ot course ot study He asked me what interested Inc most and advised me to choose that suhject, This indeed applies to the work of life generally.
 anl sometimes disposed to think that the great readers of the next genera tion will be, not our lawyers and doctors, i shopkcepers and manufacturers but the lahorcr and mechanic Does not this seem natural? The former work mainly with their heads; when their daily du- ties are over the brain k often exhausted, and of their leisure time much be de voted tn air and exercise. The laborer or mechanic, on the contrary, besides working often for much shorter hours, have in their work-time taken sutt- cient bodily exercise, and could therefore give any leisure they might have to reading and study They have not done So as Yet. it is true, but this has been for obvious reasons Now however, in they first place they .%a.,ll.t,t .,,l1 in, .l. mcntarv schools, and have more easy access to the best books
 RuSkin has observed he docs not won der at what men suffer, but he often wonders at what they lose We suffer much, no doubt, from the faults of oth- CTS, but We lose much more by our own.
 It is one thing, however, to own l- hraryi 1t is another to use 1t wisely Every one of Us may say with Proctor
 "tl round the room my silent servants wait
 My friends in every season, bright and dim,
 Angels and semphim
 Come down and murmur to me sweet and low
 And spirits oi the skies all come and go
 Early and late.
 Yet too often they wait in vain. have often been aStonishcd how little care people devote to the selection of what they read Books We know are almost innumerable, our hours tutfead- ing are alas very few. And yet many people read almost by hazard They will take any book they chance to find in d room at a friends house; they will buy novel at railway-stall if it has an attractive -title;- indeed believe in some cases even the binding affects the choice, The selection is, no doubt far from easy. l have often wished some one would recommend list of Il hum dred good books If We had such lists drawn up by a few good guides they would be most useful, have indeed sometimes heard it said that in reading every one must choose for himself, but this reminds mo of the recommendation not to go into the water till you can swim-t toatcMPorpy Rtrtf@