The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-04-18
YOUNG PEOPLES BOOKS.
THE BETTER WAY OF PRESENTING
HISTORY AND SCIENCE.
Productions far BOYS and Girls Which
Are captiVatin. Even to the Old
Feik>->ueeessful Serial Papers
and Magazines.

The bookstores have lately teen crowded
with people who were searching for
the right sort of books 10 give TO their sons
and daughters and nephewS and nieces as
presents. Their search was somewhat BE-
witleFins, rom the very multitude of books
OF every size, sort ami subject which filled
The counters and profess 10 be especially
devotet to youns people. 1t is not hard TO
find volumes for the very young. They
are easily satisfied with Kate Greenaway
pictlre,s, large AMI highly Colorod illustra
tions, and simple stories in big black words
of one or two letters Tue difficulty is to
choose book. not for children, but for
young peGp'e; that is, To- youth, and girls
from Is u - For the benefit of this class,
haweve., it may he said that, within the
pa't quarter ~ 4 century, Il new depart
meat has l6ef added to our literature In
the old tia.c, writers for the young were too
apt 10 fail to distinguish between ages: and
wrote in the same style for the most part,
Il namby PANTY style-for 10y or girl o:
and one of Il.
NEW WAY OF iMPARTING KyowLEDGE
Eut tho arr OF writing, not only for chill
dren lu5 for young peopl, has rapidly
ripened within reccn, years. The Iarent or
uncle may iinl, with little search, many
books at once instructive and entertaining.
sklfully adapted to the youthful AMI grow.
ing mind-thc mimi that has got beyond
nursery tails and Is thirsty for knowledge,
though it insists that that knowledge should
he pleasantly AMI clearly presented to it.
the of tha results Of the success of the
new way OF impartin. history, biography,
science, or what not, to young people is,
that the best AMI most popular writers do
not strain themselves 10 adopt Il style for
young people only They aim TO 50 write
that their productions may be read with
pleasure b. the mdtllraged and the old as
we'll as by the young They guide them.
selves by few rules, which mainly aim to
make what they say clear, easily compre-
hendcd, and, at the Sam9 time, picturesque
AMI taking. They axe apt for instance, to
use Saxon words instead of Latinized words;
to wiile short sentences and short lara.
graphs; ami 10 b. rs concise in covering
their subject as the necessity for clearncSs
AMI pleasant way of putting things will
permit.
PLEASING OLD FOLKS As WELL
The d method of talking to the young
as if they were infants or idiot.-the Now,
my dear littls chllrtn, if you will come and
sit upon my knee VII tell you all about
that great man, Julu, Caesar style has,
happily for the mental self-respect of the
Young, pttty much passed out of vogue
The mo,; .uccessful publications for the
young 81 rial papersand magazines a well
us book, arr those in which the method Of
Gear, simple and picturesque writing not
painfully confined in its view to pleasing
rely youth from Is 10 20 but with the
capicity 10 interest people of al! ages, Is
adopted
One OF the hest known Of these period.
cals, which has an immense body Of sub.
scrit0s, is probably read in nearly every
hou,ehoi il enters with rs much curiosity
and pleasure by the fathers and mothers IA
10y The girls and Toys. have often heard
it said by middl@agcd people, with u kind
If surprise, that they found themselves AZ
mach absorbed in this juvenile periodical,
aud looked as eagerly for itscoming as their
chi'dren did. Tue secret of this is, that 1t
crowded with articles, storieS and anec-
d0ici of FIRE "a and timely character writ
ten simply ald clearly, and without tho
Least attempt t. "cuddle' the young by
absurd phrases and silly way of putting
things -Gaor,c Makctacc Towlc IN Boston
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