The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-11-17
OUR LIBRARY.
Literary Table Talk.

css.es none would venture to DISPUTE
But DO nan or class seems IN fD'tk II
has sry sp' csl claim 90 ms 'nprt OF
means. aud there 10 not much prospect
81 IN eaily response 10 this earnest up
peal.
There IL. however. Q want that come-
more nearls home tn each and AL Of I'd
The collecting Of byoks wi hin ouI
own bom.s. To 'his recesslty none
can or ought to be ind ~ rent. Yet. VI
we look around us. how many homes
DO we know where hooks seem To be al
e-seniial part q The furni.uieY Custly
upholstery. bIic b &c. piclufe--"i
more or less doubtful merit appear
to be iud,.p,nsshls sdjIncIs of re
fined dwelling. But VIII, r. . the LIBRA
ry2 or # ID. ~ he a room (u-usliy the
smallest IN the hOu,e) digus6ed ~ thai
name. where are the bO' k.? d. we
know dozsn mrD or women VINO are
regular putcha-ers Of themI Are DO, Ks
thopg~I ssseufiai to ne welfare aud ~
sps.tsbllity Of domestic ini@ior
Atr me iew that We finh tn the tables
aLd shelves Of The houses worth pre-
s,Iving either f,r their iDtiinslc merit
or Or the form ia which they are pre-
-erreO 7
Finsy papor.back editions of even
the best authors meet our II qnirng
glance. Not that We obj-ct 10 the
works II the b,>t writers being thus
brought within the m.a1s Of th 81 VINO
csnuut If nd Ia buy the more -xoen-
httf nj ftfu
mon ones were not meant tor a per
manent pace 10 any libiary Nrlihet
do W. cOudeInn tn, taste fpr household
deco atlon IA any form that 20 ale
aud pefs nal copveDIeJce may dictate.
We only prOiesl sga'rst IT. supefseolnK
the Tar higher iDuulg ice IN u oks the
never fai,iug friends OF ones sOli u'e.
the source Of perez pial satl,factiVn aud
ever-grO~irg delight.
hauy Years ago when comfort a. d
luxury were not 50 full, develOred a.
Il present.. the family ib,srv occupied
a mucn more prominent y ace IN Oh
h, u-eholi than II uOes NJ preset. Toe
cnaifs y.fas did not tbru invite one
to reposr: syupnOuy uf c,IOIs Was not
dreamed OF; mirfOts di~tOrt- a rather
ihau !. h-cted ne far sbE'T's feaiur's
for Of cOufre. It IS OIlv the woman
who has any use Tor mirr1r--tUt
b., ks Sere deemed a nsc,s-ity in we '
'gentl,man's house: books IN lid ,
b,av, bIudlDg. 10 be- banded down 10
succeeding gen-IatIODs. win the family
me a. d family SILVER.
A d books then were expensive lux
urirs iOr hich sscrltices Il the lover
ou,s nd 10 be- mace. Who do,s not
recall some Il thsse old rooms win
their tall rows uf shelves, Fl led Will
', lum.s of the classc kent not mere
~ for SNOW. bat 10 be reaO and rem.m
be ed. Charles Lamb ms sp0kru Of
the advantage 10 girl OF being turn
rd loose In II ol library TO browse a.
will on its contents And while
this. ike most Of Elias half -siii x
has To- be taken WI IA
eIains Of lowsnce, there can b
no QUESTION as 10 the educating a .
nIence OF the mere
presence f books in family Oh
he nnqIifiDg aud developing miuds OF
chIldleI. Mere contact with the out
= iJ,. Of a bO, gives 10 the healthy cur
osIty al the chlld sD eager desire to
penetrate 10 the hidden mystery. Talk
, bout tnem IN lbe family circle arOus p
their ambition 10 b. come familiar with
ne V. lumes that from asa cation bss
become a. mt n part Oi the family a
IT'S living members
OF course the reply TO these cuIsOrv 70
"a X can D,' I'adilv sDllcilated The
Var rhkethr' Fire. in the Ravrnsw OOd
b, ureDold has t. be the scapegOat lur
al mort comiugs and The plea Of di
Iniuish,d m-ans mode the general *
cu-e. Tuis wvuii b. quite valid were
o oiner branches Of domestic ecOn, my.
Ou The couirsy. in all others, We tiDd
more iavisr EXPENDITURES than III ante
relum times There IS far greater
attention to app afauces. 1T. H. TOW
Dren word j. the fetisb # modern -OcI-
eiy. and he fOWers alone at one of our
81, lish tras' or card pntles cost
.ncugh TO I'D many precious volumes
q The mlIy liordry.
Nov the remedy for this sad dehcien
:, IN the brain partmrnt II yer, simplr
nd applicable To alm,s every family
,itcIe aDpye the pauDer class. Begin -
~ nu srr,: fosier tate for DO. ks ~
( ON their earliest var, givr
mem books az pieserte more frequent
s . iust, I'd of the a'surdlS costly dol
I'd tONs that are broken up aud waetsd
- ex'favaeaDtly. Let psetrN HUE
,oOk cas-. or SCI If sueivrs b- The pro
,eitv Of each child. thus arOusing 10 |
Iim cr her an An bnIon L. coll CT books
!, j lsy The fsundatioD of libbry.
TINS taste. Ike all Others would grow 1
vltn indulgence. aud there would |
pfing up a friendly rivalry among tue
ouns to have the largest number and
ne best selected books in their lntle
ocisi set. ibis. 100. ", uld each tnem
o Or o. books. TO regard ihsm a. per.
OPAL property luot as trh IL be re-
uiIed 10 the on utTs or not rs may suit
over y ard win The pos, s~ion OF
oOks wpnld come. uatuIa ~. the d.
ire aud The q IT, mtralIOn 10 master
~ cOutents # each Ons
Let he elders ~ the family save
omethlng. # n. ed b.. IN wines. CHARS.
re4ts parties, tn aiie tickets. til kels.
nd even H. tlb~eTs mot iemptipg If
II txiTayagai c-s "a gif ; or a. decura
ions AID with The nmuuut thus scOrO-
. q. btgir or Iucu as TseuiaIk tie
Ice Of Up.ks uUul nethiug desrrv.
The rame # library will be au IN
spenssble pat OF every house. the
4v"file Terort tor Y Jug and old. toe
~ 81 inNltiDg. most c,zy. aud most lux
riuus room IN the house.
his eau he done 80 gradually a. 10
z sca cells fit 10 many famlli,s as at
couveuiebce n d II i an investment
rat bugs bryOnu all COMPARISON. The
chest reward. We run no nsk IN
B, king The PREDICTION. AID therefore
irn, silly commeud the experiment To-
I Interested in the question AID
'gal ded merely as a moral safeguard
no can deny It's imp lrtance!
WE came upon the statement recently
at the sale OF American b ,Oks had ID
eas,d To IN extraordinary degree in ,
lgland Is the last dec de. There are |