St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-28
FORMING A LIBRARY.
Some of the Books Which Should
Be in Every Family's Collection.

DC III Every rdEuiII OOtlCCtiOHs
Here is the advice which Emily S.
Bouton, in the Toledo Blade, gives to
the mother of family who wants to
know what books it would be best to
purchase in order to make good, solid
foundation for library:
You say you have Bible, dlction
airy. and Macaulay's History of Eng
land" So far so good. Add to these
nrst good atlas and an encyclopedia.
Inc former you can get for 81 or s.,
ana 1t Is Indispensable for intelligent
readlng. Among the school books you
mention, there may perhaps be one that
VIII answer present purposes. Cham
DerS' encyclopedia will cost you SIS or
$50; so will the Peoples. Then there is
the Manifold encyclopedia, published
by John b. Alden, New York, which
you can subscribe for and pay for each
voiume-60 cents-as it comes. Four
teen have already been issued. The
volumes are small, easily handled, and
the information accurate and full
enough fol general readers.
Having these to begin with, then
take up special departments of litera-
ture, and | shall give the names of the
DOCKS or authors in the order in which
you should buy them, and they are
those recommended by the best author
tues. First in history. You have
Macaulay's England" which, though
written finely, Is yet incomplete.
would be better.
ophy of the events narrated, and ex.
tends from the earliest times OF
England's existence down to the
present. Next should come Bancroft's
History of the United States" which
is more expensive work, and vet one
that should be in the library of every
American citizen. "GuiZot's History
of Civilization" should have a place
next, and follow this with his History
of France"
The first book of poetry to be placed
In your library is volume of Shakes.
peare. He was and is the worlds great
poet, and none are more quoted. Then
Homer's ''1lliad" and Odyssey" should
hnd a place, and after that, perhaps,
some OF the modern writers-Lowell,
Whittier, Tennyson and Longfellow,
Perhaps | ought to put next to Homer,
Dante, Milton and Goethe. but of course
those can come little later.
The first books of essays which ]
should advise you to get are those OF
Emerson. Later on come Ruskin's,
Carlyle'S and Bacon's. Then for hui
morOus works are those of Oliver Wen,
dell Holmes, Charles Dickens, Caravan.
ties. Lowell, Nasty and Mark Twain.
You will understand that am not only
giving you in each department a very
few authors who should be first repre-.
scented in your collection.
In fictions the writer's whose works
have become classical lead the list, such
as Defoe, Goldsmith and Scott. Fol-
lowing you have Dickens, George Eliot,
Bulwer, Victor Hugo, Balzac, Kingsley
and Thackeray.
Coming to science for general reading
you would do well to get the "Interna-
tiOnal Scientific Series" published by
the Appetons, of New York. They
give brief but comprehensive surveys OF
subjects, sufficient for the general
reader.
You might purchase some miscellane-
Gus works in single volumes that would
be excellent reading. Among good ones
are Smiles self Help" very valuable
for young people; 'Irving's Sketch
Book" model of graceful writing and
full OF information; BacOn's New At
lantis;" Bellamy's Looking Back.
ward" most suggestive study of social
reform, given in tho form of an inter.
esting story; and "Morte D'Arthur."
the stories of King Arthur and his
knights of the Round Table, which
form the wool of so many of the finest
works in our literature.