Telegram-herald., 1890-10-20
WINTER READlNG.
Some Suggestions bout ths Nsionbis
HBswIsdFe Found in Books.

some surg~stions ? bout the Na1unhls
KBswIsdKe Found In Books-
Asumnaer tourist among our mountain
and seaside resorts might naturally con
clude that the people q tbe United Si--tes
read nothing but novels What 81 eI-
tensive spread of paper covered fiction AZ
the station where be buys his ticket, and
II he happens 10 want something 10 read
AZ ore of the great summer hoseh he finds
ia the book room two or three hundred
novels, and not one yolume - any other
kind u literature
This does well enough FOR orr short sum
mer holiday, during which We need not
read very much of anything, and. besides.
much q The best thought. fancy and feel
ing OF our day is communicated 10 the
world through the medium of Action
One touch of nature makes the whole
world kin The world Is destined one day.
as We ali hope. 70 recognize ths kinship
and IL SO the most powerful means %
bringing IL about viii probably be great
fiction, like that which abolished Ssrey
Camp, and helped emancipate Russian
serfs and American slaves Al tins mo
ment there are lying upon our Dumberiuss
bO0ksfancs American novels which are
melting hearts. softening preyuoiocs and
inspiring endesvor away OF Ia the interior
OF India and 80 the rising cities of Ocean
lea They are helping 70 make lhe whole
world kin
The summer has ended Books % other
kinds are nov ia request. and we find them
not less abundant than Dovels. II we know
where 10 look FOR them. OF late years
there has been a most remarkable prodnc
ton of what are called books Of reference
iu which knowledge is stored away and ar
ranged for convenient Use when wanted
Some Of these dictionaries and encyclo-
pedlas Of kDOwlecse are wonders q cbeap-
ness and excellencc. otberr are 81 such ez-
tent that they cannot be 81 low prsce. but
most OF them command sale in this conn
try that surprises even their saBggine pro
iectors A really good boot % reference
appears 20 be one % the thines which
American families are most willing - make
sacrifices 10 get
Noah Webster published Ess large die
tionary in 1928. The nrst edition. consist
ing Of 2.5o0 copies. lasted twelve yesus. aud
the second edition. OF 400 copies supplied
the market for seveu years. We have now
dictionaries and encyclopedias that cost
SO. ESQ and $50. which reach larger sslc
Immediately than webster's dictionary en-
joycd during the whole lifetime q The
sGthor
Such facts a. these indicate that the
reading of fiction does not destroy The tasis
for the acquisition % know ledge ~ IL fre-
ouentiy alleged Ttsckerny was disposed
% cnst ridscule upon young isoies Who
read improving works. " aud Dickens vas
not frec from the sar1e propensity But.
iD fact. the best students are offer the best
novel readers In tfe most intelh gent
households we see on The upper shelves u
the bookcase plenty 81 Scott. Thackcray.
Dickens. Hawthorne and Howeil. hsiia-t
ed on the lever shelves by the solid vol
umes of the encyclopedia and The diction-
airy.
During the winter months the works ~
refereuos come into great play in MANI -
the besf schools and ciui. y here n win
ter suhject' IL ohossr. ard The advanced
pupils rad Ell rouns IL" until they have
absorbed most ~ the know edge that srists
upon it.
Africa" has been selected ss The winter
soric by one - our Boston svefins slubs.
sDropO. % the Dsw African hooks ~ stan
ley, Ware and ofberS II gives point aud
interess - resdire - have sDch . subject
Ia View A. fbs months 80 By ws Ersou-
sliy ret fuii possession ~ n. co-rerting
erroneous impressions apd getting hrht
upon Il fronn ether niines - Youths Com
uaniOn-