The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-17

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son - years old IN Harysrd. and daughter
.ssSss so ssys on nb tse NV seSdr.
| young to read and study with them. We read
d s and fs
and iS read StheTi b " sSod a.ts
Eliot Know II is the fashion TO make fun Of
Dickens and Scott but nothing better to mould
been produced. You can read Dickens to =
| little girl Of 10 By. beginning with old Curl
a! 0N Wren Sn they s's set old
nothing better than Romola and Ramona
10 i allow s sipi to read Rsphsaard the senss
| ttonal Sunday school book literature which
the children porting over. Il has been said
| that the old-fashoned sunday school books
R Ss heart shd s sTfs1
| true could have been said. More harm has
been done to a correct literary taste and syste.
and Elsie books aud Pansy trash than can be
estimated. For very small children Mrs. Abhie
older ones Kate Douglas WigGlns,,s stories are
most whoesomc. There is no better historica
there Is also 0 nice ST. study Of history in The
Prince and the Pauper.' | would begin his.
S GF bu tsSd RsrG SsE
Grenada will interest boys and girls u ~ OF
= years. The advantage OF this style OF real
drsn took up tho English requirements for
college and found that oil the books required
They iIFS = taste j th$ sdpssnat,%IrSI G6i;
they are afraid to, 90 to bed, but yet they
i harms Oi them any my Would e& depriye little
children Of fairy stories so long as they are in.
like il and crave II Just as we DO Last sum
mer, when we went TO the seashQre took TO
love- story in the World Princess SSsO Of
Thule" took along for the boy, because there
the story q OF very selilsh man in 1T
for. tho. same reason, BesHnts Children OF
Gideon, took for, ittio philanthropy. and
it 70 memory in the old.fashionod way is OK;
listen and Ge' moved to enthusiasm by the
idyls Of the King and Scotts poems do not
for children. Let them learn them cuff from S' the
originals. Between the newspapers and the
cause they lead popular taste Willie neSsp pa
pers cater to It. Iwould never deny tho news
papers to children but | would Il / could:
them informed Of the news myself We ali get
read them for US. | wish, they would print
'Chronigne ia Jie7f-t the column OF good deeds
by itself instead OF all the details OF crime"
discussion by decSrinr that Il she had thou
sand daughters she would bring them up pre-
cisely as she has brought up her own daughter
Ivy sending her to u French convent in Paris.
whore she read nothing at all. not even the
letters from her own mother. until thoy had
books she read were all OF the sisters' select
Ing; The magazines were read first by them.
rectionable in the least degree occurred.
the leaves were pasted together before she
alone together. Day and night, indoors and
out the Sisters were always with them. and as
nG al o%S 81 ike
with minds eager Tor the k4owledee that
to% sG ihs F ros ds 'Nf would 'Sp have
in the original language In which it is written.
and. II possible. in the country In which the
life, and Is like champagne without the spar
Ele. Tho broadest and most harmoni-
method rather than 'f BY devofnG SH tms s
to keeping up with tho light and trashy liter
SiSrs Of the day needs the
possurss and deiishts Of social iiia' But she
eFimnation De sxsre sea b those w SH have
charge OF her early education. One poisonous
undo all the care and caution you can exercise
In other Ways and that is why nHye such i'm
Catholic. Tor their vigilance never relaIes."
Lucy C.. Thomas, with the smile OF the
Soa sS Mao SSd psny sse
what girls should read before my three daugh-
tiers began to Crowun OF course, like the old
fashioned novels best l remember reading
care Tor. In the 6oughs OF nn old apple tree.
But you can't expect the city bred girl who |
knows all about the things read Of SO eagerly.
to enjoy what l enjoyed. Why should she
Europe for herself. until. as happened In my |
family this summer. she positively refuses to |
go. Oh DOSING rather summer in the old coun-
Then in the old days new book was
looked upon as an event in the family. The |
arrival OF a magazine was hailed with delight, |
have grown 80 critical about the magazines |
that they care little about them. Then tho |
modern city girl Is a very much overworked |
young woman. She has little elsure after the |
duties Of the school and OF music training have
been finished. They have 80 much to do. SO
many things to think Of. you can't expect them |
when they are brain tired. l wouldn't deny
them the pleasure OF reading novels, and some
novels are very agreeable and harmless.
want my girls to know what there's IN
don't tell them about IT some one else will
The new school Of books, like The Dolls
House and others Of the kind. am very glad
Ierssted as / had hoped. I don't think they
have their eyes wide enough open yet to see
the greatness OF the books. The longer l live
person or child Everything can leave for
The girls to decide for themselves / do leave
would rather give them permission to read
any boon thad to isel that they could deceive
one OF the girls to boarding school. where they
required the pupils to read the Iiible four
hours every sunday, aftsrnoon. The, result
side II: No hook could be so pernicious as that
sort Of deceit. And the girl was so unhappy
here We were obliged to let her come homo"