The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-05-06
a Department. Devoted to tbe ~
strucCio7. as WeIl as tPe amuse-
meDt. Of ebe YouR9 Readers OF
The Weekly 2o95titutioQ.
What Dc the Children Read9

I often wonder what boys and girls read
in these modern days. is Robinson CRU
soc SIN e f8yor.teg Are the Leather
Stocking Tales read with the same thrill
fus interest that they Were many years
ago. Lo the sea Yarns Of Captain MARI
yat- auf she land warns oil Captain Wayne
Real s-.u hold u-sL place in the boys al
fcCtiUu- ANA Iu .uEE ANA girls aHke Silii
bend with absorbing interest over Little
Men alL Eit,i- Women Alice in Won
dcrlaul' ana other famous oll--lme iaNo-
riges ~ tte boys anna Etr.s mo are now
grown mp men 1rl women
Tnt-- are 50 very many trashy stories
printed nowadays i'm cheap form that i
sometimes wonder whether children are
-Na.Elle .lis cheap stun ana forgetting
Vhc good Ola stp-. -teliCIs that their fathers
aui mothers loved Twenty-Five years
agu. fu tine south. story books were not
50 Il-uuful as they are now good
sg-rg book cost anywhere from 81 TO -,
as dollars were scareer then than now.
III nIan boy OF girl got a. good story
/ Is CHRISTMAS they used TO lend ID around
u.ll GIi The children ia the neigh1orhood
Ia read IL tArou-h two or three times.
= Irls. that IS what they csu in the
II ghLorhC1l where q lived Then. when
they all knew i- uy heart they would play
tlr story Z remember one Christmas !
st a history OF Robin Hood All the
children lu The ueiEl1UrlC1I read that
hook Il have it 40 home now. and IL is
worn ANA chuulcI almost ~ pieces but
would -l- trsrie 30 Tor many new books.
Ne all became 50 enthusiastic over
robin HOOD" that we used TO play that
W were .he outlaws ~ Sherwood forest
srfNy Ml1H as we would say Lets
Pay like 1 ann Robin Hood and YOU are
L..Ie john THAT wsulJ always start
a quarrel. for every boy would want TO be
Robin Hood. and Dc was the same way
with tL@ EErls about Maid Marian BAt
W would se.,Ie these disputes and then
-iorm Jha most marvellous Ieats win
o. bows and arrows.
Sometimes we would make believe that
IT, calves were wild deer and shoot al
t.-u with blunt arrows but one eVl day
e.a az rhe tugs shot fine elf with
sharp pointed arrow ami we never PLAYED
lae tur calves were deer after tRt- The
r.r who shot tLe c-iL owned (ond mis-
a--.-. who lgaI ueNl door =. settled
-"iT privately iu NJ It The boy
CEN about; bs, lttle sister
IVES ~ - hvOr with
r. - 4 day. tie
80 q MAJ the
- playIns with
<nything more
- = s. hen the boys
- - woolsl-d Tor
~ ~ .sl-c-cl- f. 'l.s-e
F> - ,oy would get hold of
:, school, but Re was re-
rs icEed by the rest OF AS. L
thlt all thc children VINO read The
ur think tllt boys who read dime
ls are Wicked. Il is not So wicked 20
dime novels as be- IS silly Is .ay who
get -ue stories % read. nut VINO plc-
Co read tEe trashy stories iu dime
reIs Is mot -l laI as Le IS not right
.-ht. u must ta "a very stupid boy who
.lu read most dime novels through without
fuss out that the story ls stupid also.
W that none III The Juniors readers
-uII ANA srurlT 50 4 ana sure that
iou-t real dime novels.
Wis Oh read stories Of adventure,
s. many very fine stories Of adj
: to reaI-rsrtau Marryatt's stories
sruat which are murl more CX-
tn amy dime novel, auI written
a very charming way. Captain
REL sterIe--stprigs Of travels.
ca o. had at amy library almost
eat er Stocking tales and "Se3
OF Ieuimgrl Cooper, William Gil
sinm.z stories OF the American
ion C.aEE f.usz. i's stories OF the
IN Short thousands uL zucn entes~
sslL s.H-lrLul stories. 90 say MOTH
u Hays--y novels. some oC Dick
nCEsl=. ANA many others. I hope
he Iae Junior r5vs ana giris read
,rH.E Es.4 good stories like these
ha- Is S So very had 90 read trashy
T.. Lul because be- IS So very stupid 10
y. LaN Halifax.
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NE II Neulr-ry. Pratt city, Ala. 10