The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-11-18
AMONG THE READERS
The Public Sends in q List of Theil
Favorite Novels.
BEN HUR LEADS THEM ALL
Shakespeare Ahead OF the Bible
by Eight votes-A Study for the
Fastener Who Has a Wrong
Impression Of the West

In the September number OF the Mon
tana Educator a committee consisting
of Public Librarian John F. Davies
Prof A. c. Newell, Prof. +. L. Kern
city superintendent of schools, and
County superintendent ]. +. Davies
requested the public to send in lists OF
four of their favorite novels and an
equal number OF standard works which
they consider the best. Ninety-two re-
plies were received. and they present
an interesting study in regard to the
literary tastes OF the people of Mon
tana in general, as well as that in the
cities firm which lists were received.
Butte heads the list with As lists and
Anaconda is a good second with Is.
Lists were received from other cities as
follows: Billings. 9; Great Fails, s.;
Helena. s. Park City. 2; Walkerville.
Bozeman, Columbus, Meaderville. Miles,
City. Missoula and Carson City. New
one each.
The standard of literary taste re-
vea1ed is even higher than had beeen
expected and Is an exceedingly credit
abA showing for Montana, which Is
still regarded by a great many eastern
people as being wild and woolly." 1t
is questionable IL the people of any far
edcttIn sldlt III klNAn6 GA
preston as to their favorite books and
authors, would display such a high
standard in their selections as has been
shown by the people of Montana. AS
was to be expected a wide diversity of
taste was displayed in the lists.
1s4 standard works and 142 novels be-
Ing mentioned In the different replies.
Gen. Lew Wallace's Ben Hur occupies
FIRST place among the novels and among
the standard works Shakespeare's
works lead the Bible by few votes.
The figures which are given below win
be published tomorrow In the Novem-
Der number of the Montana Educator
The following are the names of the
novels which appeared on the lists re-
turned, with the number OF votes re-
ceived by each:
Ben Hur, 40; Ivanhoe, 81; Les Miser-
ables, 30; Scarlet Letter, 30; Vanity
Fair. IS; David Copperheld, %; Adam
Bede, II; Uncle Toms Cabin, II; John
Halifax. u; Last Days of Pompeii. 10;
Lorna Doone, O.; Jane Eyre. Z; New
comes. s.; Romola. 6; Tale of Two
Henry Esmond, a; Marcella, 4; Mill on
the Floss. 4; Daniel Deronda, 3; Don
Quixote, 3; Elsie Venner, 3; Fair God.
8; Heart of Midlothian, 3; Hypatia, 3;
Hyperion. 3; Kenilworth, 3; Man from
Mars. 2; Manxman, 2; Marble Faun,
2; Middlemarch. 2; Nicholas Nickleby,
2: Old Curiosity Shop, 2; Prince of In
dia. 2; Prisoner of Zenda. 2; Rienzi, 2;
Scottish Chiefs, 2; Spy. 2; Wandering
Jew. 2; All Sorts and Conditions of
Men, /; Alton Locke. /; Arthur Bonni-
castle. 1; Beggars All. 1; Beside the
Bonnie Briar Bush, 1; Bondman, l.
Bow OF Orange Ribbon. 1; Count of
Monte Cristo. i; David Grieve, /; DOM
hey & Son, 1; Donovan, /; East Lynne,
EUOiQf 4. Eric Rise Of 2ilQC
Lapham, 3; st. Elmo. 3; Sir Gibbie. 3;
waverly. 3; Barriers Burned Away, 2:
Bleak House. 2; Downfall, 2; Dream
Child, 2: Gentleman of France, 2; Haz-
ard OF New Fortunes. q House of
Seven Gables. 2; Infelice. 2: Looking
Backward. 2; Hunchback of Notre
Dame, In the Depths. In the Golden
Days. JOS Boys. Kathrina, King OF the
Golden River. King Solomon's Mines.
Knight OF the Nineteenth Century,
Lamplighter. Last OF the Barons, Little
Journey in the World, Little Minister
Little Women, Lucille. Lucretia. Mas
ter. Mine own People, Monastery, Muir
vale Eastman. My Official Wife. Near
10 Natures Heart, Old Fashioned Girl,
Old Mortality oliver Twist. Our Mu-
tual Friend, Passe Rose, Pathfinder
Pere Goriot. Pilgrims Progress. Pomo-
mas Travels. Queen of Sheba. Ernest
Maltravers, Face Illumined, Faith
Gartney's Girlhood. Figs and Thistles.
File No. 113, Fools Errand Friend
olivia, GIL Bias, Gladiators, GranG.s-
shines. Heavenly Twins. Heritage of the
Kurtz, Hoosier School Boy. Ramona,
Rangers. Red Rover Rip Van Wrinkle,
Robert Elsmere. Robinson Crusoe
Rokeby. Samantha at the Worlds
Fair, Self Raised, Sevenoaks, She
Stops to Conquer. Ships that Pass in
the Night. Spanish Brothers. Strange
nd
Lass o. Lowrie's. Timothy's Quest. Told
in the Hills. Tom Brown at Rugby,
Tom Jones. Uarda, Unknown to His
tory. Vicar OF Wakefield, Virginians.
War and Peace, warlock o. Glen War
lock. Westward Ho. Wilhelm Meister,
With Fire and Sword. Young Girls
Wooing. Zamoni. one each.
The following is a list OF the standard
books shown on the lists with the num-
Der OF votes received by each:
Shakespeare's Works, 20; Bible. 2l.
Emerson's Essays. 20; Holmes Auto
crat OF the Breakfast Table, -; Glib
bons's Decline and FAN OF the Roman
Empire. 3: Prescott's Conquest Of Mex
leo. s; Macaulay's History OF England.
z: Darwin's Origin of Species. 6; Ora
per's Intellectual DEVELOPMENT of En-
rope, 6; Macaulay's ESSAYS 6: Rryce's
American Commonwealth, s; I.onRfel-
lows Poems. 5; Bancroft's History of
tne united states, 4; BaScom's philos-
ophy OF Literature. 4: Biackstone's
Commentaries. 4: Carlyle's French Rev
ohtion. 4: Carlyle's Sartor Resartus.
4: Encyclopaedia Brittanica, 4: Green's
History OF the English People. 4; Plu-
tarch's Lives, 4; Ruskin's Sesame and
Lilies. 4.
The following received three votes
each: Bacon's ESSAYS. Danre's Divine
Comedy. Drummond's Natural Law In
the Spiritual World. Stanley's In DARK
est Africa. Irving's Alhambra, Long
fellows Evangeline. Lords Beacon
Lights Of History. Motley's Dutch RE-
public, Smiles Character. Spencer's
Education.
Each OF the following received two
votes: Arnold's Light Of Asia, Buffers
Analogy. Carlvle's Heroes and Herr
Worship. Century Dictionary, Curtis
Orafions and Speeches. Factors OF
American Civilization. Lafimer's
Fra NO., in che 18Th Cauf.arv Caoroase