The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-11-14
LIES FRIEND.

LIES FRIEND.
change from politics and policies which have
pied the public attention almost the exclusion of every other
subject pleasant less burning and more gentle and
genial thoughts, and books afford that change.
Dreams books, are each a world and books we know
Are a substantial world, both pure and good;
Round these, with endrls strong as flesh and blood,
Our pastime and our happiness will grow.
"Of making OF books there end" The flood of lera-
which poured forth month by month"; by has be-
verable deuge and mind compass no industry
keep with 1t quite question whether the world is the
better for this Not thatsome OF teost bril-
liant of efforts put forth Not that lighter literature in
poetry, and in thoughtful and helpful books works Of the
present day great nearly as great as the masterpieces OF
the past but there much to have knowledge Of much
whiqht? keep with must at least skm that the mod
ern reader apt to make only acquaintance and no endS
among his books
his better off than the reader OF
the modern day. who gathers flower upon flower till he grasp
more then the brilliant hued aside gather
yet others He keeps precious plant whose every Leaf tamil
whose buds he swell into blossoms which he later dries
carefully and they retain familiar scent to him from youth to
age. .,,a avg. .....
When the chd library consisted of Robinson Crusoe Mas
Ready the Arabian Knights and few tales of adventure
we'll perhaps better off than he with
shelf OF instructive charming and thrilling books His
few books he knew passages would take hold OF his mind and
fe will passages poems learned in early youth
Bits of SCOTS ringing poems scraps Wordsworth of By
and Of Mrs Barbaud remain 1t is really child nature
to like repetition of familiar stories and those who repeated
fairy children how stories become avortes,
and how the little that the exact sequence OF the
the same phraseology should be retained.
of chldens books, good Indifferent and silly
has hurt the child mind in this respect The child is taught to
seek change and novelty 1t has no friends in its
library 1t reads and fogets where former generation read,
re-read and remembered 1t is safe say that good book
be read often that added and fresh beauty cannot be
found each reading The child which had book friend had
life friend finding something the book which 1t
had understood before Concentration is better than
diffusion in the early mental equipment
What Of the young is also of those who have
grown up The dseness and desuorness OF reading de-
mental enjoyment The attitude OF mind which
yawns and 81 have nothing read because has nothing
read unhappy What! nothing to read when
there ennyson, Shelley Longeow at elbow! You
may have SKINNED through them but do know them TO
know and who have read and reread they
Do you know all the beauties OF Sheeys Ode to the Sky
lark, commencing
Hail to thee blithe spirit
49,. Bird thou never vast.
Or the desutoy reader call the between Arthur
and Guinevere at the convent which closes with
.,"And even then he turned and more and more
The noony vapour rolling round the King
Enwound him fold by fold -
- till himself became mist
Before her. moving ghOs-like to his DOOM
What! Nothing to Let take passage from Gibbon
and host Maomet stOrmng the walls OF Con-
antnople and Jusa deserving Constantine in his last ex
emiv fire of Rienzs speeches, upon
his death at tickle mob Let take Prescott
and accompany Corez and Pzarro through their adventurous
dash for Western thrones Or taking up lighter things let
laugh at Sam Weller Mrs Camp shed tear little
Nell and Barnaby Rudge shake hands with Colonel Newcome
Major Pendennis and mayhap join Amyas Leigh IN his
voyage Westward Ho!
It is not that good books written and many
which worth remembering but should be borne in mind by
the reader that reading be worth anything is skmmng
through book, but knowing it, know friend few
friends worth mountains OF mere acquaintance
Mtons view that "A good book the precious life
blood spirit embamed and treasured purpose
beyond life Therefore read to make friends in this life
and beyond,
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