The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-17
BOOKS READ BY TRAVELLERS
SNORT iND SNtPPI TiIES
HIIE PREFERENCE.
TtR N"uRE Man Returning From the
right Nho Read G.Ihl'on In tab an
Exception Picture Covers influence
QuIck select Ions NJ the STATEN StAII.

Nufh ~FNFfANoNN ~ WV ~NaAh"" 80"
what do travellers r.ad' The answers
20 that question az" NarIuus - IA" main
travelled roads over land and s..l various
as the types Won $500 ia CUSHIONED Pullman
seat or ~praWliug Steamer char
Vet n any un. Whu has travelled much
will 20 back over hl~ recollection ui uu-
Consid.r'~d trlil"- IA" will 80" that after a
little analysis coupled with Iu-t little
application uf the simpl" psychology u
Tela ration. h. can strike pretty near 10
"A comp extensive Summary ui IN" liera-
turs IL travellers Here - = casual ~
pertinent "a observation with Just enough
81 the rest Ut study 81 human nature ~
IL 10 he interesting
For instance. II You should So" young
man With his coat and collar Of alternately
mon his forehead and turn page Of the
heavy volume Of Gibbons Rome he had
propped on his knee when the thsrmome-
ter registered rs degrees out IA the middle
of the Utah desert wouldn't Won wonder
what was the matter with that young
man. Could YOU b.lisv. that tn. rsvelz
Of Caracalls were IN tun. with the sand
and sagehrush scenery 81 that section
Of the Union Pacific Railroad
Now here ~ perfect example Of the
charm that lies IN this odd bypath Of in
vestigation There was such "a "oung
man on the tram on. scorching day of last
July and he was reading in Volume of
the great history fellow passenger
managed TO draw the Young man INTO
conversation in one of the drsarv
waits entailed by a disord-r-d train
eohedule. and this passenger learned that
the sedIlous reader was returning from
Reno: he had seen the fight between
johnson and Jefrle- Whv was he read.
ing Gibbons Rome oh we'll he'd
never read II before and he'd Just pick.-d
up three volumes IN San Francisco book
shop to while away the journey across the
continent to Boston
az course this was an unusual spar,m 81
OF the reading traveller II was PLAIN
20 ~ seen that hs did not follow one ~ tie
cardinal rules Of his class He had not
selected a hook Commensurate ~ SIZE
with the length Of his journey That
young man couldn't possibly have fin
ished two 81 his thre" volumes 81 G,bl,nn
before he reached Boston. and. his Journey
finished. h" probably forgot all about 'h-
third volum.
Here IL a rule that governs the char
acier % IN" travellers reading matter:
He fits his book tn the number uf miles
he expects to gn \ man who - riding
from New NorE ~ Albany huvs one or
two 81 tho Illustrated wees is- a woman
buriaS her no-. m the latest fash non
monthly \-lth-r a. rule would buv
q novel - any length h"causs. D." or sns
could not M IN o. ru N" 'hr-. hours ~ .
travel But thai sam. man hnds h m
self on a Boston Tram 10 whtus move"
out ~ his grip before m" Train hi. eft
the tunnel u Harlem. Boston j. % novel
distanc. and Nlrapv , not
Itsa curious hing 20 watch travellers
nav the covers - ne. upN".~ a .-u.t...t
on tns station bups~rtnd~ U..'u... u"'
train leaves Prubaniv ~. on" cor ~
ten has taken anv forethough' Hga'usr J
the 'sdlum - the journey and ~.ppu-i
himself vi'h book ~om"'pv ni other .
when tiCSet amt r-rrh slips a.. tlr..i ~ .
in his hand aud h. ~iinuv ava ing
the cell Al aupaTu'- the journey MAJ -r
suddenly N"'hink- h'u~'.r ~ = irpn.
and dashe- to he new stand 'p i.al
selection
Righ' here q second cardinal rls gov.
ern'uE the literature pf r-.~t'- y tiers
displays itself II - IA. Lvy"l with m.
promise ~ am us.'iu"uf pm" tud ~lmpi-
that = Dho~..u ipr ~. rpr.r'Dv aud not ~
the trlsngl" tale IT h... size ant 'r'. other
surh a. Mr. H|ImuurN NArt provides
IN regularly -, rIrrfng Intervals lpY .
have OntN tD iSok o"sr fh,' titles { 'Hss .
books d,-plsy"i IN fhr n..N. tui uf az,
~ ~" ETsa. railroad i"Iu,ua'~ ru earn
the ruth - th's
II = the ~. IT action rua' 'u- man
Chopss, fn. ale inf PROMISE .pv..
thrills for ia. woman ih' traveller
VINO suddenly rsm.mt-f- NAV m" wants
= move to- M travelling companion
l..
selection pms most - hI~ tam r' 'ltI.--
and cover pI"'gt..- Iu.,.-- 20. - 4 ~.
crimInatIn r-ad.r author upurs- h4y"
no -ignIficauOs iur nam i' man -s---
4 book with IT. Dpl.f-d cover pIciIf.
depicting . uI'f" -ufiuR 90 t IuN -
treasure ana the trtrnIug co.," be-
hysfeTv- strung over tho pII.Ir = head
m letters If black that 90" Hpsk cor
him NeNi - m. pirate bold TO- 0 novel
with On. 1T Harrison tI-h-r DREAMY
eyed wum"n IihpgIdpn-d pu the cover
aud ~ frtI" q singh" name that -u.ud-
Ike fairy Nugiuu 10 ~" Balkan. lun
woman hand g'-- 'In~rrInRiy 10 fut-
Fysn the general rIl. II '--l".fruu ,
IL musiif..d uy a. almost uuIy.rsal law
governing IN" choice. 81 no" traveller
reading matter NJ very long npNe'
such ~ Roi,.'i' n Cuer- wTIi"~. with -four
or FIVE hundred uige- - not iut. faNprIfr "A
Tor thUs" on railroad Ipurn"y- even
though - L. u-' ~" -pIt - bpDk hat
yOu want when W.! nave four ~ five dav=
Of steamer char .INury ahead ~ Won
The novel ~ ~ u.. II medium or short
length With short 'nsp'"T- and printed
heavily 100 Dusr-s typ. 20 App.iI u reCtly
g. the person who j. gong t. Nv 80 ind
continues comfort I'I = rI'.ur car char
nr Pullman br-ih Iul- i.-caIs. thor"
are many distractions IL tram travel
ana read ng - matter ui hfs and starts
ieCau-a - ia. eve strain .riiIi..d hy
the motion - thu tram No pu.. want. 4
~ wade INTO . book ~" Cnap,,r- - which ,
ar. - long that they cannot p- finished
be' Nsau stations W uu" wants tu hav.
any thinking 80 ID for himself 90 ~.
praa cred 20 pr ip read anything about
tho bitterness and -OTroW ~ llf" Maxim
Gorky wuGidu fetch ten cents pu .
stat on news stand
~ ~ j. the popular fiction that N"
traveller reads. ~" very popular and
usually ephem-rdl A-N M. Young
woman who stands b"hInd IN. book
counter NJ nv. Grand Central news stand
70 name over four ur tv" Of the hest sell
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