Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-03-12
BEADING OF GOOD BOOKS.
Plain Talks on a Serious Subject.
Survey.

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! our purpose IN feaaihg shouia no.
be mere pleasure. our reading shouit
max. us stronger. Drawer, nobler mer
| and women 7. st,a,,,d ,,oto -, ~ on,
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SUISSE " iiEe os3aaef' 7tetei' f'e' y
| ilVes. 1T should raise our Ideals
Reading is our greatest educator; il
| re6nes teael.ae ns aho,,t forai.,r
lands. gives MS food fo,. Thought and
! subjects for conversation aids inn
movement and Invention. teaches Ms
| how 10 express onr ideas more Gle
| gartlv exercises Tho lima eination and
! broadens The mind and reasoning
facilities
\ good book corsf,llly road becomes
a part Of ourselves Pleading gives
us intercourse with grcot MGR Rev
peo..le in mis- a,Iigb{anad apa o1,es-
! zion the value az reading and The
| rcei ras,,lts =n,od,,..a Nv On .cofain.
lance win rho bast literature Tho
mind Is a field Tho u-ise man sows
tbe GOOD seed az n4tre =1iterqttr,. fhare
and il "hrfnos rorfb aoaa fruito in
his life
Pootxs have &c oreat an induenca on
ne as our friends md aesocfatee
hence tbaip= choice ie oonalk. as i'm
po1faof l{poyvlaaoe NJ = prisa choice
of hooks docs NOT eo,,o naf,,ratIv. II
is The restjf If carefuI and we'll pv-
ercisea Underwent or doom and earn
csr thought There fs ca much lit
eratare ON tba market today that it
is quito 4 task Ia selact ona,e bnot,
earefnl1v
large pronortion or modern so
called literature % nothing hnt trash.
To i7e snra. many good books have
come out IateIv b1+ ar,one tten, .
greaf deal Of worthless etnff has an
reared and the wheat must hn
niclkaa fro,,, tbo choir = hoe al
come I,erLT,nt graduall,, Tho aad
dronrad ont iaa1inos onI,. tae good to
he banded Down ~ nosferitv
Yegne neonla resent having fheir
hooks chosen for then, Tact ie rc-
ouirad in teacbinp tho ,,ouno.. tho val
no az good literature n ono Wishes
to ,1avelon good and we'll balanced
hrai9 he must exnlore al folds of
litnrat11ra If one wishes Ia become
good reader he must Iav a firm
foundation. he musf have M fancy
touches ia The heotnnine hnf road
ea,lv N nfo tbo ven snoNn hooks
whose yaIuc has haan est,hlisha1
They viii hell, hin, in cbooeipa ofhars
Ths vaupes sbnula read standard
works in och denartuanf ~ Iifera :
tura Tor eanora1 lnowledee and later
snecializn in that hraneh whifh best
suits each individual taste One
shon,a not enertali2a Toe ear,y. in
Hfo for tho tendency is Ia strike off
into tho Gold nf firtfou ana u,vnr ny
nIora anv other fold
child Graves stories hence nat
uralIv ha reads etor, hooks for chit
drnn Th, choice Of his books should
deyo;va unan his narenfs but alas.
all 100 ottan rho narants nay no AZ
tonti-n ia the hooks tbcir children
reo6 Either tbev care notbino about
reading Themselves. and therefore do
NOT tbjnjz of cl,ltivatinr the habit In
their children. or else they are sim
MI, careless and think that If does
not n,atter what child reads
pu4 = does meter and thar is the
noint All our great men and wom-
on were deem readers nj an early age.
\ rhitH'S mind must nor he ONprbnT-
donea with things he can not under
stand bur good well known book.
read with am Older person and care
fully explained. will do the child good
ana NOT overhurden his mind. At tho
present dav there ore also many books
unfinished in which valuable Informal
tion is Unmarried in story form. in a
simnla entertaining vav. Snch books
arc Interesting IA children ana good
hooks fnr them to read
After The cbild's story book age
comes the novel age-the time from
aho,4 70 70 sO-when q Young person
roads every novel an which he can
lav his hands. nv all means let him
read action since the Youthful mind
Graves II. hut let IL be standard fic-
lion. that has stood the test of time.
TRASHY roveIs NAV amuse. but they
do NOT instruct or help us 10 lead bet