Arizona republican., 1914-07-05

novels and short stories of John
Fox, j.; Kate Douglas Virgins;
Alice Hogan Rice; Myrtle Reed, and
the novels of Sir Gilbert Parker are
very good. as are those of Booth
Harrington, Irving Bachelor, and 9TH
| ers. But to read most profitably, the
novel should not be read to the eX
ciusion of those books which require
more serious thought and reflection.
! Becon has tersely said: Some books
are to be tasted other to be swal
| lowed, and some few to be chewed
and digested." And this is true of
everything we read.
There are many women, who, in
connection with their club work,
have planned for themselves courses
in reading, along the special lines of
| club work to which they have de-
| voted much of their time, as well
as along broad general lines, and yet,
pe.chance, those individuals have
| been unable to pursue the courses in
reading which they have mapped
/ out for themselves. In the various
club departments Of Art and Lit
| Oihluic, ClNiCS, anu IllSLOIy, tueIc
| is a wide range of reading, and much
reading under these subjects can be
done during the summer months pre-
| paratOty to the active club work of
the fall and winter season, and par
ticularly so with the individual who
is to prepare and present a paper on
| a chosen subject before the club.
Among the many works on the
subject of art, those of the great art
| critic, John Ruskin, are as well
known, perhaps as any other, and
we have, too, a famuos American
| critic of art, John Van Dyke. In the
field of literature we have the great
dramatists, Shakespeare, Gothic, Toll
stoi, and others, with a wide and
varied range of themes. Several of
Shakespeare's dramas afford delight
full summer reading, the best known
| example being Midsummer Nights
Dream, which has even been staged
out doors in the summer time by
the Ben Greet Players with remark
able success.
We have also the prose writer
essayist and novelist, and also the
poet. Among these we have En-
erson. Tennyson, Thackery, Scott,
the Brownings, Thoreau, Warner,
Longfellow, Whittier, Cooper, Bryant,
and others. whose writings are well
known to most of us.
In the subject of civics. one of the
best books, and one which will give
the reader very good general in
sight into the affairs of our govern
ment, is The American Common
wealth, by the Right Honorable
James Bryce As one reads the daily
papers, which at the present time
are full of the activities of the entire
nation one may find numerous sug-
eestions for reading, and only by ex-
tensive reading of books under the
. subjects of history and civics is one
enabled to comprehend the forces at
work which give rise to present day
conditions. Great forces in history
at work for generations, have made
cur country what it is today, one of
the foremost powers of the world.
Those Who wish to keep in touch
with the progress of our government.
both state and national, or who wish
10 keep posted on the affairs of the
world, should read both wisely and
well upon these subjects
Concerning a course of reading in
the field of history, there is much
to be said that can only be touched
upon briefly here The works of
Macauley, Gibbons, Green and Irving.
, famous historians, are comparatively
well known. Our own President,
Woodrow Wilson, is a historian of
considerable note. Doubtless many
OF us have read much Of history, vet
unless we read with a purpose in
mind, we will find ourselves unable
, to understand many things in the
t political history of the present time,
, for upon the experiences of the past.
related to US in history, are based
I the conduct of affairs today through
out the world, and we have learned
that history but repeats itself" And
t in the subject of history one can
find much delightful and instructive
2 reading among the many good his
to:ical novels. The Crisis and
: The Crossing" by Winston Churc-
i hill; The Cavalier by Geo. w