, 1914-05-02

blind. And the blind must have books;
books are their right, the greatest consoIa-
ton. What kind Of books do the blind read
and want? There is, | behave, q curious
and general idea TO ,he effect that people
who have lost theit sight mostly read rel-
gious books. True it was this institute that
first gave the Bible in Braille to the blind,
one man being engaged in preparing the
plates for it over thtee-nnd-a-half years, and
it being before the area of machines for
the p~rocess-strikiug no fewer than twenty
million blows with hammer and pnncA before
they were finished; but religious works by
no meaus preponderate; education, blo9ra-
ply, science. history, fiction and languages
all have their places in The catalogue OF books
for the blind.
How Few Books.
But the number of books available is very
small indeed. 1t sounds almost lncredjbIey
but there are only hfty-three works OF fiction
for grown-ups embossed IN Braille included
iu the present catalogue Of he instituted La
other words, a blind person eau very easily
exhaust the whole supply of fiction open to
him, or her. personally in a year. Here are
some Of the stories done in Brallle, together
with the prices Of them:
"The Chaloners" GEE. Benson) 3 vols. 8 o
The Cruise OF the Cachalol' ~ (BuI-
len) 3 vols. = .
'Ivanhoe' (Scottl, Is vols. ,,.....~. IL b
"Krm" (KIpliugl, 3 vols. ......... 10 e
"Alidshipman Easy" (Mnrryatl 4 vols u u
'Passing Of the Third Floor Back"
CJerome( ...................... 8 Y
'FEhe Scarlet Pimperne," (Otczy(, 3
vols u
Spanish Gold (Birmiughun), 3 vols. 8 o
oTpIe of Two Cities % ckensl,4 vols. ID 0
sSherlock Holmes" CDoyle). 6 vols u .
"The Cardinals Snutf-Box' (Harland)
9 vols .~..... ....... 6 o
David Copperield" Dickens 10 vols. 81 o
'Jane Eyre (B onteG 5 vols ....... II 6
sJohn Halifax, Gentleman" (CraIk) 5
vols. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Is 3
oKeniIworth" (Scott), Z vols. ....... y 9
"Iast Days Of PompeiT'' (Lytton), 5
ols..... l6 3
'rhe Man Who Won" (keynoIdsl 3
vols...... .......... 8 q
aPickwick Paper" (DIcken,l, IA vo 40 &
aBobinsou Crusoe' (Defoel, 3 vols. 10 6
"Rupert Of Heutzau' (Iope). 4 vols II Q
'frhree Men ina Boat" (J7romeI3 Y, 2 6
oTom Browns SchooIduys" (Hugbes
4 vols. ....... ....>....,.. II y
"Uncle Toms Cabin (StOWe), 8 vols. ~ .
"Yicar of Wakefield (Goldamith6 3
vols. ........ ........ > y
Among the Juvenile books, Grimm's
FAIRY Tales. in sixteen volumes the neees-
sary size Of all books embossed in Braille
accounts for the pIethorn OF volumes-cosfs
e lis, and Kingsley's Water Babies, = in
two volumes, comes to S.. What would You
and l, who can get tens of thousands of
books for a few shiIIings each, or less, say if
.Pickwick" were closed to us under ass Ga,
and tie cheapest copy Of the Adventures Of
Sherlock Holmes VIZ could buy was a eui-
nea Yet surely the blind have q greater
right to them than you and | have.
1t is because Of this need, this right, that
the National Institute for the Blind wants as
much money MS possible to increase it's out
put, for a book OF just average size costs t3o
10 emboss. III other words, every fresh book
Of The ordinary novel dimensions, printed IN
Bgal,le hy the Institute, means "rishl1s'
E30-T rs u eh7y