Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-08-25
Do You Like Reading for Sure
By Nora Swenson

can nOVel, Inc NllSihdn , Cne nero tells the heroine this "When be- gan to read Shakespeare then I knew that liked reading for sure." I have been wondering how many there are in Kingman who can say they like reading flor sure". Even if some of us could not qualify on Shakespeare, l feel the majority of us would like to be classed with the readers, and now that we have new library and book shop in Kingman we are being given an opportunity to find out about read ing in general, and books in particular.
 It seems strange that the most talk ed about, written about, most lovable man of today should be one who never lived;-he was born of drop of ink and a piece of paper; fathered by the divine and gifted art of a writer of books. What did this famous man do? great and heroic deeds? No only simple, kindly things; loved some plain people; befriended a homeless girl; was patient and kind to mar row, hen-minded woman; forgave a man who had wronged him. Small things, you will say to bring such great fame, and yet so strong in us is the belief in simple goodness, that Mark Sabre in, eff Winter Comes", is read about, talked about the world around. Neither Wilson or Lloyd George can hope for such universal fame. WelA Mark Sabre has come to Kingman; you will find him at the new library and Book Shop,' as also you will find other much talked of people and events. =.
 There is MT. Ftzgerald's new book on marriage. What do you in King man think of marriage. Mir. sFitz- gerald calls marriage, "The Beautiful and Damned", and he has written some interesting things that happen to us "This Side of Paradise. MT. FitL- gerald, with Sherwood Anderson, Floyd Dell, Sinclair Lewis, and others, belong to new school of writers, and they are pleased to call themselves "The New Intellectuals"; being stern realists they write of life just as it is, without the veneer of romance.
 If you do not care for this new group of writers, and their plain tales of average men and women, you can find other books; books that are serious, and boks that are instructive, for the librarian has discovered some thing very fine and much to the credit of the Kingman readers-they like serious and instructive books. Mir. Wells has told us that History has always been a race between catas- trophe and education, but "In The Story of Mankind", MT. Van Loon has not been too detailed about the catas- trophe side of history, or too dull about the educational side but has managed to make us feel that we are part of history, and not somewhat bored and detached onlooker, as so many of the historians do.
 I take it that we are all interested in the opinions of people. What do you think about greater questions of the day, religious, political, moral, social issues. Why do you think one thing and your neighbor just the op- posite. "In Mind In The Making, MT. Robinson has not been too tech nical, or too tedious but has written a charming story ,and an instructive book on the different forces and con- ditions that unite and make us believe and hold the various views of today.
 This paper, might like the brook go on forever, for the world is read- ing as never before and Kingman can not afford to step out of the process sion. Kingman, lovable as to people, marvellous as to climate, prosperous as to commercial things has been very sadly in need of books, and more books; of that general culture only good books can give. Let us make the new library and Book Shop real sulcess; make it homelike commun- ity center where we can exchange our ideas and sharpen our wits.
 I have mentioned only few of the new books in the library for there are too many to be mentioned in detail, but many of the best, new books of fiction are there;- there is Arienne Toner. The reviews said of this book, "It is a grave and beautiful book" /, and so it is, grave and beautiful like the Revue Angelique in music. There too, is Saint Teresa; long ago readers will remember the beautiful preface to George Elliotts Middlemarch where she so well compares Dorothea Brooks to Saint Teresa, but Mir. Harrison has given us new setting for saint, very modern indeed and we'll worth you knowing.
 You will, am sure let the new li- brary and Book Shop introduce to you, Merton of The Movies"; to MT. Merton Gill of Cimsbury, Illinois, and afterwards MT. Clifton Armytage, of Hollywood, and sometimes of New York;-a book with tear and a laugh between every line.