Books and reading:
Publisher: Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library
Published: December 20, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9781425500917
Subjects: History / United States / General
First sentence: THE reading community - and here in New England the term includes the whole native-born community - might be divided, in respect to their treatment of books, into three great classes: first, people who, though knowing how to read, neglect books; next, people who, knowing how to read, but knowing nothing else, abuse books; and last, people who, knowing how to read, but knowing other things as well, use books.