---------------------------------------- ----------------------------- ,transcriber's ,note3 ,formatting is indicated as follows3 italic bold ,,small ,,caps ,where information in the book was displayed in two columns text1 the first column is shown with a two-space indent and the second column immediately below it with a four-space indent4 ---------------------------------------- ------------------------------ ,,the ,,book-,,lover4 ,a ,guide to the ,best ,reading4 ,,by ,,james ,,baldwin1 ,ph4,d41 ,,author ,,of 8,,english ,,literature ,,and ,,literary ,,criticism01 ,,etc41 ,,etc4 ,whosoever acknowledges himself to be a zealous follower of truth1 of happiness1 of wisdom1 of science1 or even of the faith1 must of necessity make himself a ,lover of ,books4 ,,richard ,,de ,,bury4 ,,chicago3 ,,jansen1 ,mc,c,l,u,r,g1 ,,and ,,company4 #ahhe4 ,copyright1 ,by ,jansen1 ,mc,clurg1 ,co4 ,a4 ,d4 #ahhd4 ,illustration ,a ,fore ,word4 ,the titlepage of this book explains its plan and purpose4 ,the ,courses of ,reading and the ,schemes for ,practical ,study1 herein indicated1 are the outgrowth of the ,author's long experience as a lover of books and director of reading4 ,they have been tested and found to be all that is claimed for them4 ,as to the large number of quotations in the first part of the book1 they are given in the belief that 8in a multitude of counsels there is wisdom40 ,and the ,author finds consolation and encouragement in the following words of ,emerson3 8,we are as much informed of a writer's genius by what he selects1 as by what he originates4 ,we read the quotation with his eyes1 and find a new and fervent sense40 ,as the value of the most useful inventions depends upon the ingenious placing of their parts1 so the originality of this work may be found to lie chiefly in its arrangement4 ,yet the writer confidently believes that his readers will enjoy that which he has borrowed1 and possibly find aid and encouragement in that which he claims as his own2 and therefore this book is sent out with the hope that book-lovers will find in it a safe ,guide to the ,best ,reading4 ,illustration ,illustration ,,contents4 ,page ,,prelude3 ,,in ,,praise ,,of ,,books #i ,,chapter ,i4 ,,on ,,the ,,choice ,,of ,,books #bc ,,ii4 ,,how ,,to ,,read #db ,,iii4 ,,on ,,the ,,value ,,and ,,use ,,of ,,libraries #ef ,,iv4 ,,books ,,for ,,every ,,scholar #fi ,v4 ,,what ,,books ,,shall ,,young ,,folks ,,read8 #hd ,,vi4 ,,hints ,,on ,,the ,,formation ,,of ,,school ,,libraries #ajh ,,vii4 ,,courses ,,of ,,reading ,,in ,,history #aac ,,viii4 ,,courses ,,of ,,reading ,,in ,,geography ,,and ,,natural ,,history #ach ,,ix4 ,,philosophy ,,and ,,religion #adh ,x4 ,,political ,,economy ,,and ,,the ,,science ,,of ,,government #afa ,,xi4 ,,on ,,the ,,practical ,,study ,,of ,,english ,,literature #afh ,,an ,,after ,,word #aif ,,index #aig ,illustration ,illustration ,,prelude4 ,in ,praise of ,books4 ,let us consider how great a commodity of doctrine exists in ,books2 how easily1 how secretly1 how safely they expose the nakedness of human ignorance without putting it to shame4 ,these are the masters who instruct us without rods and ferules1 without hard words and anger1 without clothes or money4 ,if you approach them1 they are not asleep2 if investigating you interrogate them1 they conceal nothing2 if you mistake them1 they never grumble2 if you are ignorant1 they cannot laugh at you4 ,you only1 ,o ,books1 are liberal and independent4 ,you give to all who ask1 and enfranchise all who serve you assiduously4 ,truly1 you are the ears filled with most palatable grains4 ,you are golden urns in which manna is laid up2 rocks flowing with honey1 or rather1 indeed1 honeycombs2 udders most copiously yielding the milk of life2 store-rooms ever full2 the four-streamed river of ,paradise1 where the human mind is fed1 and the arid intellect moistened and watered2 fruitful olives2 vines of ,engaddi2 fig-trees knowing no sterility2 burning lamps to be ever held in the hand4 ,the library1 therefore1 of wisdom is more precious than all riches2 and nothing that can be wished for is worthy to be compared with it4 ,whosoever acknowledges himself to be a zealous follower of truth1 of happiness1 of wisdom1 of science1 or even of the faith1 must of necessity make himself a ,lover of ,books4 ,,richard ,,de ,,bury1 #acdd4 ,books are friends whose society is extremely agreeable to me2 they are of all ages1 and of every country4 ,they have distinguished themselves both in the cabinet and in the field1 and obtained high honors for their knowledge of the sciences4 ,it is easy to gain access to them2 for they are always at my service1 and ,i admit them to my company1 and dismiss them from it1 whenever ,i please4 ,they are never troublesome1 but immediately answer every question ,i ask them4 ,some relate to me the events of past ages1 while others reveal to me the secrets of ,nature4 ,some teach me how to live1 and others how to die4 ,some1 by their vivacity1 drive away my cares and exhilarate my spirits2 while others give fortitude to my mind1 and teach me the important lesson how to restrain my desires1 and to depend wholly on myself4 ,they open to me1 in short1 the various avenues of all the arts and sciences1 and upon their information ,i safely rely in all emergencies4 ,in return for all these services1 they only ask me to accommodate them with a convenient chamber in some corner of my humble habitation1 where they may repose in peace2 for these friends are more delighted by the tranquility of retirement1 than with the tumults of society4 ,,francesco ,,petrarca4 ,books are the ,glasse of ,counsell to dress ourselves by4 ,they are ,life's best ,business3 ,vocation to them hath more ,emolument coming in1 than all the other busie ,termes of ,life4 ,they are ,feelesse ,counsellours1 no delaying ,patrons1 of easie ,accesse1 and kind ,expedition1 never sending away any ,client or ,petitioner4 ,they are for ,company1 the best ,friends2 in doubts1 ,counsellours2 in ,damp1 ,comforters2 ,time's ,perspective2 the home ,traveller's ,ship1 or ,horse2 the busie ,man's best ,recreation2 the ,opiate of idle ,wearinesse2 the ,mind's best ,ordinary2 ,nature's ,garden and ,seed-plot of ,immortality4 ,a ,,writer ,,of ,,the ,,sixteenth ,,century 7quoted in 8,allibone's ,dictionary074 ,but how can ,i live here without my books8 ,i really seem to myself crippled and only half myself2 for if1 as the great ,orator used to say1 arms are a soldier's members1 surely books are the limbs of scholars4 ,corasius says3 8,of a truth1 he who would deprive me of books1 my old friends1 would take away all the delight of my life2 nay1 ,i will even say1 all desire of living40 ,,balthasar ,,bonifacius ,,rhodiginus1 #afef4 ,for books are not absolutely dead things1 but do contain a potency of life in them to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are2 nay1 they do preserve1 as in a vial1 the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them4 ,i know they are as lively and as vigorously productive as those fabulous dragon's teeth1 and1 being sown up and down1 may chance to spring up armed men4444 ,many a man lives1 a burden to the earth2 but a good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit1 embalmed and treasured up on purpose for a life beyond life4 ,,john ,,milton4 ,books are a guide in youth1 and an entertainment for age4 ,they support us under solitude1 and keep us from being a burden to ourselves4 ,they help us to forget the crossness of men and things1 compose our cares and our passions1 and lay our disappointments asleep4 ,when we are weary of the living1 we may repair to the dead1 who have nothing of peevishness1 pride1 or design in their conversation4 ,,jeremy ,,collier4 ,god be thanked for books6 ,they are the voices of the distant and the dead1 and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages4 ,books are the true levellers4 ,they give to all who will faithfully use them1 the society1 the spiritual presence1 of the best and greatest of our race4 ,no matter how poor ,i am2 no matter though the prosperous of my own time will not enter my obscure dwelling2 if the sacred writers will enter and take up their abode under my roof1--if ,milton will cross my threshold to sing to me of ,paradise2 and ,shakspeare to open to me the worlds of imagination and the workings of the human heart2 and ,franklin to enrich me with his practical wisdom1--,i shall not pine for want of intellectual companionship1 and ,i may become a cultivated man1 though excluded from what is called the best society in the place where ,i live4 ,,william ,,ellery ,,channing4 ,in a corner of my house ,i have books1--the miracle of all my possessions1 more wonderful than the wishing-cap of the ,arabian tales2 for they transport me instantly1 not only to all places1 but to all times4 ,by my books ,i can conjure up before me to a momentary existence many of the great and good men of past ages1 and for my individual satisfaction they seem to act again the most renowned of their achievements2 the orators declaim for me1 the historians recite1 the poets sing4 ,,dr4 ,,arnott4 ,wondrous1 indeed1 is the virtue of a true book6 ,not like a dead city of stones1 yearly crumbling1 yearly needing repair2 more like a tilled field1 but then a spiritual field2 like a spiritual tree1 let me rather say1 it stands from year to year and from age to age 7we have books that already number some hundred and fifty human ages72 and yearly comes its new produce of leaves 7commentaries1 deductions1 philosophical1 political systems2 or were it only sermons1 pamphlets1 journalistic essays71 every one of which is talismanic and thaumaturgic1 for it can persuade man4 ,o thou who art able to write a book1 which once in two centuries or oftener there is a man gifted to do1 envy not him whom they name city-builder1 and inexpressibly pity him whom they name conqueror or city-burner6 ,thou1 too1 art a conqueror and victor2 but of the true sort1 namely1 over the ,devil4 ,thou1 too1 hast built what will outlast all marble and metal1 and be a wonder-bringing city of mind1 a temple and seminary and prophetic mount1 whereto all kindreds of the earth will pilgrim4 ,,thomas ,,carlyle4 ,good books1 like good friends1 are few and chosen2 the more select1 the more enjoyable2 and like these are approached with diffidence1 nor sought too familiarly nor too often1 having the precedence only when friends tire4 ,the most mannerly of companions1 accessible at all times1 in all moods1 they frankly declare the author's mind1 without giving offence4 ,like living friends1 they too have their voice and physiognomies1 and their company is prized as old acquaintances4 ,we seek them in our need of counsel or of amusement1 without impertinence or apology1 sure of having our claims allowed4 ,a good book justifies our theory of personal supremacy1 keeping this fresh in the memory and perennial4 ,what were days without such fellowship8 ,we were alone in the world without it4 ,a4 ,,bronson ,,alcott4 ,consider what you have in the smallest chosen library4 ,a company of the wisest and wittiest men that could be picked out of all civil countries1 in a thousand years1 have set in best order the results of their learning and wisdom4 ,the men themselves were hid and inaccessible1 solitary1 impatient of interruption1 fenced by etiquette2 but the thought which they did not uncover to their bosom friend is here written out in transparent words to us1 the strangers of another age4 ,we owe to books those general benefits which come from high intellectual action4 ,thus1 ,i think1 we often owe to them the perception of immortality4 ,they impart sympathetic activity to the moral power4 ,go with mean people1 and you think life is mean4 ,then read ,plutarch1 and the world is a proud place1 peopled with men of positive quality1 with heroes and demi-gods standing around us1 who will not let us sleep4 ,then they address the imagination3 only poetry inspires poetry4 ,they become the organic culture of the time4 ,college education is the reading of certain books which the common sense of all scholars agrees will represent the science already accumulated4444 ,in the highest civilization the book is still the highest delight4 ,,ralph ,,waldo ,,emerson4 ,a great book that comes from a great thinker1--it is a ship of thought1 deep-freighted with truth1 with beauty too4 ,it sails the ocean1 driven by the winds of heaven1 breaking the level sea of life into beauty where it goes1 leaving behind it a train of sparkling loveliness1 widening as the ship goes on4 ,and what a treasure it brings to every land1 scattering the seeds of truth1 justice1 love1 and piety1 to bless the world in ages yet to come6 ,,theodore ,,parker4 ,what is a great love of books8 ,it is something like a personal introduction to the great and good men of all past times4 ,books1 it is true1 are silent as you see them on their shelves2 but1 silent as they are1 when ,i enter a library ,i feel as if almost the dead were present1 and ,i know if ,i put questions to these books they will answer me with all the faithfulness and fulness which has been left in them by the great men who have left the books with us4 ,,john ,,bright4 ,i love my books as drinkers love their wine2 ,the more ,i drink1 the more they seem divine2 ,with joy elate my soul in love runs o'er1 ,and each fresh draught is sweeter than before6 ,books bring me friends where'er on earth ,i be1-- ,solace of solitude1 bonds of society4 ,i love my books6 they are companions dear1 ,sterling in worth1 in friendship most sincere2 ,here talk ,i with the wise in ages gone1 ,and with the nobly gifted in our own3 ,if love1 joy1 laughter1 sorrow please my mind1 ,love1 joy1 grief1 laughter in my books ,i find4 ,,francis ,,bennoch4 ,books are the windows through which the soul looks out4 ,,henry ,,ward ,,beecher4 ,books are our household gods2 and we cannot prize them too highly4 ,they are the only gods in all the mythologies that are beautiful and unchangeable2 for they betray no man1 and love their lovers4 ,i confess myself an idolater of this literary religion1 and am grateful for the blessed ministry of books4 ,it is a kind of heathenism which needs no missionary funds1 no ,bible even1 to abolish it2 for the ,bible itself caps the peak of this new ,olympus1 and crowns it with sublimity and glory4 ,amongst the many things we have to be thankful for1 as the result of modern discoveries1 surely this of printed books is the highest of all2 and ,i1 for one1 am so sensible of its merits that ,i never think of the name of ,gutenberg without feelings of veneration and homage4 ,,january ,,searle4 ,the only true equalizers in the world are books2 the only treasure-house open to all comers is a library2 the only wealth which will not decay is knowledge2 the only jewel which you can carry beyond the grave is wisdom4 ,to live in this equality1 to share in these treasures1 to possess this wealth1 and to secure this jewel may be the happy lot of every one4 ,all that is needed for the acquisition of these inestimable treasures is the love of books4 ,j4 ,a4 ,,langford4 ,let us thank ,god for books4 ,when ,i consider what some books have done for the world1 and what they are doing2 how they keep up our hope1 awaken new courage and faith1 soothe pain1 give an ideal life to those whose homes are hard and cold1 bind together distant ages and foreign lands1 create new worlds of beauty1 bring down truths from heaven1--,i give eternal blessings for this gift1 and pray that we may use it aright1 and abuse it not4 ,,james ,,freeman ,,clarke4 ,books1 we know1 ,are a substantial world1 both pure and good2 ,round these1 with tendrils strong as flesh and blood1 ,our pastime and our happiness will grow4 ,,william ,,wordsworth4 ,precious and priceless are the blessings which books scatter around our daily paths4 ,we walk1 in imagination1 with the noblest spirits1 through the most sublime and enchanting regions1--regions which1 to all that is lovely in the forms and colors of earth1 8,add the gleam1 ,the light that never was on sea or land1 ,the consecration and the poet's dream40 ,a motion of the hand brings all ,arcadia to sight4 ,the war of ,troy can1 at our bidding1 rage in the narrowest chamber4 ,without stirring from our firesides1 we may roam to the most remote regions of the earth1 or soar into realms where ,spenser's shapes of unearthly beauty flock to meet us1 where ,milton's angels peal in our ears the choral hymns of ,paradise4 ,science1 art1 literature1 philosophy1--all that man has thought1 all that man has done1--the experience that has been bought with the sufferings of a hundred generations1--all are garnered up for us in the world of books4 ,there1 among realities1 in a 8substantial world10 we move with the crowned kings of thought4 ,there our minds have a free range1 our hearts a free utterance4 ,reason is confined within none of the partitions which trammel it in life4 ,in that world1 no divinity hedges a king1 no accident of rank or fashion ennobles a dunce or shields a knave4 ,we can select our companions from among the most richly gifted of the sons of ,god2 and they are companions who will not desert us in poverty1 or sickness1 or disgrace4 ,,edwin ,p4 ,,whipple4 ,my latest passion shall be for books4 ,,friedrich ,,ii4 ,,of ,,prussia4 ,for what a world of books offers itself1 in all subjects1 arts1 and sciences1 to the sweet content and capacity of the reader8 ,in arithmetic1 geometry1 perspective1 optics1 astronomy1 architecture1 sculptura1 pictura1 of which so many and such elaborate treatises are of late written2 in mechanics and their mysteries1 military matters1 navigation1 riding of horses1 fencing1 swimming1 gardening1 planting1 etc4444 ,what so sure1 what so pleasant8 ,what vast tomes are extant in law1 physic1 and divinity1 for profit1 pleasure1 practice1 speculation1 in verse or prose6 ,their names alone are the subject of whole volumes2 we have thousands of authors of all sorts1 many great libraries1 full well furnished1 like so many dishes of meat1 served out for several palates1 and he is a very block that is affected with none of them4 ,,robert ,,burton4 ,except a living man1 there is nothing more wonderful than a book6--a message to us from the dead1--from human souls whom we never saw1 who lived perhaps thousands of miles away2 and yet these1 on those little sheets of paper1 speak to us1 amuse us1 vivify us1 teach us1 comfort us1 open their hearts to us as brothers4 ,we ought to reverence books1 to look at them as useful and mighty things4 ,if they are good and true1 444 they are the message of ,christ1 the maker of all things1 the teacher of all truth4 ,,charles ,,kingsley4 ,golden volumes6 richest treasures6 ,objects of delicious pleasures6 ,you my eyes rejoicing please1 ,you my hands in rapture seize4 ,brilliant wits and musing sages1 ,lights who beamed through many ages1 ,left to your conscious leaves their story1 ,and dared to trust you with their glory2 ,and now their hope of fame achieved1 ,dear volumes6--you have not deceived4 ,,henry ,,rantzau4 ,illustration ,illustration ,,chapter ,i4 ,on the ,choice of ,books4 ,the choice of books is not the least part of the duty of a scholar4 ,if he would become a man1 and worthy to deal with manlike things1 he must read only the bravest and noblest books1--books forged at the heart and fashioned by the intellect of a godlike man4--,,january ,,searle4 ,the most important question for you to ask yourself1 be you teacher or scholar1 is this3 ,what books shall ,i read8 ,for him who has inclination to read1 there is no dearth of reading matter1 and it is obtainable almost for the asking4 ,books are in a manner thrust upon you almost daily4 ,shall you read without discrimination whatever comes most readily to hand8 ,as well say that you will accept as a friend and companion every man whom you meet on the street4 ,shall you read even every good book that comes in your way1 simply because it is harmless and interesting8 ,it is not every harmless book1 nor indeed every good book1 that will make your mind the richer for the reading of it4 ,never1 perhaps1 has the right choice of books been more difficult than at present2 and never did it behoove more strongly both teachers and scholars to look well to the character of that which they read4 ,first1 then1 let us consider what books we are to avoid4 ,all will agree that those which are really and absolutely bad should be shunned as we shun a pestilence4 ,in these last years of the nineteenth century there is no more prolific cause of evil than bad books4 ,there are many books so utterly vile that there is no mistaking their character1 and no question as to whether they should be avoided4 ,there are others which are a thousand-fold more dangerous because they come to us disguised1--8wolves in sheep's clothing10--affecting a character of harmlessness1 if not of sanctity4 ,i have heard those who ought to know better1 laugh at the silly jokes of a very silly book1 and offer by way of excuse that there was nothing very bad in it4 ,i have heard teachers recommend to their pupils reading matter which1 to say the least1 was of a very doubtful character4 ,now1 the only excuse that can be offered in such cases is ignorance1--8,i didn't know there was any harm in the book40 ,but the teacher who through ignorance poisons the moral character and checks the mental growth of his pupils is as guilty of criminal carelessness as the druggist's clerk who by mistake sells arsenic for quinine4 ,step down and out of that responsible position which you are in no wise qualified to fill6 ,the direction of the pupils' habits of reading1 the choice of reading matter for them1 is by no means the least of the teacher's duties4 ,the elder ,pliny1 eighteen hundred years ago1 was accustomed to say that no book was so bad but that some part of it might be read with profit4 ,this may have been true in ,pliny's time2 but it is very far from correct now-a-days4 ,a large number of books1 and many which attain an immense circulation1 are but the embodiment of evil from beginning to end2 others1 although not absolutely and aggressively bad1 contain not a single line that can be read with profit4 ,what are the sure criterions of a bad book8 ,there is no better authority on this subject than the ,rev4 ,robert ,collyer4 ,he says3 8,if when ,i read a book about ,god1 ,i find that it has put ,him farther from me2 or about man1 that it has put me farther from him2 or about this universe1 that it has shaken down upon it a new look of desolation1 turning a green field into a wild moor2 or about life1 that it has made it seem a little less worth living1 on all accounts1 than it was2 or about moral principles1 that they are not quite so clear and strong as they were when this author began to talk2--then ,i know that on any of these five cardinal things in the life of man1--his relations to ,god1 to his fellows1 to the world about him1 and the world within him1 and the great principles on which all things stable centre1--that1 for me1 is a bad book4 ,it may chime in with some lurking appetite in my own nature1 and so seem to be as sweet as honey to my taste2 but it comes to bitter1 bad results4 ,it may be food for another2 ,i can say nothing to that4 ,he may be a pine while ,i am a palm4 ,i only know this1 that in these great first things1 if the book ,i read shall touch them at all1 it shall touch them to my profit or ,i will not read it4 ,right and wrong shall grow more clear2 life in and about me more divine2 ,i shall come nearer to my fellows1 and ,god nearer to me1 or the thing is a poison4 ,faust1 or ,calvin1 or ,carlyle1 if any one of these cardinal things is the grain and the grist of the book1 and that is what it comes to when ,i read it1 ,i am being drugged and poisoned2 and the sooner ,i know it the better4 ,i want bread1 and meat1 and milk1 not brandy1 or opium1 or hasheesh40#a ,and ,robert ,southey1 the poet1 expresses nearly the same thing3 8,young readers1--you whose hearts are open1 whose understandings are not yet hardened1 and whose feelings are not yet exhausted nor encrusted with the world1--take from me a better rule than any professors of criticism will teach you6 ,would you know whether the tendency of a book is good or evil1 examine in what state of mind you lay it down4 ,has it induced you to suspect that what you have been accustomed to think unlawful may after all be innocent1 and that may be harmless which you have hitherto been taught to think dangerous8 ,has it tended to make you dissatisfied and impatient under the control of others1 and disposed you to relax in that self-government without which both the laws of ,god and man tell us there can be no virtue1 and1 consequently1 no happiness8 ,has it attempted to abate your admiration and reverence for what is great and good1 and to diminish in you the love of your country and your fellow-creatures8 ,has it addressed itself to your pride1 your vanity1 your selfishness1 or any other of your evil propensities8 ,has it defiled the imagination with what is loathsome1 and shocked the heart with what is monstrous8 ,has it disturbed the sense of right and wrong which the ,creator has implanted in the human soul8 ,if so1 if you are conscious of any or all of these effects1 or if1 having escaped from all1 you have felt that such were the effects it was intended to produce1 throw the book in the fire1 whatever name it may bear in the titlepage6 ,throw it in the fire1 young man1 though it should have been the gift of a friend2 young lady1 away with the whole set1 though it should be the prominent furniture of a rosewood bookcase40#b 8,it is the case with literature as with life10 says ,arthur ,schopenhauer1 the ,german philosopher4 8,wherever we turn we come upon the incorrigible mob of humankind1 whose name is ,legion1 swarming everywhere1 damaging everything1 as flies in summer4 ,hence the multiplicity of bad books1 those exuberant weeds of literature which choke the true corn4 ,such books rob the public of time1 money1 and attention1 which ought properly to belong to good literature and noble aims2 and they are written with a view merely to make money or occupation4 ,they are therefore not merely useless1 but injurious4 ,nine tenths of our current literature has no other end but to inveigle a thaler or two out of the public pocket1 for which purpose author1 publisher1 and printer are leagued together4444 ,of bad books we can never read too little2 of the good1 never too much4 ,the bad are intellectual poison1 and undermine the understanding40#c ,from ,thomas ,carlyle's inaugural address at ,edinburgh on the occasion of his installation as rector of the ,university in #ahff1 ,i quote the following potent passage3 8,i do not know whether it has been sufficiently brought home to you that there are two kinds of books4 ,when a man is reading on any kind of subject1 in most departments of books1--in all books1 if you take it in a wide sense1--he will find that there is a division into good books and bad books3 everywhere a good kind of a book and a bad kind of a book4 ,i am not to assume that you are unacquainted or ill-acquainted with this plain fact2 but ,i may remind you that it is becoming a very important consideration in our day4444 ,there is a number1 a frightfully increasing number1 of books that are decidedly1 to the readers of them1 not useful4 ,but an ingenious reader will learn1 also1 that a certain number of books were written by a supremely noble kind of people2 not a very great number of books1 but still a number fit to occupy all your reading industry1 do adhere more or less to that side of things4 ,in short1 as ,i have written it down somewhere else1 ,i conceive that books are like men's souls1 divided into sheep and goats4 ,some few are going up1 and carrying us up1 heavenward2 calculated1 ,i mean1 to be of priceless advantage in teaching1--in forwarding the teaching of all generations4 ,others1 a frightful multitude1 are going down1 down2 doing ever the more and the wider and the wilder mischief4 ,keep a strict eye on that latter class of books1 my young friends60 ,speaking of those books whose inward character and influence it is hard at first to discern1 ,john ,ruskin says3 8,avoid especially that class of literature which has a knowing tone2 it is the most poisonous of all4 ,every good book1 or piece of book1 is full of admiration and awe3 it may contain firm assertion or stern satire1 but it never sneers coldly1 nor asserts haughtily2 and it always leads you to reverence or love something with your whole heart4 ,it is not always easy to distinguish the satire of the venomous race of books from the satire of the noble and pure ones2 but1 in general1 you may notice that the cold-blooded ,crustacean and ,batrachian books will sneer at sentiment1 and the warm-blooded1 human books at sin4444 ,much of the literature of the present day1 though good to be read by persons of ripe age1 has a tendency to agitate rather than confirm1 and leaves its readers too frequently in a helpless or hopeless indignation1 the worst possible state into which the mind of youth can be thrown4 ,it may1 indeed1 become necessary for you1 as you advance in life1 to set your hand to things that need to be altered in the world1 or apply your heart chiefly to what must be pitied in it1 or condemned2 but for a young person the safest temper is one of reverence1 and the safest place one of obscurity4 ,certainly at present1 and perhaps through all your life1 your teachers are wisest when they make you content in quiet virtue2 and that literature and art are best for you which point out1 in common life and familiar things1 the objects for hopeful labor and for humble love40#d ,there would be fewer bad books in the world if readers were properly informed and warned of their character2 and we may believe that the really vicious books would soon cease to exist if their makers and publishers were popularly regarded with the same detestation as other corrupters of the public morals4 8,he who has published an injurious book10 says ,robert ,south1 8sins1 as it were in his very grave2 corrupts others while he is rotting himself40 ,addison says much the same thing3 8,writers of great talents1 who employ their parts in propagating immorality1 and seasoning vicious sentiments with wit and humor1 are to be looked upon as the pests of society and the enemies of mankind4 ,they leave books behind them to scatter infection and destroy their posterity4 ,they act the counterparts of a ,confucius or a ,socrates1 and seem to have been sent into the world to deprave human nature1 and sink it into the condition of brutality40#e ,and ,william ,cobbett is still more severe in his denunciation4 ,in his 8,advice to ,young ,men10 he says3 8,i hope that your taste will keep you aloof from the writings of those detestable villains who employ the powers of their mind in debauching the minds of others1 or in endeavors to do it4 ,they present their poison in such captivating forms that it requires great virtue and resolution to withstand their temptations2 and they have1 perhaps1 done a thousand times as much mischief in the world as all the infidels and atheists put together4 ,these men ought to be held in universal abhorrence1 and never spoken of but with execration40 ,but the shunning of bad books is only one of the problems presented to us in the choice of our reading4 ,in the great multitude of really good and valuable books1 how shall we choose those which are of the most vital importance to us to know8 ,the universal habit of desultory reading--reading simply to be entertained--is a habit not to be indulged in1 nor encouraged1 by scholars or by those who aspire to the station of teachers4 ,there are perhaps a score of books which should be read and studied by every one who claims the title of reader2 but1 aside from these1 each person should determine1 through a process of rigid self-examination1 what course of reading and what books are likely to produce the most profitable results to him4 ,find out1 if possible1 what is your special bent of mind4 ,what line of inquiry or investigation is the most congenial to your taste or mental capacity8 ,having determined this question1 let your reading all centre upon that topic of study which you have made your own1--let it be ,literature1 ,science1 ,history1 ,art1 or any of the innumerable subdivisions of these subjects4 ,in other words1 choose a specialty1 and follow it with an eye single to it alone4 ,says ,frederic ,harrison3 8,every book that we take up without a purpose is an opportunity lost of taking up a book with a purpose2 every bit of stray information which we cram into our heads without any sense of its importance is for the most part a bit of the most useful information driven out of our heads and choked off from our minds4444 ,we know that books differ in value as much as diamonds differ from the sand on the sea-shore1 as much as our living friend differs from a dead rat4 ,we know that much in the myriad-peopled world of books--very much in all kinds--is trivial1 enervating1 inane1 even noxious4 ,and thus1 where we have infinite opportunities of wasting our effort to no end1 of fatiguing our minds without enriching them1 of clogging the spirit without satisfying it1 there1 ,i cannot but think1 the very infinity of opportunities is robbing us of the actual power of using them4444 ,to know anything that turns up is1 in the infinity of knowledge1 to know nothing4 ,to read the first book we come across1 in the wilderness of books1 is to learn nothing4 ,to turn over the pages of ten thousand volumes is to be practically indifferent to all that is good40#f 8,it is of paramount importance10 says ,schopenhauer1 8to acquire the art not to read2 in other words1 of not reading such books as occupy the public mind1 or even those which make a noise in the world1 and reach several editions in their first and last year of existence4 ,we should recollect that he who writes for fools finds an enormous audience1 and we should devote the ever scant leisure of our circumscribed existence to the master-spirits of all ages and nations1 those who tower over humanity1 and whom the voice of ,fame proclaims3 only such writers cultivate and instruct us40#g ,and ,john ,ruskin offers the following pertinent advice to beginners3 8,it is of the greatest importance to you1 not only for art's sake1 but for all kinds of sake1 in these days of book deluge1 to keep out of the salt swamps of literature1 and live on a little rocky island of your own1 with a spring and a lake in it1 pure and good4 ,i cannot1 of course1 suggest the choice of your library to you1 for every several mind needs different books2 but there are some books which we all need1 and assuredly1 if you read ,homer1 ,plato1 schylus1 ,herodotus1 ,dante1 ,shakspeare1 and ,spenser as much as you ought1 you will not require wide enlargement of your shelves to right and left of them for purposes of perpetual study4 ,among modern books1 avoid generally magazine and review literature4 ,sometimes it may contain a useful abridgment or a wholesome piece of criticism2 but the chances are ten to one it will either waste your time or mislead you4 ,if you want to understand any subject whatever1 read the best book upon it you can hear of2 not a review of the book4444 ,a common book will often give you much amusement1 but it is only a noble book which will give you dear friends40 ,if any of us could recall the time which we have spent in desultory and profitless reading1 and devote it now faithfully to the prosecution of that special line of study which ought1 long ago1 to have been chosen1 how largely we might add to our fund of useful knowledge1 and how grandly we might increase our intellectual stature6 8,and again10 remarks ,james ,herbert ,morse1 8if ,i could recover the hours idly given to the newspaper1 not for my own gratification1 but solely for my neighbor at the breakfast-table1 ,i could compass a solid course of ,english and ,american history1 get at the antecedents of political parties in the two countries1 and give the reasons for the existence of ,gladstone and ,parnell1 of ,blaine and ,edmunds1 in modern politics--and there is undoubtedly a reason for them all4 ,two columns a day in the newspapers--which ,i could easily have spared1 for they were given mainly to murder-trials and the search for corpses1 or to the romance of the reporter concerning the same--have during the last ten years absorbed just about the time ,i might have spent in reading a very respectable course in history1--one embracing1 say1 ,curtius and ,grote for ,greece1 ,mommsen1 ,merivale1 and ,gibbon for ,rome1 ,macaulay and ,green for my roots in ,saxondom1 ,bancroft1 ,hildreth1 and ,palfrey for the ancestral tree in ,america1 together with a very notable excursion into ,spain and ,holland with ,motley and ,prescott1--a course which ,i consider very desirable1 and one which should set up a man of middle age very fairly in historical knowledge4 ,i am sure ,i could have saved this amount out of any ten years of my newspaper reading alone1 without cutting off any portion of that really valuable contribution for which the daily paper is to be honored1 and which would be needed to make me an intelligent man in the history of my own times40#h ,it is not necessary that1 in selecting a library or in choosing what you will read1 you should have many books at your disposal4 ,a few books1 well chosen and carefully read1 will be of infinitely more value to you than any miscellaneous collection1 however large4 ,it is possible for 8the man of one book0 to be better equipped in knowledge and literary attainments than he whose shelves are loaded with all the fashionable literature of the day4 ,if your means will not permit you the luxury of a library1 buy one book1 or a few books1 chosen with special reference to the line of reading which you have determined upon4 ,let no honey-mouthed book-agent persuade you to buy of his wares1 unless they bear exactly upon your specialty4 ,you cannot afford to waste money on mere catchpenny or machine publications1 whose only recommendation is that they are harmless and that they sell well4 ,that man is to be envied who can say1 8,i have a library of fifty or of a hundred volumes1 all relating to my chosen line of thought1 and not a single inferior or worthless volume among them40 ,i have before me a list of books1--8books fashioned by the intellect of godlike men10--books which every person who aspires to the rank of teacher or scholar should regard as his inheritance from the master-minds of the ages4 ,if you know these books--or some of them--you know much of that which is best in the great world of letters4 ,you cannot afford to live in ignorance of them4 ,plato's ,dialogues 7,jowett's translation74 ,the ,orations of ,demosthenes on the ,crown4 ,bacon's ,essays4 ,burke's ,orations and ,political ,essays4 ,macaulay's ,essays4 ,carlyle's ,essays4 ,webster's ,select ,speeches4 ,emerson's ,essays4 ,the ,essays of ,elia1 by ,charles ,lamb4 ,ivanhoe1 by ,sir ,walter ,scott4 ,david ,copperfield1 by ,charles ,dickens4 ,vanity ,fair1 by ,william ,makepeace ,thackeray4 ,hypatia1 by ,charles ,kingsley4 ,the ,mill on the ,floss1 by ,george ,eliot4 ,the ,marble ,faun1 by ,nathaniel ,hawthorne4 ,the ,sketch ,book1 by ,washington ,irving4 ,les ,misrables1 by ,victor ,hugo4 ,wilhelm ,meister1 by ,goethe 7,carlyle's trans474 ,don ,quixote1 by ,cervantes4 ,homer's ,iliad 7,derby's or ,chapman's translation74 ,homer's ,odyssey 7,bryant's translation74 ,dante's ,divina ,commedia 7,longfellow's trans474 ,milton's ,paradise ,lost4 ,shakspeare's ,works4 ,mrs4 ,browning's ,poems4 ,longfellow's ,poetical ,works4 ,goethe's ,faust 7,bayard ,taylor's translation74 ,i have named but twenty-five authors2 but each of these1 in his own line of thought and endeavor1 stands first in the long roll of immortals4 ,when you have the opportunity to make the acquaintance of such as these1 will you waste your time with writers whom you would be ashamed to number among your personal friends8 8,will you go and gossip with your housemaid or your stable boy1 when you may talk with kings and queens1 while this eternal court is open to you1 with its society wide as the world1 multitudinous as its days1 the chosen1 the mighty1 of every place and time8 ,into that you may enter always2 in that you may take fellowship and rank according to your wish2 from that1 once entered into it1 you can never be outcast but by your own fault2 by your aristocracy of companionship there1 your inherent aristocracy will be assuredly tested1 and the motives with which you strive to take high place in the society of the living1 measured1 as to all the truth and sincerity that are in them1 by the place you desire to take in this company of the dead40#i ,illustration ,illustration ,,chapter ,,ii4 ,how to ,read4 ,and as for me1 though ,i con but lite1 ,on bookes for to rede ,i me delite1 ,and to hem yeve ,i faith and credence1 ,and in my herte have hem in reverence ,so hertely1 that there is game none1 ,that from my bookes maketh me to gone1 ,but it be seldome on the holy daie1 ,save certainly1 whan that the month of ,may ,is comen1 and that ,i heare the foules sing1 ,and that the floures ginnan for to spring1 ,farwell my booke1 and my devotion4 ,,geoffrey ,,chaucer4 ,having chosen the books which are to be our friends and counsellors1 the next question to be considered is1 ,how shall we use them8 ,shall we read them through as hastily as possible1 believing that the more we read1 the more learned we are8 ,or shall we not derive more profit by reading slowly1 and by making the subject-matter of each book thoroughly our own8 ,i do not believe that any general rule can be given with reference to this matter4 ,some readers will take in a page at a glance1 and will more thoroughly master a book in a week than others could possibly master it in six months4 ,it required ,frederick ,w4 ,robertson half a year to read a small manual of chemistry1 and thoroughly to digest its contents4 ,miss ,martineau and ,auguste ,comte were remarkably slow readers2 but then1 that which they read 8lay fructifying1 and came out a living tree with leaves and fruit40 ,yet it does not follow that the same rule should apply to readers of every grade of genius4 ,it is generally better to read by subjects1 to learn what different writers have thought and said concerning that matter of which you are making a special study4 ,not many books are to be read hastily through4 8,a person who was a very great reader and hard thinker10 says ,bishop ,thirlwall1 8once told me that he never took up a book except with the view of making himself master of some subject which he was studying1 and that while he was so engaged he made all his reading converge to that point4 ,in this way he might read parts of many books1 but not a single one from #8end to end4' ,this ,i take to be an excellent method of study1 but one which implies the command of many books as well as of much leisure40 ,seneca1 the old ,roman teacher1 says3 8,definite reading is profitable2 miscellaneous reading is pleasant4444 ,the reading of many authors and of all kinds of works has in it something vague and unstable40 ,says ,quintilian3 8,every good writer is to be read1 and diligently2 and when the volume is finished1 it is to be gone through again from the beginning40 ,martin ,luther1 in his 8,table ,talk10 says3 8,all who would study with advantage in any art whatsoever ought to betake themselves to the reading of some sure and certain books oftentimes over2 for to read many books produceth confusion rather than learning1 like as those who dwell everywhere are not anywhere at home40 8,reading10 says ,locke the philosopher1 8furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge2 it is thinking that makes what are read over4 ,we are of the ruminating kind1 and it is not enough to cram ourselves with a great load of collections2 unless we chew them over again1 they will not give us strength and nourishment40 8,much reading10 says ,dr4 ,robert ,south1 8is like much eating1--wholly useless without digestion40 8,desultory reading10 writes ,julius ,c4 ,hare1 8is indeed very mischievous1 by fostering habits of loose1 discontinuous thought1 by turning the memory into a common sewer for rubbish of all thoughts to flow through1 and by relaxing the power of attention1 which of all our faculties most needs care1 and is most improved by it4 ,but a well-regulated course of study will no more weaken the mind than hard exercise will weaken the body2 nor will a strong understanding be weighed down by its knowledge1 any more than oak is by its leaves or than ,samson was by his locks4 ,he whose sinews are drained by his hair must already be a weakling40#aj ,says ,thomas ,carlyle3 8,learn to be good readers1--which is perhaps a more difficult thing than you imagine4 ,learn to be discriminative in your reading2 to read faithfully1 and with your best attention1 all kinds of things which you have a real interest in1--a real1 not an imaginary1--and which you find to be really fit for what you are engaged in4 ,the most unhappy of all men is the man who cannot tell what he is going to do1 who has got no work cut out for him in the world1 and does not go into it4 ,for work is the grand cure of all the maladies and miseries that ever beset mankind1--honest work1 which you intend getting done40 ,says ,ralph ,waldo ,emerson3 8,the best rule of reading will be a method from nature1 and not a mechanical one of hours and pages4 ,it holds each student to a pursuit of his native aim1 instead of a desultory miscellany4 ,let him read what is proper to him1 and not waste his memory on a crowd of mediocrities4 444 ,the three practical rules which ,i have to offer are3 #a4 ,never read any book that is not a year old4 #b4 ,never read any but famed books4 #c4 ,never read any but what you like2 or1 in ,shakspeare's phrase1-- #8,no profit goes where is no pleasure ta'en3 ,in brief1 sir1 study what you most affect4'0#aa 8,let us read good works often over10 says another writer4#ab 8,some skip from volume to volume1 touching on all points1 resting on none4 ,we hold1 on the contrary1 that if a book be worth reading once1 it is worth reading twice1 and that if it stands a second reading1 it may stand a third4 ,this1 indeed1 is one great test of the excellence of books4 ,many books require to be read more than once1 in order to be seen in their proper colors and latent glories1 and dim-discovered truths will by-and-by disclose themselves4444 ,again1 let us read thoughtfully2 this is a great secret in the right use of books4 ,not lazily1 to mumble1 like the dogs in the siege of ,corinth1 as dead bones1 the words of the author1--not slavishly to assent to his every word1 and cry ,amen to his every conclusion1--not to read him as an officer his general's orders1 but to read him with suspicion1 with inquiry1 with a free exercise of your own faculties1 with the admiration of intelligence1 and not with the wonder of ignorance1--that is the proper and profitable way of reading the great authors of your native tongue40 ,says ,sir ,arthur ,helps3 8,there is another view of reading which1 though it is obvious enough1 is seldom taken1 ,i imagine1 or at least acted upon2 and that is1 that in the course of our reading we should lay up in our minds a store of goodly thoughts in well-wrought words1 which should be a living treasure of knowledge always with us1 and from which1 at various times and amidst all the shifting of circumstances1 we might be sure of drawing some comfort1 guidance1 and sympathy4444 ,in any work that is worth carefully reading1 there is generally something that is worth remembering accurately4 ,a man whose mind is enriched with the best sayings of his own country is a more independent man1 walks the streets in a town or the lanes in the country with far more delight than he otherwise would have1 and is taught by wise observers of man and nature to examine for himself4 ,sancho ,panza1 with his proverbs1 is a great deal better than he would have been without them2 and ,i contend that a man has something in himself to meet troubles and difficulties1 small or great1 who has stored in his mind some of the best things which have been said about troubles and difficulties40#ac ,and ,john ,ruskin3 8,no book is worth anything which is not worth much2 nor is it serviceable until it has been read1 and reread1 and loved1 and loved again2 and marked1 so that you can refer to the passages you want in it1 as a soldier can seize the weapons he needs in an armory1 or a housewife bring the spice she needs from her store40 8,i am not at all afraid10 says ,matthew ,browne1 8of urging overmuch the propriety of frequent1 very frequent1 reading of the same book4 ,the book remains the same1 but the reader changes2 and the value of reading lies in the collision of minds4 ,it may be taken for granted that no conceivable amount of reading could ever put me into the position with respect to his book--,i mean as to intelligence only--in which the author strove to place me4 ,i may read him a hundred times1 and not catch the precise right point of view2 and may read him a hundred and one times1 and approach it the hundred and first4 ,the driest and hardest book that ever was1 contains an interest over and above what can be picked out of it1 and laid1 so to speak1 on the table4 ,it is interesting as my friend is interesting2 it is a problem which invites me to closer knowledge1 and that usually means better liking4 ,he must be a poor friend that we only care to see once or twice1 and then forget40#ad 8,the great secret of reading consists in this10 says ,charles ,f4 ,richardson1 8that it does not matter so much what we read1 or how we read it1 as what we think and how we think it4 ,reading is only the fuel2 and1 the mind once on fire1 any and all material will feed the flame1 provided only it have any combustible matter in it4 ,and we cannot tell from what quarter the next material will come4 ,the thought we need1 the facts we are in search of1 may make their appearance in the corner of the newspaper1 or in some forgotten volume long ago consigned to dust and oblivion4444 ,the mind that is not awake and alive will find a library a barren wilderness4 ,now1 gather up the scraps and fragments of thought on whatever subject you may be studying1--for of course by a note-book ,i do not mean a mere receptacle for odds and ends1 a literary dust-bin1--but acquire the habit of gathering everything whenever and wherever you find it1 that belongs in your line or lines of study1 and you will be surprised to see how such fragments will arrange themselves into an orderly whole by the very organizing power of your own thinking1 acting in a definite direction4 ,this is a true process of self-education2 but you see it is no mechanical process of mere aggregation4 ,it requires activity of thought2 but without that1 what is any reading but mere passive amusement8 ,and it requires method4 ,i have myself a sort of literary book-keeping4 ,i post my literary accounts1 bringing together in proper groups the fruits of much casual reading40#ae ,edward ,gibbon the historian tells us that a taste for books was the pleasure and glory of his life4 8,let us read with method10 he says1 8and propose to ourselves an end to what our studies may point4 ,the use of reading is to aid us in thinking40 ,among practical suggestions to those who would read for profit1 ,i have found nothing more pertinent than the following from the posthumous papers of ,bryan ,waller ,procter3 8,always read the preface to a book4 ,it places you on vantage ground1 and enables you to survey more completely the book itself4 ,you frequently also discover the character of the author from the preface4 ,you see his aims1 perhaps his prejudices4 ,you see the point of view from which he takes his pictures1 the rocks and impediments which he himself beholds1 and you steer accordingly4444 ,understand every word you read2 if possible1 every allusion of the author1--if practicable1 while you are reading2 if not1 make search and inquiry as soon as may be afterward4 ,have a dictionary near you when you read2 and when you read a book of travels1 always read with a map of the country at hand4 ,without a map the information is vague and transitory4444 ,after having read as much as your mind will easily retain1 sum up what you have read1--endeavor to place in view the portion or subject that has formed your morning's study2 and then reckon up 7as you would reckon up a sum7 the facts or items of knowledge that you have gained4 ,it generally happens that the amount of three or four hours' reading may be reduced to and concentrated in half a dozen propositions4 ,these are your gains1--these are the facts or opinions that you have acquired4 ,you may investigate the truth of them hereafter4 ,although ,i think that one's general reading should extend over many subjects1 yet for serious study we should confine ourselves to some branch of literature or science4 ,otherwise the mind becomes confused and enfeebled1 and the thoughts1 dissipated on many things1 will settle profitably on none4 ,a man whose duration of life is limited1 and whose powers are limited also1 should not aim at all things1 but should content himself with a few4 ,by such means he may master one1 and become tolerably familiar perhaps with two or three arts or sciences4 ,he may indeed even make valuable contributions to them4 ,without this economy of labor1 he cannot produce any complete work1 nor can he exhaust any subject40#af ,every scholar is familiar with ,lord ,bacon's classification of books1--some 8to be tasted1 others to be swallowed1 and some few to be chewed and digested3 that is1 some books are to be read only in parts2 others to be read1 but not curiously2 and some few to be read wholly1 and with diligence and attention40 ,coleridge's classification of the various kinds of readers is perhaps not quite so well known4 ,he said that some readers are like jelly-bags1--they let pass away all that is pure and good1 and retain only what is impure and refuse4 ,another class he typified by a sponge2 these are they whose minds suck all up1 and give it back again1 only a little dirtier4 ,others1 again1 he likened to an hour-glass1 and their reading to the sand which runs in and out1 and leaves no trace behind4 ,and still others he compared to the slave in the ,golconda mines1 who retains the gold and the gem1 and casts aside the dust and the dross4 ,charles ,c4 ,colton1 the author of 8,lacon10 says there are three kinds of readers3 first1 those who read to think1--and they are rare2 second1 those who read to write1--and they are common2 third1 those who read to talk1--and they form the great majority4 ,and ,goethe1 the greatest name in ,german literature1 makes still a different classification3 some readers1 he tells us1 enjoy without judgment2 others judge without enjoyment2 and some there are who judge while they enjoy1 and enjoy while they judge4 ,in these days1 when1 so far as reading-matter is concerned1 we are overburdened with an embarrassment of riches1 we cannot afford to read1 even in the books which we have chosen as ours1 those things which have no relationship to our studies1 which do not concern us1 and which are sure to be forgotten as soon as read4 ,the art of reading1 says ,philip ,gilbert ,hamerton in his admirable essay on 8,the ,intellectual ,life10 8is to skip judiciously4 ,the art is to skip all that does not concern us1 whilst missing nothing that we really need4 ,no external guidance can teach this2 for nobody but ourselves can guess what the needs of our intellect may be4 ,but let us select with decisive firmness1 independently of other people's advice1 independently of the authority of custom40 ,and ,charles ,f4 ,richardson1 referring to the same subject1 remarks3 8,the art of skipping is1 in a word1 the art of noting and shunning that which is bad1 or frivolous1 or misleading1 or unsuitable for one's individual needs4 ,if you are convinced that the book or the chapter is bad1 you cannot drop it too quickly4 ,if it is simply idle and foolish1 put it away on that account1--unless you are properly seeking amusement from idleness and frivolity4 ,if it is something deceitful and disingenuous1 your task is not so easy2 but your conscience will give you warning1 and the sharp examination which should follow will tell you that you are in poor literary company40 ,illustration ,illustration ,,chapter ,,iii4 ,on the ,value and ,use of ,libraries4 ,all round the room my silent servants wait1-- ,my friends in every season1 bright and dim ,angels and seraphim ,come down and murmur to me1 sweet and low1 ,and spirits of the skies all come and go ,early and late2 ,from the old world's divine and distant date1 ,from the sublimer few1 ,down to the poet who but yester-eve ,sang sweet and made us grieve1 ,all come1 assembling here in order due4 ,and here ,i dwell with ,poesy1 my mate1 ,with ,erato and all her vernal sighs1 ,great ,clio with her victories elate1 ,or pale ,urania's deep and starry eyes4 ,,bryan ,,waller ,,procter4 ,a library is the scholar's workshop4 ,to the teacher or professional man1 a collection of good books is as necessary as a kit of tools to a carpenter4 ,and yet ,i am aware that many persons are engaged in teaching1 who have neither a library of their own1 nor access to any other collection of books suitable to their use4 ,there are others who1 having every opportunity to secure the best of books1--with a public library near at hand offering them the free use of works most valuable to them1--yet make no effort to profit by these advantages4 ,they care nothing for any books save the text-books indispensable to their profession1 and for these only so far as necessity obliges them to do so4 ,the libraries of many persons calling themselves teachers consist solely of school-books1 many of which have been presented them by accommodating book-agents1 8for examination with a view to introduction40 ,and yet we hear such teachers talk learnedly about the introduction of ,english literature into the common schools of the country1 and the necessity of cultivating among the children a wholesome love and taste for reading4 ,if inquiry were made1 we might discover that by a study of ,english literature these teachers understand some memoriter exercises in ,shaw's 8,manual0 or ,brooke's 8,primer10 and that1 as to good reading1 some there are who are entertained more deeply by ,peck's 8,bad ,boy0 than by ,shakspeare's 8,merchant of ,venice40 ,talk not about directing and cultivating the reading-tastes of your pupils until you have successfully directed and cultivated your own6 ,and the first step towards doing this is the selection and purchase of a library for yourself1 which shall be all your own4 ,a very few books will do1 if they are of the right kind2 and they must be yours4 ,a borrowed book is but a cheap pleasure1 an unappreciated and unsatisfactory tool4 ,to know the true value of books1 and to derive any satisfactory benefit from them1 you must first feel the sweet delight of buying them1--you must know the preciousness of possession4 ,you plead poverty1--the insufficiency of your salary8 ,but do you not spend for other things1 entirely unnecessary1 much more every year than the cost of a few books8 ,the immediate outlay need not be large1 the returns which you will realize will be great in proportion to your good judgment and earnestness4 ,not only will the possession of a good library add to your means of enjoyment and increase your capacity for doing good1 it may1 if you are worldly-minded1--and we all are1--put you in the way of occupying a more desirable position and earning a more satisfactory reward for your labors4 ,there are two kinds of books that you will need in your library3 first1 those which are purely professional1 and are in the strictest sense the tools of your craft2 second1 those which belong to your chosen department of literature1 and are to be regarded as your friends1 companions1 and counsellors4 ,i cannot1 of course1 dictate to you what these books shall be4 ,the lists given in the chapters which follow this are designed simply as suggestive aids4 ,but in a library of fifty or even thirty well-chosen volumes you may possess infinite riches1 and means for a lifetime of enjoyment2 while1 on the other hand1 if your selection is injudicious1 you may expend thousands of dollars for a collection of the odds and ends of literature1 which will be only an incumbrance and a hindrance to you4 8,i would urge upon every young man1 as the beginning of his due and wise provision for his household10 says ,john ,ruskin1 8to obtain as soon as he can1 by the severest economy1 a restricted1 serviceable1 and steadily--however slowly--increasing series of books for use through life2 making his little library1 of all the furniture in his room1 the most studied and decorative piece2 every volume having its assigned place1 like a little statue in its niche1 and one of the earliest and strictest lessons to the children of the house being how to turn the pages of their own literary possessions lightly and deliberately1 with no chance of tearing or dog's-ears40#ag ,and ,henry ,ward ,beecher emphasizes the same thing1 remarking that1 among the early ambitions to be excited in clerks1 workmen1 journeymen1 and indeed among all that are struggling up in life from nothing to something1 the most important is that of forming and continually adding to a library of good books4 8,a little library1 growing larger every year1 is an honorable part of a man's history4 ,it is a man's duty to have books4 ,a library is not a luxury1 but one of the necessaries of life40 8,how much do you think we spend altogether on our libraries1 public or private1 as compared with what we spend on our horses80 asks another enthusiastic lover of books1 already quoted4 8,if a man spends lavishly on his library1 you call him mad1--a bibliomaniac4 ,but you never call any one a horse-maniac1 though men ruin themselves every day by their horses1 and you do not hear of people ruining themselves by their books4444 ,we talk of food for the mind1 as of food for the body3 now1 a good book contains such food inexhaustibly2 it is a provision for life1 and for the best of us2 yet how long most people would look at the best book before they would give the price of a large turbot for it6 ,though there have been men who have pinched their stomachs and bared their backs to buy a book1 whose libraries were cheaper to them1 ,i think1 in the end than most men's dinners are4 ,we are few of us put to such trial1 and more the pity3 for1 indeed1 a precious thing is all the more precious to us if it has been won by work or economy2 and if public libraries were half as costly as public dinners1 or books cost the tenth part of what bracelets do1 even foolish men and women might sometimes suspect there was good in reading1 as well as in munching and sparkling2 whereas the very cheapness of literature is making even wise people forget that if a book is worth reading1 it is worth buying40 8,the truest owner of a library10 says the author of 8,hesperides10 8is he who has bought each book for the love he bears to it1--who is happy and content to say1 #8,here are my jewels1 my choicest material possessions6'--who is proud to crown such assertion thus3 #8,i am content that this library shall represent the use of the talents given me by ,heaven6' ,that man's library1 though not commensurate with his love for books1 will demonstrate what he has been able to accomplish with his resources2 it will denote economy of living1 eagerness to possess the particles that compose his library1 and quick watchfulness to seize them when means and opportunities serve4 ,such a man has built a temple1 of which each brick has been the subject of curious and acute intelligent examination and appreciation before it has been placed in the sacred building40 8,every man should have a library60 exclaims ,william ,axon4 8,the works of the grandest masters of literature may now be procured at prices that place them within the reach almost of the very poorest1 and we may all put ,parnassian singing-birds into our chambers to cheer us with the sweetness of their songs4 ,and when we have got our little library we may look proudly at ,shakspeare and ,bacon and ,bunyan1 as they stand in our bookcase with other noble spirits1 and one or two of whom the world knows nothing1 but whose worth we have often tested4 ,these may cheer and enlighten us1 may inspire us with higher aims and aspirations1 may make us1 if we use them rightly1 wiser and better men40#ah ,good old ,george ,dyer1 the friend of the poet ,southey1 as learned as he was benevolent1 was wont to say3 8,libraries are the wardrobes of literature1 whence men1 properly informed1 may bring forth something for ornament1 much for curiosity1 and more for use40 8,any library is an attraction10 says the venerable ,a4 ,bronson ,alcott2 and ,victor ,hugo writes-- 8,a library implies an act of faith1 ,which generations still in darkness hid ,sign in their night in witness of the dawn40 ,john ,bright1 the great ,english statesman and reformer1 in a speech at the opening of the ,birmingham ,free ,library a short time ago1 remarked3 8,you may have in a house costly pictures and costly ornaments1 and a great variety of decoration2 yet1 so far as my judgment goes1 ,i would prefer to have one comfortable room well stocked with books to all you can give me in the way of decoration which the highest art can supply4 ,the only subject of lamentation is--one feels that always1 ,i think1 in the presence of a library--that life is too short1 and ,i am afraid ,i must say also that our industry is so far deficient that we seem to have no hope of a full enjoyment of the ample repast that is spread before us4 ,in the houses of the humble a little library1 in my opinion1 is a most precious possession40 ,jean ,paul ,richter1 it is said1 was always melancholy in a large library1 because it reminded him of his ignorance4 8,a library may be regarded as the solemn chamber in which a man can take counsel of all that have been wise and great and good and glorious amongst the men that have gone before him10 said ,george ,dawson1 also at ,birmingham4 8,if we come down for a moment and look at the bare and immediate utilities of a library1 we find that here a man gets himself ready for his calling1 arms himself for his profession1 finds out the facts that are to determine his trade1 prepares himself for his examination4 ,the utilities of it are endless and priceless4 ,it is1 too1 a place of pastime2 for man has no amusement more innocent1 more sweet1 more gracious1 more elevating1 and more fortifying than he can find in a library4 ,if he be fond of books1 his fondness will discipline him as well as amuse him4444 ,a library is the strengthener of all that is great in life1 and the repeller of what is petty and mean2 and half the gossip of society would perish if the books that are truly worth reading were read4444 ,when we look through the houses of a large part of the middle classes of this country1 we find there everything but what there ought most to be4 ,there are no books in them worth talking of4 ,if a question arises of geography1 they have no atlases4 ,if the question be when a great man was born1 they cannot help you4 ,they can give you a gorgeous bed1 with four posts1 marvellous adornments1 luxurious hangings1 and lacquered shams all round2 they can give you dinners ad nauseam1 and wine that one can1 or cannot1 honestly praise4 ,but useful books are almost the last things that are to be found there2 and when the mind is empty of those things that books can alone fill it with1 then the seven devils of pettiness1 frivolity1 fashionableness1 gentility1 scandal1 small slander1 and the chronicling of small beer come in and take possession4 ,half this nonsense would be dropped if men would only understand the elevating influences of their communing constantly with the lofty thoughts and high resolves of men of old times40 ,the author of 8,dreamthorpe10 filled with love and enthusiasm1 discourses thus3 8,i go into my library1 and all history unrolls before me4 ,i breathe the morning air of the world while the scent of ,eden's roses yet lingers in it1 while it vibrates only to the world's first brood of nightingales and to the laugh of ,eve4 ,i see the pyramids building2 ,i hear the shoutings of the armies of ,alexander2 ,i feel the ground shake beneath the march of ,cambyses4 ,i sit as in a theatre1--the stage is time2 the play is the play of the world4 ,what a spectacle it is6 ,what kingly pomp1 what processions file past1 what cities burn to heaven1 what crowds of captives are dragged at the chariot wheels of conquerors6 ,i hiss1 or cry #8,bravo1' when the great actors come on1 shaking the stage4 ,i am a ,roman emperor when ,i look at a ,roman coin4 ,i lift ,homer1 and ,i shout with ,achilles in the trenches4 ,the silence of the unpeopled ,assyrian plains1 the out-comings and in-goings of the patriarchs1--,abraham and ,ishmael1 ,isaac in the fields at eventide1 ,rebekah at the well1 ,jacob's guile1 ,esau's face reddened by desert sun-heat1 ,joseph's splendid funeral procession1 --all these things ,i find within the boards of my ,old ,testament4 ,what a silence in those old books as of a half-peopled world1--what bleating of flocks1 what green pastoral rest1 what indubitable human existence6 ,across brawling centuries of blood and war1 ,i hear the bleating of ,abraham's flocks1 the tinkling of the bells of ,rebekah's camels4 ,o men and women1 so far separated yet so near1 so strange yet so well-known1 by what miraculous power do ,i know you all8 ,books are the true ,elysian fields1 where the spirits of the dead converse2 and into these fields a mortal may venture unappalled4 ,what king's court can boast such company8 ,what school of philosophy1 such wisdom8 ,the wit of the ancient world is glancing and flashing there4 ,there is ,pan's pipe1 there are the songs of ,apollo4 ,seated in my library at night1 and looking on the silent faces of my books1 ,i am occasionally visited by a strange sense of the supernatural4 ,they are not collections of printed pages1 they are ghosts4 ,i take one down1 and it speaks with me in a tongue not now heard on earth1 and of men and things of which it alone possesses knowledge4 ,i call myself a solitary1 but sometimes ,i think ,i misapply the term4 ,no man sees more company than ,i do4 ,i travel with mightier cohorts around me than did ever ,timour or ,genghis ,khan on their fiery marches4 ,i am a sovereign in my library2 but it is the dead1 not the living1 that attend my levees40 ,illustration ,illustration ,,chapter ,,iv4 ,books for every ,scholar4 ,these books of mine1 as you well know1 are not drawn up here for display1 however much the pride of the eye may be gratified in beholding them2 they are on actual service4--,,southey4 ,to assist teachers and scholars1 and those who aspire to become such1 in making judicious selection of world-famous books for their libraries1 ,i submit the following list1 which includes the greater part of all that is the very best and the most enduring in our language4 ,it is not intended to embrace professional works1 nor works suited merely for students of specialties4 ,the books named are such as will grace the library of any scholar1 no matter what his profession or his preferences2 they are books which every teacher ought to know2 they are books of which no one can ever feel ashamed4 8,the first thing naturally1 when one enters a scholar's study or library10 says ,holmes1 8is to look at his books4 ,one gets a notion very speedily of his tastes and the range of his pursuits by a glance round his book-shelves40 ,and1 take my word for it1 if you want a library of which you will be proud1 you cannot be too careful as to the character of the books you put in it4 ,,poetry4 ,chaucer's ,poetical ,works1 or1 if not the complete works1 at least the 8,canterbury ,tales40 ,in speaking of the great works in ,english ,poetry1 it is natural to mention ,chaucer first1 although1 as a general rule1 he should be one of the last read4 8,it is sufficient to say1 according to the proverb1 that here is ,god's plenty40--,,dryden4 ,spenser's ,faerie ,queene1 not to be read through1 but in selections4 8,we can scarcely comprehend how a perusal of the ,faerie ,queene can fail to insure to the true believer a succession of halcyon days40--,,hazlitt4 ,the ,works of ,william ,shakspeare4 ,the following editions of ,shakspeare have been issued within the present century3 ,the first ,variorum 7#ahac72 ,the ,variorum 7#ahba72 ,singer's 7#aj vols4 #ahbf72 ,knight's 7#h vols4 #ahda72 ,collier's 7#h vols4 #ahdd72 ,verplanck's 7#c vols4 #ahdg72 ,hudson's 7#aa vols4 #aheg72 ,dyce's 7#f vols4 #ahfg72 ,mary ,cowden ,clarke's 7#b vols4 #ahfj72 ,r4 ,g4 ,white's 7#ab vols4 #ahfb72 ,clark and ,wright's 7#i vols4 #ahff72 ,the ,leopold ,edition 7#a vol4 #ahgg72 ,the ,harvard ,edition 7#bj vols4 #ahha72 ,the ,variorum 7--vols4 #ahga--72 ,rolfe's ,school ,shakspeare 7#ahgb-ha72 ,hudson's ,school ,shakspeare4 8,above all poets1 the mysterious dual of hard sense and empyrean fancy40--,,lord ,,lytton4 ,ben ,jonson's ,dramatic and ,poetical ,works1 to be read also in selections4 8,o rare ,ben ,jonson60 ,christopher ,marlowe's ,dramatic ,works1 especially 8,tamburlaine10 8,doctor ,faustus10 and 8,the ,jew of ,malta40 8,he had in him all those brave translunary things which the first poets did have40--,,drayton4 ,beaumont and ,fletcher1 and especially 8,the ,faithful ,shepherdess10 a play 8very characteristic of ,fletcher1 being a mixture of tenderness1 purity1 indecency1 and absurdity40--,,hallam4 ,john ,webster's ,tragedies4 8,to move a horror skilfully1 to touch a soul to the quick1 to lay upon fear as much as it can bear1 to wean and weary a life till it is ready to drop1 and then step in with mortal instruments to take its last forfeit3 this only a ,webster can do40--,,charles ,,lamb4 ,george ,herbert's ,poems4 8,in ,george ,herbert there is poetry1 and enough to spare2 it is the household bread of his existence40--,g,,orge ,,macdonald4 ,milton's ,poetical ,works4 ,the 8,paradise ,lost0 was mentioned in the former list2 but you cannot well do without his shorter poems also4 8,milton almost requires a solemn service of music to be played before you enter upon him40--,,charles ,,lamb4 ,pope's ,poetical ,works4 8,come we now to ,pope1 that prince of sayers of acute and exquisite things40--,,robert ,,chambers4 ,dryden's ,poems4 8,dryden is even better than ,pope4 ,he has immense masculine energies40--,,ibid4 ,goldsmith's ,select ,poems4 8,no one like ,goldsmith knew how to be at once natural and exquisite1 innocent and wise1 a man and still a child40--,,edward ,,dowden4 ,the ,poems of ,robert ,burns4 8,burns should be my stand-by of a winter night40--,j4 ,h4 ,,morse4 ,wordsworth's ,select ,poems4 8,nearest of all modern writers to ,shakspeare and ,milton1 yet in a kind perfectly unborrowed and his own40--,,coleridge4 ,the ,poems of ,sir ,walter ,scott4 8,walter ,scott ranks in imaginative power hardly below any writer save ,homer and ,shakspeare40--,,goldwin ,,smith4 ,the ,poems of ,elizabeth ,barrett ,browning4 8,mrs4 ,browning's #8,aurora ,leigh' is1 as far as ,i know1 the greatest poem which the century has produced in any language40--,,ruskin4 ,coleridge's ,select ,poems4 8,the ,ancient ,mariner10 8,christabel10 and 8,genevieve40 8,these might be bound up in a volume of twenty pages1 but they should be bound in pure gold40--,,stopford ,,brooke4 ,the ,poems of ,john ,keats4 8,no one else in ,english poetry1 save ,shakspeare1 has in expression quite the fascinating felicity of ,keats1 his perfection of loveliness40--,,matthew ,,arnold4 ,the ,christian ,year1 by ,john ,keble4 8,i am not a churchman1--,i don't believe in planting oaks in flower-pots1--but such a poem as #8,the ,rosebud' makes one a proselyte to the culture it grows from40--,,dr4 ,,holmes4 ,tennyson's ,poems4 8,tennyson is a born poet1 that is1 a builder of airy palaces and imaginary castles2 he has chosen amongst all forms the most elegant1 ornate1 exquisite40--,m4 ,,taine4 ,longfellow's ,poetical ,works4 8,in the pure1 amiable1 home-like qualities that reach the heart and captivate the ear1 no one places ,longfellow second40--,,the ,,critic4 ,bryant's ,poetical ,works4 8,the great characteristics of ,bryant's poetry are its strong common-sense1 its absolute sanity1 and its inexhaustible imagination40--,r4 ,h4 ,,stoddard4 ,the ,poems of ,john ,g4 ,whittier4 8,the lyric poet of ,america1 his poems are in the broadest sense national40--,,anon4 ,in addition to the works named above1 there are several collections of short poems and selections of poetry invaluable to the student4 ,they are 8infinite riches in little room40 ,i name-- ,bryant's ,library of ,poetry and ,song4 ,emerson's ,parnassus4 ,ward's ,english ,poets4 ,piatt's ,american ,poetry and ,art4 ,appleton's ,library of ,british ,poetry4 ,palgrave's ,golden ,treasury4 8,a large part of what is best worth knowing in ancient literature1 and in the literature of ,france1 ,italy1 ,germany1 and ,spain10 says ,lord ,macaulay1 8has been translated into our own tongue4 ,i would not dissuade any person from studying either the ancient languages or the languages of modern ,europe2 but ,i would console those who have not time to make themselves linguists by assuring them that1 by means of their own mother tongue1 they may obtain ready access to vast intellectual treasures1 to treasures such as might have been envied by the greatest linguists of the age of ,charles the ,fifth1 to treasures surpassing those which were possessed by ,aldus1 by ,erasmus1 and by ,melanchthon40 ,i name some of the treasures which you may thus acquire-- ,homer's ,iliad4 ,of this work1 without which no scholar's library is complete1 many translations have been made4 ,the most notable are ,george ,chapman's 7#afaa71 ,pope's 7#agae71 ,tickell's 7#agae71 ,cowper's 7#agha71 ,lord ,derby's 7#ahfg71 ,bryant's 7#ahgj74 ,americans will1 of course1 prefer ,bryant's translation2 but ,derby's is more poetical1 and the greatest scholars award the palm of merit to ,chapman4 ,says ,lowell3 8,chapman has made for us the best poem that has yet been ,englished out of ,homer40 schylus4 8,prometheus ,bound0 has been rendered into ,english verse by ,elizabeth ,barrett ,browning1 8,agamemnon0 has been translated by ,dean ,milman1 and the entire seven tragedies by ,dean ,potter4 8,the #8,prometheus' is a poem of the like dignity and scope as the ,book of ,job1 or the ,norse ,edda40--,,emerson4 ,aristophanes4 ,the translation by ,john ,hookham ,frere is admirable4 8,we might apply to the pieces of ,aristophanes the motto of a pleasant and acute adventurer in ,goethe3 #8,mad1 but clever4'0--,a4 ,w4 ,,schlegel4 ,virgil's neid4 ,the best known translations of ,virgil are ,dryden's 7#afig71 ,christopher ,pitt's 7#agdj71 ,john ,conington's 7#ahgj71 ,william ,morris's 7#ahgf74 ,your choice among these will lie between the last two4 8,virgil is far below ,homer2 yet ,virgil has genius enough to be two men40--,,lord ,,lytton4 ,horace's ,odes1 ,epodes1 and ,satires4 ,there are excellent translations by ,conington1 ,lord ,lytton1 and ,t4 ,martin4 8,there is ,horace1 charming man of the world1 who will condole with you feelingly on the loss of your fortune1 444 but who will yet show you that a man may be happy with a vile modicum or parva rura40--,,ibid4 ,dante's ,divina ,commedia4 ,translated by ,longfellow4 8,the finest narrative poem of modern times40--,,macaulay4 ,goethe's ,faust4 ,translated by ,bayard ,taylor4 8,what constitutes ,goethe's glory is1 that in the nineteenth century he did produce an epic poem--,i mean a poem in which genuine gods act and speak40--,h4 ,a4 ,,taine4 ,of the best poetry written in the modern foreign tongues1 you will have no difficulty in finding excellent translations4 ,there are good ,english editions of ,dante1 ,petrarch1 ,ariosto1 and ,tasso2 of ,calderon and ,camoens2 of ,molire1 ,corneille1 ,racine1 and ,victor ,hugo2 and of ,goethe and ,schiller4 ,and to make your collection complete for all the purposes of a scholar1 you will want ,longfellow's 8,poets and ,poetry of ,europe10 containing translations of the best short poems written in the modern ,european languages4 ,of modern poetry1 ,john ,ruskin advises beginners to 8keep to ,scott1 ,wordsworth1 ,keats1 ,crabbe1 ,tennyson1 the two ,brownings1 ,lowell1 ,longfellow1 and ,coventry ,patmore1 whose #8,angel in the ,house' is a most finished piece of writing1 and the sweetest analysis we possess of quiet modern domestic feeling4444 ,cast ,coleridge at once aside as sickly and useless2 and ,shelley as shallow and verbose2 ,byron1 until your taste is fully formed1 and you are able to discern the magnificence in him from the wrong4 ,never read bad or common poetry1 nor write any poetry yourself2 there is1 perhaps1 rather too much than too little in the world already40 ,says ,frederic ,harrison3 8,i am for the school of all the great men2 and ,i am against the school of the smaller men4 ,i care for ,wordsworth as well as for ,byron1 for ,burns as well as for ,shelley1 for ,boccaccio as well as for ,milton1 for ,bunyan as well as ,rabelais1 for ,cervantes as much as for ,dante1 for ,corneille as well as for ,shakspeare1 for ,goldsmith as well as ,goethe4 ,i stand by the sentence of the world2 and ,i hold that in a matter so human and so broad as the highest poetry1 the judgment of the nations of ,europe is pretty well settled4444 ,the busy world may fairly reserve the lesser lights for the time when it knows the greatest well4444 ,nor shall we forget those wonderful idealizations of awakening thought and primitive societies1 the pictures of other races and types of life removed from our own3 all those primeval legends1 ballads1 songs1 and tales1 those proverbs1 apologues1 and maxims which have come down to us from distant ages of man's history1--the old idyls and myths of the ,hebrew race2 the tales of ,greece1 of the ,middle ,ages1 of the ,east2 the fables of the old and the new world2 the songs of the ,nibelungs2 the romances of early feudalism2 the #8,morte d',arthur'2 the #8,arabian ,nights2' the ballads of the early nations of ,europe40 ,,prose4 ,in the following list ,i shall endeavor to name only the truly great and time-abiding books1--books to be used not simply as tools1 but for the 8building up of a lofty character10 the turning of the soul inward upon itself1 concentrating its forces1 and fitting it for greater and stronger achievements4 ,they embody the best thoughts of the best thinkers2 and almost any one of them1 if properly read and 8energized upon10 will furnish food for study1 and meditation1 and mind-growth1 enough for the best of us4 ,,essays1 ,,etc4 ,the ,works of ,lord ,bacon4 7,popular edition47 8,he seemed to me ever1 by his work1 one of the greatest men1 and most worthy of admiration1 that had been in many ages40--,,ben ,,jonson4 ,religio ,medici1 by ,sir ,thomas ,browne4 8,one of the most beautiful prose poems in the language40--,,lord ,,lytton4 ,the ,anatomy of ,melancholy1 by ,robert ,burton4 ,byron says that 8if the reader has patience to go through the #8,anatomy of ,melancholy1' he will be more improved for literary conversation than by the perusal of any twenty other works with which ,i am acquainted40 ,montaigne's ,essays4 7,best edition47 8,montaigne comes in for a large share of the scholar's regard2 opened anywhere1 his page is sensible1 marrowy1 quotable40--,a4 ,,bronson ,,alcott4 ,areopagitica1 by ,john ,milton4 8,a sublime treatise1 which every statesman should wear as a sign upon his hand and as frontlets between his eyes40--,,macaulay4 ,the ,spectator4 8,the talk of ,addison and ,steele is the brightest and easiest talk that was ever put in print40--,,john ,,richard ,,green4 ,burke's ,orations and ,political ,essays4 8,in amplitude of comprehension and richness of imagination1 ,burke was superior to every orator1 ancient or modern40--,,lord ,,macaulay4 ,webster's ,best ,speeches4 8,but after all is said1 we come back to the simple statement that he was a very great man2 intellectually1 one of the greatest men of his age40--,,henry ,,cabot ,,lodge4 ,the ,orations of ,demosthenes4 ,a good translation is that of ,kennedy in ,bohn's ,classical ,library4 ,cicero's ,orations2 also ,cicero's ,offices1 ,old ,age1 ,friendship1 etc4 ,plutarch's ,lives4 ,arthur ,hugh ,clough's revision of ,dryden's ,plutarch4 8,without ,plutarch1 no library were complete40--,a4 ,,bronson ,,alcott4 ,the ,six ,chief ,lives from ,johnson's ,lives of the ,poets1 edited by ,matthew ,arnold4 ,boswell's ,life of ,samuel ,johnson4 8,scarcely since the days of ,homer has the feat been equalled2 indeed1 in many senses1 this also is a kind of heroic poem40--,,carlyle4 ,charles ,lamb's ,essays4 8,people never weary of reading ,charles ,lamb40--,,alexander ,,smith4 ,carlyle's ,works4 8,no man of his generation has done as much to stimulate thought40--,,alfred ,,guernsey4 ,macaulay's ,essays4 8,i confess to a fondness for books of this kind40--,h4 ,a4 ,,taine4 ,froude's ,short ,studies on ,great ,subjects4 8,models of style and clear-cut thought40--,,anon4 ,the ,works of ,washington ,irving4 8,in the department of pure literature the earliest classic writer of ,america40 ,the ,autocrat of the ,breakfast-,table1 by ,oliver ,wendell ,holmes4 8,something more than an essayist2 he is contemplative1 discursive1 poetical1 thoughtful1 philosophical1 amusing1 imaginative1 tender--never didactic40--,,mackenzie4 ,emerson's ,essays4 8,a diction at once so rich and so homely as his1 ,i know not where to match in these days of writing by the page2 it is like home-spun cloth-of-gold40--,j4 ,r4 ,,lowell4 ,,fiction4 ,the novel1 in its best form1 ,i regard as one of the most powerful engines of civilization ever invented4 ,,sir ,,john ,,herschel4 ,novels are sweets4 ,all people with healthy literary appetites love them1--almost all women2 a vast number of clever1 hard-headed men1 judges1 bishops1 chancellors1 mathematicians1 are notorious novel-readers1 as well as young boys and sweet girls1 and their kind1 tender mothers4 ,w4 ,m4 ,,thackeray4 ,robinson ,crusoe1 by ,daniel ,defoe4 8#8,robinson ,crusoe' contains 7not for boys1 but for men7 more religion1 more philosophy1 more psychology1 more political economy1 more anthropology1 than are found in many elaborate treatises on these special subjects40--,f4 ,,harrison4 ,don ,quixote de la ,mancha1 by ,cervantes4 8,the work of ,cervantes is the greatest in the world after ,homer's ,iliad1 speaking of it1 ,i mean1 as a work of entertainment40--,,dr4 ,,johnson4 ,gulliver's ,travels1 by ,dean ,swift4 8,not so indispensable1 but yet the having him is much to be rejoiced in40--,r4 ,,chambers4 ,the ,vicar of ,wakefield1 by ,goldsmith4 8,the blotting out of the #8,vicar of ,wakefield1' from most minds1 would be more grievous than to know that the island of ,borneo had sunk in the sea40--,,ibid4 ,the ,waverley ,novels4 ,if not all1 at least the following3 ,ivanhoe2 ,the ,talisman2 ,kenilworth2 ,the ,monastery2 ,the ,abbot2 ,old ,mortality2 ,the ,antiquary2 ,guy ,mannering2 ,the ,bride of ,lammermoor2 ,the ,heart of ,midlothian4 ,cooper's ,leather-,stocking ,tales4 ,dickens's ,novels4 ,not all1 but the following3 ,david ,copperfield2 ,dombey and ,son2 ,nicholas ,nickleby2 ,old ,curiosity ,shop2 ,oliver ,twist2 and ,the ,pickwick ,papers4 ,thackeray's ,novels4 ,vanity ,fair2 ,pendennis2 ,the ,newcomes2 ,the ,virginians2 ,henry ,esmond4 ,george ,eliot's ,novels4 ,adam ,bede2 ,the ,mill on the ,floss2 ,romola2 ,middlemarch2 ,daniel ,deronda4 ,corinne1 by ,madame de ,stal4 ,telemachus1 by ,fnelon4 7,hawkesworth's translation47 ,tom ,jones1 by ,fielding4 8,we read his books as we drink a pure1 wholesome1 and rough wine1 which cheers and fortifies us1 and which wants nothing but bouquet40--,h4 ,a4 ,,taine4 ,wilhelm ,meister's ,apprenticeship1 by ,goethe4 7,carlyle's translation47 ,nathaniel ,hawthorne's ,novels4 ,the ,scarlet ,letter2 ,the ,marble ,faun2 ,the ,blithedale ,romance2 ,the ,house of ,seven ,gables4 ,les ,misrables1 by ,victor ,hugo4 ,hypatia and ,alton ,locke1 by ,charles ,kingsley4 ,uncle ,tom's ,cabin1 by ,mrs4 ,stowe4 8,we have seen an ,american woman write a novel of which a million copies were sold in all languages1 and which had one merit1 of speaking to the universal heart1 and was read with equal interest to three audiences1 namely1 in the parlor1 in the kitchen1 and in the nursery of every house40--,,emerson4 ,innocents ,abroad1 by ,mark ,twain4 ,bulwer-,lytton's ,novels4 ,the ,caxtons2 ,my ,novel2 ,zanoni2 ,the ,last of the ,barons2 ,harold2 ,the ,last ,days of ,pompeii4 ,jane ,eyre1 by ,charlotte ,bront4 ,john ,halifax1 ,gentleman1 by ,mrs4 ,craik4 ,this list might be readily extended2 but ,i forbear1 resolved rather to omit some meritorious works than to include any that are unworthy of the best companionship4 ,i close this chapter with ,leigh ,hunt's pleasant word-picture descriptive of his own library3 8,sitting last winter among my books1 and walled round with all the comfort and protection which they and my fireside could afford me1--to wit1 a table of high-piled books at my back1 my writing-desk on one side of me1 some shelves on the other1 and the feeling of the warm fire at my feet1--,i began to consider how ,i loved the authors of those books2 how ,i loved them too1 not only for the imaginative pleasures they afforded me1 but for their making me love the very books themselves1 and delight to be in contact with them4 ,i looked sideways at my ,spenser1 my ,theocritus1 and my ,arabian ,nights2 then above them at my ,italian ,poets2 then behind me at my ,dryden and ,pope1 my ,romances1 and my ,boccaccio2 then on my left side at my ,chaucer1 who lay on my writing-desk2 and thought how natural it was in ,charles ,lamb to give a kiss to an old folio1 as ,i once saw him do to ,chapman's ,homer4444 ,i entrench myself in my books1 equally against sorrow and the weather4 ,if the wind comes through a passage1 ,i look about to see how ,i can fence it off by a better disposition of my movables2 if a melancholy thought is importunate1 ,i give another glance at my ,spenser4 ,when ,i speak of being in contact with my books1 ,i mean it literally4 ,i like to be able to lean my head against them4444 ,the very perusal of the backs is a #8discipline of humanity4' ,there ,mr4 ,southey takes his place again with an old ,radical friend2 there ,jeremy ,collier is at peace with ,dryden2 there the lion1 ,martin ,luther1 lies down with the ,quaker lamb1 ,sewell2 there ,guzman d',alfarache thinks himself fit company for ,sir ,charles ,grandison1 and has his claims admitted4444 ,nothing1 while ,i live and think1 can deprive me of my value for such treasures4 ,i can help the appreciation of them while ,i last1 and love them till ,i die2 and perhaps ,i may chance1 some quiet day1 to lay my over-beating temples on a book1 and so have the death ,i most envy40 ,illustration ,,chapter ,v4 ,what ,books ,shall ,young ,folks ,read8 ,the greatest problem presented to the consideration of parents and teachers now-a-days is how properly to regulate and direct the reading of the children4 ,there is no scarcity of reading-matter4 ,the poorest child may have free access to books and papers1 more than he can read4 ,the publication of periodicals and cheap books especially designed to meet the tastes of young people has developed into an enterprise of vast proportions4 ,every day1 millions of pages of reading matter designed for children are printed and scattered broadcast over the land4 ,but unlimited opportunities often prove to be a damage and a detriment2 and over-abundance1 rather than scarcity1 is to be deplored4 ,as a general rule1 the books read by young people are not such as lead to studious habits1 or induce correct ideas of right living4 ,they are intended simply to amuse2 there are no elements of strength in them1 leading up to a noble manhood4 ,i doubt if in the future it can be said of any great statesman or scholar that his tastes had been formed1 and his energies directed and sustained1 through the influence of his early reading2 but rather that he had attained success1 and whatever of true nobility there is in him1 in spite of such influence4 ,this was not always so4 ,the experience of a few well-known scholars will illustrate4 8,from my infancy10 says ,benjamin ,franklin1 8,i was passionately fond of reading1 and all the money that came into my hands was laid out in the purchasing of books4 ,i was very fond of voyages4 ,my first acquisition was ,bunyan's works in separate little volumes4 ,i afterwards sold them to enable me to buy ,r4 ,burton's ,historical ,collections4 ,they were small chapmen's books1 and cheap2 forty volumes in all4 ,my father's little library consisted chiefly of books in polemic divinity1 most of which ,i read4 ,i have often regretted that at a time when ,i had such a thirst for knowledge more proper books had not fallen in my way1 since it was resolved ,i should not be bred to divinity4 ,there was among them ,plutarch's ,lives1 which ,i read abundantly1 and ,i still think the time spent to great advantage4 ,there was also a book of ,defoe's called #8,an ,essay on ,projects1' and another of ,dr4 ,mather's1 called #8,an ,essay to ,do ,good1' which perhaps gave me a turn of thinking that had an influence on some of the principal future events of my life4 ,this bookish inclination at length determined my father to make me a printer4444 ,i stood out some time1 but at last was persuaded1 and signed the indenture when ,i was yet but twelve years old4444 ,i now had access to better books4 ,an acquaintance with the apprentices of booksellers enabled me sometimes to borrow a small one1 which ,i was careful to return soon1 and clean4 ,often ,i sat up in my chamber the greatest part of the night1 when the book was borrowed in the evening and to be returned in the morning1 lest it should be found missing4444 ,about this time ,i met with an odd volume of the #8,spectator4' ,i had never before seen any of them4 ,i bought it1 read it over and over1 and was much delighted with it4 ,i thought the writing excellent1 and wished if possible to imitate it4 ,with that view ,i took some of the papers1 and1 making short hints of the sentiments in each sentence1 laid them by a few days1 and then1 without looking at the book1 tried to complete the papers again1 by expressing each hinted sentiment at length1 and as fully as it had been expressed before1 in any suitable words that should occur to me4 ,then ,i compared my #8,spectator' with the original1 discovered some of my faults1 and corrected them4444 8,now it was1 that1 being on some occasions made ashamed of my ignorance in figures1 which ,i had twice failed learning when at school1 ,i took ,cocker's book on ,arithmetic1 and went through the whole by myself with the greatest ease4 ,i also read ,seller's and ,sturny's book on ,navigation1 which made me acquainted with the little geometry it contains2 but ,i never proceeded far in that science4 ,i read about this time #8,locke on the ,human ,understanding1' and the #8,art of ,thinking1' by ,messrs4 de ,port ,royal4 8,while ,i was intent on improving my language1 ,i met with an ,english ,grammar 7,i think it was ,greenwood's71 having at the end of it two little sketches on the #8,arts of ,rhetoric and ,logic1' the latter finishing with a dispute in the ,socratic method4 ,and soon after1 ,i procured ,xenophon's #8,memorable ,things of ,socrates1' wherein there are many examples of the same method4 ,i was charmed with it1 adopted it1 dropped my abrupt contradiction and positive argumentation1 and put on the humble inquirer40#ai ,hugh ,miller1 that most admirable ,scotchman and self-made man1 relates a similar experience3 8,during my sixth year ,i spelled my way through the ,shorter ,catechism1 the ,proverbs1 and the ,new ,testament1 and then entered upon the highest form in the dame's school as a member of the ,bible class4 ,but all the while the process of learning had been a dark one1 which ,i slowly mastered1 in humble confidence in the awful wisdom of the schoolmistress1 not knowing whither it tended2 when at once my mind awoke to the meaning of the most delightful of all narratives1--the story of ,joseph4 ,was there ever such a discovery made before6 ,i actually found out for myself that the art of reading is the art of finding stories in books2 and from that moment reading became one of the most delightful of my amusements4 ,i began by getting into a corner on the dismissal of the school1 and there conning over to myself the new-found story of ,joseph2 nor did one perusal serve2--the other ,scripture stories followed1--in especial1 the story of ,samson and the ,philistines1 of ,david and ,goliath1 of the prophets ,elijah and ,elisha2 and after these came the ,new ,testament stories and parables4 ,assisted by my uncles1 too1 ,i began to collect a library in a box of birch bark about nine inches square1 which ,i found quite large enough to contain a great many immortal works3 ,jack the ,giant-,killer1 and ,jack and the ,bean-,stalk1 and the ,yellow ,dwarf1 and ,blue ,beard1 and ,sinbad the ,sailor1 and ,beauty and the ,beast1 and ,aladdin and the ,wonderful ,lamp1 with several others of resembling character4 ,those intolerable nuisances1 the useful-knowledge books1 had not yet arisen1 like tenebrious stars on the educational horizon1 to darken the world1 and shed their blighting influence on the opening intellect of the #8youthhood2' and so1 from my rudimental books--books that made themselves truly such by their thorough assimilation with the rudimental mind--,i passed on1 without being conscious of break or line of division1 to books on which the learned are content to write commentaries and dissertations1 but which ,i found to be quite as nice children's books as any of the others4 ,old ,homer wrote admirably for little folk1 especially in the ,odyssey2 a copy of which1 in the only true translation extant1--for1 judging from its surpassing interest1 and the wrath of critics1 such ,i hold that of ,pope to be1--,i found in the house of a neighbor4 ,next came the ,iliad2 not1 however1 in a complete copy1 but represented by four of the six volumes of ,bernard ,lintot4 ,with what power and at how early an age true genius impresses6 ,i saw1 even at this immature period1 that no other writer could cast a javelin with half the force of ,homer4 ,the missiles went whizzing athwart his pages2 and ,i could see the momentary gleam of the steel1 ere it buried itself deep in brass and bull-hide4 ,i next succeeded in discovering for myself a child's book1 of not less interest than even the ,iliad1 which might1 ,i was told1 be read on ,sabbaths1 in a magnificent old edition of the #8,pilgrim's ,progress1' printed on coarse whity-brown paper1 and charged with numerous wood-cuts1 each of which occupied an entire page1 which1 on principles of economy1 bore letter-press on the other side4444 8,in process of time1 ,i devoured1 besides these genial works1 ,robinson ,crusoe1 ,gulliver's ,travels1 ,ambrose on ,angels1 the #8judgment chapter' in ,howie's ,scotch ,worthies1 ,byron's ,narrative1 and the ,adventures of ,philip ,quarll1 with a good many other adventures and voyages1 real and fictitious1 part of a very miscellaneous collection of books made by my father4 ,it was a melancholy library to which ,i had fallen heir4 ,most of the missing volumes had been with the master aboard his vessel when he perished4 ,of an early edition of ,cook's ,voyages1 all the volumes were now absent1 save the first2 and a very tantalizing romance1 in four volumes1--,mrs4 ,radcliffe's #8,mysteries of ,udolpho1'--was represented by only the earlier two4 ,small as the collection was1 it contained some rare books1--among the rest1 a curious little volume entitled #8,the ,miracles of ,nature and ,art1' to which we find ,dr4 ,johnson referring1 in one of the dialogues chronicled by ,boswell1 as scarce even in his day1 and which had been published1 he said1 some time in the seventeenth century by a bookseller whose shop hung perched on ,old ,london ,bridge1 between sky and water4 ,it contained1 too1 the only copy ,i ever saw of the #8,memoirs of a ,protestant condemned to the ,galleys of ,france for his ,religion1'--a work interesting from the circumstance that1 though it bore another name on its titlepage1 it had been translated from the ,french for a few guineas by poor ,goldsmith1 in his days of obscure literary drudgery1 and exhibited the peculiar excellences of his style4 ,the collection boasted1 besides1 of a curious old book1 illustrated by very uncouth plates1 that detailed the perils and sufferings of an ,english sailor who had spent the best years of his life as a slave in ,morocco4 ,it had its volumes of sound theology1 too1 and of stiff controversy1--,flavel's ,works1 and ,henry's ,commentary1 and ,hutchinson on the ,lesser ,prophets1 and a very old treatise on the ,revelations1 with the titlepage away1 and blind ,jameson's volume on the ,hierarchy1 with first editions of ,naphtali1 ,the ,cloud of ,witnesses1 and the ,hind ,let ,loose4444 ,of the works of fact and incident which it contained1 those of the voyages were my special favorites4 ,i perused with avidity the ,voyages of ,anson1 ,drake1 ,raleigh1 ,dampier1 and ,captain ,woods ,rogers2 and my mind became so filled with conceptions of what was to be seen and done in foreign parts1 that ,i wished myself big enough to be a sailor1 that ,i might go and see coral islands and burning mountains1 and hunt wild beasts1 and fight battles40#bj ,william and ,robert ,chambers1 the founders of the great publishing-house of ,w4 ,r4 ,chambers1 ,edinburgh1 were self-educated men4 8,at little above fourteen years of age10 writes ,william1 8,i was thrown on my own resources4 ,from necessity1 not less than from choice1 ,i resolved at all hazards to make the weekly four shillings serve for everything4 ,i cannot remember entertaining the slightest despondency on the subject4444 ,i made such attempts as were at all practicable1 while an apprentice1 to remedy the defects of my education at school4 ,nothing in that way could be done in the shop1 for there reading was proscribed4 ,but1 allowed to take home a book for study1 ,i gladly availed myself of the privilege4 ,the mornings in summer1 when light cost nothing1 were my chief reliance4 ,fatigued with trudging about1 ,i was not naturally inclined to rise2 but on this and some other points ,i overruled the will1 and forced myself to rise at five o'clock1 and have a spell at reading until it was time to think of moving off1--my brother1 when he was with me1 doing the same4 ,in this way ,i made some progress in ,french1 with the pronunciation of which ,i was already familiar from the speech of the ,french prisoners of war at ,peebles4 ,i likewise dipped into several books of solid worth1--such as ,smith's #8,wealth of ,nations1' ,locke's #8,human ,understanding1' ,paley's #8,moral ,philosophy1' and ,blair's #8,belles-,lettres1'--fixing the leading facts and theories in my memory by a note-book for the purpose4 ,in another book ,i kept for years an accurate account of my expenses1 not allowing a single halfpenny to escape record40 ,and ,robert1 the younger brother1 confirms the story1 with even more accurate attention to details4 8,my brother ,william and ,i10 he says1 8lived in lodgings together4 ,our room and bed cost three shillings a week4444 ,i used to be in great distress for want of fire4 ,i could not afford either that or a candle myself2 so ,i have often sat by my landlady's kitchen fire1--if fire it could be called1 which was only a little heap of embers1--reading ,horace and conning my dictionary by a light which required me to hold the books almost close to the grate4 ,what a miserable winter that was6 ,yet ,i cannot help feeling proud of my trials at that time4 ,my brother and ,i--he then between fifteen and sixteen1 ,i between thirteen and fourteen--had made a resolution together that we would exercise the last degree of self-denial4 ,my brother actually saved money out of his income4 ,i remember seeing him take five-and-twenty shillings out of a closed box which he kept to receive his savings2 and that was the spare money of only a twelvemonth40#ba ,rev4 ,robert ,collyer1 whose name is known and honored by every ,american scholar1 says3 8,do you want to know how ,i manage to talk to you in this simple ,saxon8 ,i will tell you4 ,i read ,bunyan1 ,crusoe1 and ,goldsmith when ,i was a boy1 morning1 noon1 and night4 ,all the rest was task work2 these were my delight1 with the stories in the ,bible1 and with ,shakspeare when at last the mighty master came within our doors4444 ,i took to these as ,i took to milk1 and1 without the least idea what ,i was doing1 got the taste for simple words into the very fibre of my nature4 ,there was day-school for me until ,i was thirteen years old1 and then ,i had to turn in and work thirteen hours a day4444 ,i could not go home for the ,christmas of #ahci1 and was feeling very sad about it all1 for ,i was only a boy2 and1 sitting by the fire1 an old farmer came in and said1 #8,i notice thou's fond o' reading1 so ,i brought thee summat to read4' ,it was ,irving's #8,sketch ,book4' ,i had never heard of the work4 ,i went at it1 and was #8as them that dream4' ,no such delight had touched me since the old days of ,crusoe4 ,i saw the ,hudson and the ,catskills1 took poor ,rip at once into my heart1 as everybody has1 pitied ,ichabod while ,i laughed at him1 thought the old ,dutch feast a most admirable thing2 and long before ,i was through1 all regret at my lost ,christmas had gone down the wind1 and ,i had found out there are books and books4 ,that vast hunger to read never left me4 ,if there was no candle1 ,i poked my head down to the fire2 read while ,i was eating1 blowing the bellows1 or walking from one place to another4 ,i could read and walk four miles an hour4 ,i remember while ,i was yet a lad reading ,macaulay's great essay on ,bacon1 and ,i could grasp its wonderful beauty4444 ,now1 give a boy a passion like this for anything1 books or business1 painting or farming1 mechanism or music1 and you give him thereby a lever to lift his world1 and a patent of nobility1 if the thing he does is noble40 ,it may be questioned whether1 in these days of opportunities1 it would be possible to find boys of thirteen and sixteen who would be able to read understandingly1 much less appreciate and enjoy1 those masterpieces of ,english literature so eagerly studied by ,franklin and ,hugh ,miller and the ,chambers brothers4 ,their mental appetites have been treated to a different kind of diet4 ,if their minds have not been dwarfed and stunted by indulgence in what has been aptly termed 8pen-poison10 their tastes have been perverted and the growth of their reasoning powers checked by being fed upon the milk-and-water stuff recommended as harmless literature4 ,they are inveterate devourers of stories1 and novels1 and the worthless material which is recommended as good reading1 but which1 in reality1 is nothing but a 8discipline of debasement40 ,better that children should not read at all1 than read much of that which passes current now-a-days for entertaining reading4 ,all children like to read stories4 ,the love of 8the story10 in some form or other1 is indeed a characteristic of the human mind1 and exists everywhere1 in all conditions of life4 ,but stories are the sweets of our mental existence1 and only a few of the best and greatest have in them the elements which will lead to a strong and vigorous mind-growth4 ,constant feeding upon light literature--however good that literature may be in itself--will debilitate and corrupt the mental appetite of the child1 much the same as an unrestrained indulgence in jam and preserves will undermine and destroy his physical health4 ,in either case1 if no result more serious occurs1 the worst forms of dyspepsia will follow4 ,literary dyspepsia is the most common form of mental disease among us1 and there is no knowing what may be the extent of its influence upon ,american civilization4 ,fifty per cent of the readers who patronize our great public libraries have weak literary stomachs2 they cannot digest anything stronger than that insipid solution1 the last society novel1 or anything purer than the muddy decoctions poured out by the periodical press4 ,when1 of all the reading done in a public library1 eighty per cent is of books in the different departments of fiction1 ,i doubt whether1 after all1 that library is a public benefit4 ,yet this is but the natural result of the loose habits of reading which we encourage among our children1 and cultivate in ourselves1--the habit of reading anything that comes to hand1 provided only that it is entertaining4 ,how then shall we so order the child's reading as to avoid the formation of desultory and aimless habits8 ,naturally1 the earliest reading is the story1--simple1 short1 straightforward recitals of matters of daily occurrence1 of the doings of children and their parents1 their friends or their pets4 8,the ,nursery10 a little magazine published in ,boston1 contains an excellent variety of such stories4 ,now and then we may pick up a good book1 too1 for this class of readers2 but there are many worthless books here1 as elsewhere1 and careful parents will look well into that which they buy4 ,the illuminated covers are often the only recommendation of books of this kind4 ,numbers of them are made only for the holiday trade2 the illustrations of many are from second-hand cuts2 and the text is frequently written to fit the illustrations4 ,a pure1 fresh book for a little child is a treasure to be sought for and appreciated4 ,very early in child-life comes the period of a belief in fairies2 and the reading of fairy-stories is1 to children1 a very proper1 nay1 a very necessary thing4 ,i pity the boy or girl who must grow up without having made intimate acquaintance with 8,mother ,goose10 and the wonderful stories of 8,jack the ,giant-,killer10 and 8,blue ,beard10 and 8,cinderella10 and those other strange tales as old as the race itself1 and yet new to every succeeding generation4 ,they are a part of the inheritance of the ,english-speaking people1 and belong1 as a kind of birthright1 to every intelligent child4 ,as your little reader advances in knowledge and reading-ability1 he should be treated to stronger food4 ,grimm's 8,household ,stories0 and the delightful 8,wonder ,stories0 of ,hans ,christian ,andersen1 should form a part of the library of every child as he passes through the 8fairy-story period0 of his life2 nor can we well omit to give him ,charles ,kingsley's 8,water ,babies10 and 8,alice's ,adventures in ,wonderland40 ,and now1 or later1 as circumstances shall dictate1 we may introduce him to that prince of all wonder-books1 8,the ,arabian ,nights' ,entertainment10 in an edition carefully adapted to children's reading4 ,the tales related in this book 8are not ours by birth1 but they have nevertheless taken their place amongst the similar things of our own which constitute the national literary inheritance4 ,altogether1 it is a glorious book1 and one to which we cannot well show enough of respect40 ,and while your reader lingers in the great world of poetic fancy and child-wonder1 let him revel for a while in those enchanting idyls and myths which delighted mankind when the race was young and this earth was indeed a wonder-world4 ,these he may find1 apparelled in a dress adapted to our modern notions of propriety1 in ,hawthorne's 8,wonder ,book0 and 8,tanglewood ,tales10 in ,kingsley's 8,greek ,heroes10 and1 in a more prosaic form1 in ,cox's 8,tales of ,ancient ,greece20 and in 8,the ,story of ,siegfried10 and1 later1 in ,morris's 8,sigurd the ,volsung10 he may read the no less charming myths of our own northern ancestors1 and the world-famous legend of the ,nibelungen heroes4 ,then1 by a natural transition1 you advance into the border-land which lies between the world of pure fancy and the domains of sober-hued reality4 ,you introduce your reader to some wholesome adaptations of those ,medival ,romances1 which1 with their one grain of fact to a thousand of fable1 gave such noble delight to lords and ladies in the days of chivalry4 ,these you will find in ,sidney ,lanier's 8,boy's ,king ,arthur0 and 8,boy's ,mabinogion20 in 8,the ,story of ,roland10 by the author of the present volume2 and in ,bulfinch's 8,legends of ,charlemagne0 and 8,the ,age of ,chivalry40 ,do you understand now to what point you have led your young reader8 ,you have simply followed the order of nature and of human development1 and you have gradually--almost imperceptibly even to yourself--brought him out of the world of child-wonder and fairy-land1 through the middle ground of chivalric romance1 to the very borders of the domains of history4 ,he is ready and eager to enter into the realms of sober-hued truth2 but ,i would not advise undue haste in this matter4 ,the medival romances have inspired him with a desire to know more of those days when knights-errant rode over sea and land to do battle in the name of ,god and for the honor of their king1 the ,church1 and the ladies2 he wants to know something more nearly the truth than that which the minstrels and story-tellers of the ,middle ,ages can tell him4 ,and yet he is not prepared for a sudden transition from romance to history4 ,let him read 8,ivanhoe20 then give him ,howard ,pyle's 8,story of ,robin ,hood0 and ,lanier's 8,boy's ,percy20 and if you care to allow him so much more fiction1 let him read ,madame ,colomb's 8,franchise0 as translated and adapted by ,davenport ,adams in his 8,page1 ,squire1 and ,knight40 ,can you withhold history longer from your reader8 ,i think not4 ,he will demand some authentic knowledge of ,richard the ,lion-hearted1 and of ,king ,john1 and of the ,saxons and ,normans1 and of the ,crusades1 and of the ,saracens1 and of ,charlemagne and his peers4 ,lose not your opportunity1 but pass over with your pupil into the promised land4 ,the transition is easy1--imperceptible1 in fact1--and1 leaving fiction and 8the story0 behind you1 you enter the fields of truth and history4 ,as for books1 it is difficult now to advise2 but there are ,abbott's little histories1--give him the 8,history of ,richard ,i40 to begin with1 then get the whole set for him4 ,yonge's 8,young ,folks' ,history of ,england10 or ,dickens's 8,child's ,history0 will also be in demand4 ,the way is easy now1 the road is open1 you need no further guidance--only1 keep straight ahead4 ,there are other books1 of course1 which the young reader will find in his way1 and which it is altogether proper and necessary that he should read4 ,for instance1 there is 8,robinson ,crusoe10 without a knowledge of which the boy loses one of his dearest enjoyments4 8,how youth passed long ago1 when there was no ,crusoe to waft it away in fancy to the ,pacific and fix it upon the lonely doings of the shipwrecked mariner1 is inconceivable2 but we can readily suppose that it must have been different10 says ,robert ,chambers4 ,and no substitute for the original ,robinson will answer4 ,not one of the ten thousand tales of adventure recently published for boys will fill the niche which this book fills1 or atone in the least for any neglect of its merits4 8,the ,swiss ,family ,robinson0 approaches nearest in excellence to ,defoe's immortal creation1 and may very profitably form a part of every boy's or girl's library4 ,then1 among the really unexceptionable books1 of the healthful1 hopeful1 truthful sort1 ,i may name 8,tom ,brown's ,school ,days at ,rugby10 ,lamb's 8,tales from ,shakspeare10 ,mitchell's 8,about ,old ,story-,tellers20 the inimitable 8,bodley ,books10 ,bayard ,taylor's 8,boys of ,other ,countries10 ,abbott's 8,franconia ,stories10 and a few others in the line of ,history or ,travels1 to be mentioned in future chapters4 ,these ,i believe to be1 in every sense1 proper1 wholesome books1 free from all kinds of mannerisms1 free from improper language1 free from sickly sentiment and 8gush20 and these1 if not the most instructive books1 are the sort of books which the child or youth should read as a kind of relish or supplement to the more methodical course of reading which ,i have elsewhere indicated4 ,in this careful direction of the child's reading1 and in the cultivation of his literary taste1 if you have succeeded in bringing him to the point which we have indicated1 you have done much towards forming his character for life4 ,there is little danger that bad books will ever possess any attractions for him2 he will henceforth be apt to go right of his own accord1 preferring the wholesome and the true to any of the flashy allurements of the 8literary slums and grog-shops10 which so abound and flourish in these days4 ,but perhaps the fundamental error in determining what books children shall read lies in the very popular notion that to read much1 and to derive pleasure and profit from our reading1 many books are necessary4 ,and the greatest obstacle in the way of forming and directing a proper taste for good reading is to be found1 not in the scarcity1 but in the superabundance of reading matter4 ,the great flood of periodical literature for young people is the worst hindrance to the formation of right habits in reading4 ,some of these periodicals are simply unadulterated 8pen poison10 designed not only to enrich their projectors1 but to deprave the minds of those who read4 ,others are published1 doubtless1 from pure motives and with the best intentions2 but1 being managed by inexperienced or incapable editors1 they are1 at the best1 but thin dilutions of milk-and-water literature1 leading to mental imbecility and starvation4 ,the periodicals fit to be placed in the hands of reading children may be numbered on half your fingers2 and even these should not be read without due discrimination4 ,too great a variety of books or papers placed at the disposal of inexperienced readers offers a premium to desultoriness1 and fosters and encourages the habit of devouring every species of literary food that comes to hand4 ,hence we should beware not only of the bad1 but of too great plenty of the good4 8,the benefit of a right good book10 says ,mr4 ,hudson1 8all depends upon this1 that its virtue just soak into the mind1 and there become a living1 generative force4 ,to be running and rambling over a great many books1 tasting a little here1 a little there1 and tying up with none1 is good for nothing2 nay1 worse than nothing4 ,such a process of unceasing change is also a discipline of perpetual emptiness4 ,the right method in the culture of the mind is to take a few choice books1 and weave about them #8,the fixed delights of house and home1 ,friendship that will not break1 and love that cannot roam4'0 ,illustration ,,chapter ,,vi4 ,hints on the ,formation of ,school ,libraries4 ,what sort of reading are our schools planting an appetite for8 ,are they really doing anything to instruct and form the mental taste1 so that the pupils on leaving them may be safely left to choose their reading for themselves8 ,it is clear in evidence that they are far from educating the young to take pleasure in what is intellectually noble and sweet4 ,the statistics of our public libraries show that some cause is working mightily to prepare them only for delight in what is both morally and intellectually mean and foul4 ,it would not indeed be fair to charge our public schools with positively giving this preparation2 but it is their business to forestall and prevent such a result4 ,if1 along with the faculty of reading1 they cannot also impart some safeguards of taste and habit against such a result1 will the system prove a success8--,,henry ,n4 ,,hudson4 ,much is being said1 now-a-days1 about the utility of school libraries2 and in some instances much ill-directed1 if not entirely misdirected1 labor is being expended in their formation4 ,public libraries are not necessarily public benefits2 and school libraries1 unless carefully selected and judiciously managed1 will not prove to be unmixed blessings4 ,there are several questions which teachers and school officers should seriously consider before setting themselves to the task of establishing a library2 and no teacher who is not himself a knower of books1 and a reader1 should presume to regulate and direct the reading of others4 ,what are the objects of a school library8 ,they are twofold3 ,first1 to aid in cultivating a taste for good reading2 second1 to supply materials for supplementary study and independent research4 ,now1 neither of these objects can be attained unless your library is composed of books selected especially with reference to the capabilities and needs of your pupils4 ,dealing1 as you do1 with pupils of various degrees of intellectual strength1 warped by every variety of moral influence and home training1 the cultivation of a taste for good reading among them is no small matter4 ,to do this1 your library must contain none but truly good books4 ,it is a great mistake to suppose that every collection of books placed in a schoolhouse is a library2 and yet that is the name which is applied to many very inferior collections4 ,it is no uncommon thing to find these so-called libraries composed altogether of the odds and ends of literature1--of donations1 entirely worthless to their donors2 of second-hand school-books2 of ,patent ,office ,reports and other public documents2 and of the dilapidated remains of some older and equally worthless collection of books3 and with these you talk about cultivating a taste for good reading6 ,one really good book1 a single copy of 8,st4 ,nicholas10 is worth more than all this trash4 ,get it out of sight at once6 ,the value of a library--no matter for what purpose it has been founded--depends not upon the number of its books1 but upon their character4 ,and so the first rule to be observed in the formation of a school library is1 ,buy it at first hand1 even though you should begin with a single volume1 and shun all kinds of donations1 unless they be donations of cash1 or books of unquestionable value4 ,in selecting books for purchase1 you will have an eye singly to the wants of the students who are to use them4 ,a school library should be in no sense a public circulating library4 ,you cannot cater to the literary tastes of the public1 and at the same time serve the best interests of your pupils4 ,books relating to history1 to biography1 and to travel will form a very large portion of your library4 ,these should be chosen with reference to the age and mental capacity of those who are to read them4 ,no book should be bought merely because it is a good book1 but because we know that it can be made useful in the attainment of certain desired ends4 ,the courses of reading indicated in the following chapters of this work1 it is hoped1 will assist you largely in making a wise selection as well as in directing to a judicious use of books4 ,for the selection of a book is only half of your duty3 the profitable use of it is the other half2 and this lesson should be early taught to your pupils4 ,if1 through means of your school library or otherwise1 you succeed in enlisting the interest of a young person in profitable methodical reading1 you have accomplished a great deal towards the forwarding of his education and the formation of his character4 ,it is a great mistake to suppose that a boy of twelve cannot pursue a course of reading in ,english history2 if properly directed and encouraged1 he will enjoy it far better than the perusal of the milk-and-water story-books which1 under the guise of 8harmless juvenile literature10 have been placed in his hands by well-meaning teachers or parents4 ,in a former chapter ,i have shown you how1 with a library of only fifty volumes1 you may have in your possession the very best of all that the world's master-minds have ever written1--food1 as ,i have said1 for study1 and meditation1 and mind growth enough for a lifetime4 ,such a library is worth more than ten thousand volumes of the ordinary 8popular0 kind of books4 ,so1 also1 the reading of a very few books1 carefully and methodically1 by your pupils--the constant presence of the very best books in our language1 and the exclusion of the trashy and the vile--will give them more real enjoyment and infinitely greater profit than the desultory or hasty reading of many volumes4 ,a small library is to be despised only when it contains inferior books4 ,illustration ,illustration ,,chapter ,,vii4 ,courses of ,reading in ,history4 ,history1 at least in its state of ideal perfection1 is a compound of poetry and philosophy4--,,macaulay4 ,let us search more and more into the ,past2 let all men explore it as the true fountain of knowledge1 by whose light alone1 consciously or unconsciously employed1 can the ,present and the ,future be interpreted or guessed at4--,,carlyle4 ,history is a voice forever sounding across the centuries the laws of right and wrong4 ,opinions alter1 manners change1 creeds rise and fall2 but the moral law is written on the tablets of eternity4444 ,justice and truth alone endure and live4 ,injustice and falsehood may be long-lived1 but doomsday comes at last to them in ,french revolutions and other terrible ways4 ,that is one lesson of history4 ,another is1 that we should draw no horoscopes2 that we should expect little1 for what we expect will not come to pass4--,,froude4 ,the student is to read history actively and not passively2 to esteem his own life the text1 and books the commentary4 ,thus compelled1 the ,muse of history will utter oracles1 as never to those who do not respect themselves4 ,i have no expectation that any man will read history aright who thinks that what was done in a remote age1 by men whose names have resounded far1 has any deeper sense than what he is doing to-day4444 ,the instinct of the mind1 the purpose of nature1 betrays itself in the use we make of the signal narrations of history4--,,emerson4 ,i venture to propose the following courses of reading in history4 ,properly modified with reference to individual needs and capabilities1 these lists will prove to be safe helps and guides to younger as well as older readers1 to classes in high schools and colleges as well as private students and specialists4 ,to read all the works here mentioned1 as carefully and critically as the nature of their contents demands1 would require no inconsiderable portion of one's reading lifetime4 ,such a thing is not expected4 ,the wise teacher or the judicious scholar will select from the list that which is most proper for him1 and which best meets his wants1 or aids him most in the pursuit of his native aim4 ,the titles1 so far as possible1 are given in chronological order4 ,those printed in italics are of books indispensable for purposes of reference2 those printed in ,,small ,,capitals are of works especially adapted to younger readers4 ,i4 ,,greek ,,history4 ,dictionaries4 ,no reader can well do without a good classical dictionary4 ,the following are recommended as the best-- ,anthon3 ,classical ,dictionary4 ,smith3 ,student's ,classical ,dictionary4 -------- ,dictionary of ,greek and ,roman ,antiquities4 ,ginn ,heath's ,classical ,atlas4 ,kiepert's ,schulatlas4 ,general ,histories4 ,cox3 ,general ,history of ,greece4 ,smith3 ,smaller ,history of ,greece4 ,felton3 ,ancient and ,modern ,greece4 ,yonge3 ,,young ,,folks' ,,history ,,of ,,greece4 ,grote3 ,history of ,greece 7#ab vols474 ,curtius3 ,history of ,greece 7#e vols472 translated from the ,german1 by ,a4 ,w4 ,ward4 ,j4 ,a4 ,st4 ,john3 ,ancient ,greece4 ,mythology4 ,dwight3 ,grecian and ,roman ,mythology4 ,murray3 ,manual of ,mythology4 ,keightley3 ,classical ,mythology4 ,gladstone3 ,juventus ,mundi4 ,ruskin3 ,the ,queen of the ,air4 ,cox3 ,,tales ,,of ,,ancient ,,greece4 ,kingsley3 ,,the ,,greek ,,heroes4 ,hawthorne3 ,,the ,,wonder ,,book4 -------- ,,tanglewood ,,tales4 ,miscellaneous4 ,homer's ,iliad and ,odyssey4 ,chapman's translation is the best4 ,of the later versions1 that of ,lord ,derby is preferable4 ,church3 ,,stories ,,from ,,homer4 ,butcher and ,lang's prose translation of the ,odyssey4 ,collins3 ,the ,iliad and the ,odyssey 7two volumes of 8,ancient ,classics for ,english ,readers074 ,gladstone3 ,homer4 ,de ,quincey3 ,homer and the ,homerid 7essay in 8,literary ,criticism074 ,fnelon3 ,,telemachus 7translated by ,hawkesworth74 ,benjamin3 ,troy4 ,goethe3 ,iphigenia in ,tauris 7drama1 ,swanwick's translation74 ,the student of this period is referred also to ,dr4 ,schliemann's works3 ,ilios1 ,troja1 and ,mykenai4 ,church3 ,,stories ,,from ,,herodotus4 ,swayne3 ,herodotus 7,ancient ,classics74 ,brugsch ,bey3 ,history of ,egypt4 ,freeman3 ,historical ,essays 7#b;d series74 ,ebers3 ,uarda 7romance1 descriptive of ,egyptian life and manners fourteen centuries before ,christ74 -------- ,the ,daughter of an ,egyptian ,king 7five centuries before ,christ74 ,smith3 ,student's ,history of the ,east4 ,cox3 ,the ,greeks and the ,persians4 ,abbott3 ,,the ,,history ,,of ,,darius ,,the ,,great4 -------- ,,the ,,history ,,of ,,xerxes ,,the ,,great4 ,sankey3 ,the ,spartan ,supremacy4 ,bulwer3 ,pausanias the ,spartan 7romance1 #dge ,b4,c474 ,glover3 ,leonidas 7epic poem74 ,croly3 ,the ,death of ,leonidas 7poem74 ,robert ,browning3 ,pheidippides 7poem in 8,dramatic ,idyls074 ,lloyd3 ,the ,age of ,pericles 7fifth century before ,christ74 ,cox3 ,the ,athenian ,empire4 ,landor3 ,pericles and ,aspasia 7in 8,imaginary ,conversations074 ,mrs4 ,l4 ,m4 ,child3 ,philothea 7romance of the time of ,pericles74 ,curteis3 ,the ,macedonian ,empire4 ,abbott3 ,,the ,,history ,,of ,,alexander ,,the ,,great4 ,butcher3 ,demosthenes 7,classical ,writers74 ,greenough3 ,apelles and his ,contemporaries 7a romance of the time of ,alexander74 ,dryden3 ,alexander's ,feast 7poem74 ,bickersteth3 ,caubul 7poem74 ,literature4 ,mahaffy3 ,history of ,greek ,literature4 ,schlegel3 ,history of ,dramatic ,literature 7first fourteen chapters74 ,church3 ,,stories ,,from ,,the ,,greek ,,tragedians4 ,copleston3 schylus 7,ancient ,classics74 ,mrs4 ,browning3 ,prometheus ,bound 7an ,english version of the great tragedy74 ,bishop ,milman3 ,agamemnon4 ,collins3 ,sophocles 7,ancient ,classics74 ,de ,quincey3 ,the ,antigone of ,sophocles 7essay in 8,literary ,criticism074 ,donne3 ,euripides 7,ancient ,classics74 ,froude3 ,sea ,studies 7essay in 8,short ,studies on ,great ,subjects074 ,collins3 ,aristophanes 7,ancient ,classics74 ,mitchell3 ,the ,clouds of ,aristophanes4 ,de ,quincey3 ,theory of ,greek ,tragedy 7essay in 8,literary ,criticism074 ,brodribb3 ,demosthenes 7,ancient ,classics74 ,collins3 ,plato 7,ancient ,classics74 ,jowett3 ,the ,dialogues of ,plato 7#d vols474 ,the ,phdo of ,plato 7,wisdom ,series74 ,plato3 ,the ,apology of ,socrates4 ,a ,day in ,athens with ,socrates4 ,plutarch3 ,on the ,dmon of ,socrates 7essay in the 8,morals074 ,grant3 ,xenophon 7,ancient ,classics74 ,collins3 ,thucydides 7,ancient ,classics74 ,life and ,manners4 ,for a study of social life and manners in ,greece1 read or refer to the following-- ,becker3 ,charicles 7romance1 with copious notes and excursuses74 ,mahaffy3 ,social ,life in ,greece4 -------- ,old ,greek ,life4 ,guhl and ,koner3 ,life of the ,greeks and ,romans4 ,special ,reference4 ,draper3 ,history of the ,intellectual ,development of ,europe 7vol4 i474 ,clough3 ,plutarch's ,lives4 ,kaufman3 ,,the ,,young ,,folks' ,,plutarch4 ,white3 ,,plutarch ,,for ,,boys ,,and ,,girls4 ,it is good exercise1 good medicine1 the reading of ,plutarch's books1--good for to-day as it was in times preceding ours1 salutary for all times4--,a4 ,,bronson ,,alcott4 ,,ii4 ,,roman ,,history4 ,for purposes of reference the following books1 already mentioned in the course of ,greek ,history1 are indispensable-- ,anthon3 ,classical ,dictionary4 ,smith3 ,dictionary of ,greek and ,roman ,antiquities4 ,ginn ,heath3 ,classical ,atlas4 ,murray3 ,manual of ,mythology4 ,general ,histories4 ,smith3 ,smaller ,history of ,rome4 ,merivale3 ,students' ,history of ,rome4 ,yonge3 ,,young ,,folks' ,,history ,,of ,,rome4 ,creighton3 ,history of ,rome4 ,for the period preceding the ,empire-- ,mommsen3 ,history of ,rome 7#d vols474 ,abbott3 ,,the ,,history ,,of ,,romulus4 ,church3 ,,stories ,,from ,,virgil4 -------- ,,stories ,,from ,,livy4 ,macaulay3 ,horatius 7poem in 8,lays of ,ancient ,rome074 ,arnold3 ,history of ,rome4 ,ihne3 ,early ,rome4 ,shakspeare3 ,the ,tragedy of ,coriolanus 7#dij ,b4,c474 ,macaulay3 ,virginia 7poem in 8,lays of ,ancient ,rome10 #dei ,b4,c474 ,abbott3 ,,the ,,history ,,of ,,hannibal4 ,smith3 ,rome and ,carthage4 ,dale3 ,regulus before the ,senate 7poem1 #bef ,b4,c474 ,beesly3 ,the ,gracchi1 ,marius1 and ,sulla4 ,mrs4 ,mitchell3 ,spartacus to the ,gladiators 7poem1 #gc ,b4,c474 ,for the period of the ,csars and the early ,empire-- ,merivale3 ,history of the ,romans 7#d vols474 -------- ,the ,roman ,triumvirates4 ,abbott3 ,,the ,,history ,,of ,,julius ,c,,sar4 ,addison3 ,the ,tragedy of ,cato 7drama74 ,froude3 ,csar2 a ,sketch4 ,trollope3 ,life of ,cicero4 ,ben ,jonson3 ,catiline 7drama74 ,beaumont and ,fletcher3 ,the ,false ,one 7drama74 ,abbott3 ,,the ,,history ,,of ,,cleopatra4 ,shakspeare3 ,the ,tragedy of ,julius ,csar4 -------- ,antony and ,cleopatra4 ,capes3 ,the ,early ,empire4 ,de ,quincey3 ,the ,csars4 ,ben ,jonson3 ,the ,poetaster 7drama1 time of ,augustus74 ,wallace3 ,ben ,hur 7romance1 time of ,tiberius74 ,longfellow3 ,the ,divine ,tragedy 7poem74 ,ben ,jonson3 ,sejanus1 his ,fall 7drama1 time of ,tiberius74 ,becker3 ,gallus 7romance1 with notes1 time of ,tiberius74 ,schele ,de ,vere3 ,the ,great ,empress 7romance1 time of ,nero74 ,abbott3 ,,the ,,history ,,of ,,nero4 ,w4 ,w4 ,story3 ,nero 7drama74 ,hoffman3 ,the ,greek ,maid at the ,court of ,nero 7romance74 ,farrar3 ,seekers after ,god 7,seneca1 ,epictetus74 ,wiseman3 ,the ,church of the ,catacombs 7romance1 time of the ,persecutions74 ,mrs4 ,charles3 ,the ,victory of the ,vanquished 7romance74 ,church and ,brodribb3 ,pliny's ,letters 7,ancient ,classics74 ,bulwer3 ,the ,last ,days of ,pompeii 7romance1 time of ,vespasian74 ,massinger3 ,the ,roman ,actor 7drama1 time of ,domitian74 -------- ,the ,virgin ,martyr 7drama74 ,dickinson3 ,the ,seed of the ,church4 ,de ,mille3 ,helena's ,household4 ,lockhart3 ,valerius4 ,the last three works are romances1 depicting life and manners in the time of ,trajan4 ,for the period of the later ,empire and the decline of the ,roman power-- ,curteis3 ,history of the ,roman ,empire 7#cie-hjj74 ,gibbon3 ,decline and ,fall of the ,roman ,empire4 ,ebers3 ,the ,emperor 7romance1 time of ,hadrian74 ,capes3 ,the ,age of the ,antonines4 ,watson3 ,marcus ,aurelius ,antoninus4 ,hodgkin3 ,italy and her ,invaders4 ,william ,ware3 ,zenobia 7romance1 ,a4,d4 #bff74 -------- ,aurelian 7romance1 ,a4,d4 #bge74 ,ebers3 ,homo ,sum 7romance1 ,a4,d4 #ccj74 ,kouns3 ,arius the ,libyan 7romance1 ,a4,d4 #ccf74 ,aubrey ,de ,vere3 ,julian the ,apostate 7drama1 ,a4,d4 #cfc74 ,beaumont and ,fletcher3 ,valentinian 7drama1 ,a4,d4 #cge74 ,edward ,everett3 ,alaric the ,visigoth2 and ,mrs4 ,hemans3 ,alaric in ,italy 7poems1 ,a4,d4 #daj74 ,kingsley3 ,hypatia 7romance1 ,a4,d4 #dae74 ,mrs4 ,charles3 ,conquering and to ,conquer 7romance1 ,a4,d4 #dah74 ,mrs4 ,charles3 ,maid and ,cleon 7romance of ,alexandria1 ,a4,d4 #dbe74 ,kingsley3 ,roman and ,teuton4 ,church3 ,the ,beginning of the ,middle ,ages4 ,literature4 ,simcox3 ,history of ,roman ,literature4 ,schlegel3 ,history of ,dramatic ,literature4 ,collins3 ,livy 7,ancient ,classics74 ,mallock3 ,lucretius 7,ancient ,classics74 ,trollope3 ,csar 7,ancient ,classics74 ,collins3 ,cicero 7,ancient ,classics74 ,morris3 ,the neid of ,virgil4 ,collins3 ,virgil1 ,ovid1 ,lucian 7three volumes of ,ancient ,classics74 ,epictetus3 ,selections from ,epictetus4 ,jackson3 ,apostolic ,fathers 7,early ,christian ,literature ,primers74 ,special ,reference4 ,clough3 ,plutarch's ,lives4 ,white3 ,,plutarch ,,for ,,boys ,,and ,,girls4 ,kaufman3 ,,the ,,young ,,folks' ,,plutarch4 ,coulange3 ,the ,ancient ,city4 ,draper3 ,history of the ,intellectual ,development of ,europe4 ,lecky3 ,history of ,european ,morals4 ,milman3 ,history of ,christianity4 ,stanley3 ,history of the ,eastern ,church4 ,fisher3 ,beginnings of ,christianity4 ,dllinger3 ,the ,first ,age of ,christianity4 ,montalembert3 ,the ,monks of the ,west4 ,reber3 ,history of ,ancient ,art4 ,hadley3 ,lectures on ,roman ,law4 ,maine3 ,ancient ,law4 ,,iii4 ,,medi,,val ,,and ,,modern ,,history4 ,this course has been prepared with special reference to ,english history4 ,the right-hand column1 headed ,collateral ,reading1 will assist students desiring to extend their reading so as to embrace the history of ,continental ,europe4 ,the figures affixed to some of the titles indicate1 as nearly as is thought necessary1 the time covered or treated of by the work mentioned4 ,historical romances and other prose works of fiction are designated thus 79972 dramas thus 772 other poems thus 774 ,,english ,,history4 ,general ,histories4 ,,knight3 ,history of ,england 7#i vols474 ,,yonge3 ,,young ,,folks' ,,history ,,of ,,england4 ,,dickens3 ,,child',s ,,history ,,of ,,england4 ,,strickland3 ,lives of the ,queens of ,england 7#g vols474 ,,pearson3 ,historical ,atlas of ,england4 ,,collateral ,,reading4 ,,white3 ,history of ,france4 ,,lewis3 ,students' ,history of ,germany4 ,,hunt3 ,history of ,italy4 ,,yonge3 ,,young ,,folks' ,,history ,,of ,,france4 ,,kirkland3 ,,short ,,history ,,of ,,france4 ,,hallam3 ,view of the ,state of the ,middle ,ages4 ,the ,anglo-,saxon ,period4 ,,green3 ,history of the ,english ,people1 book i4 ,,mrs4 ,,armitage3 ,the ,childhood of the ,english ,nation4 ,,green3 ,the ,making of ,england4 ,,palgrave3 ,history of the ,anglo-,saxons4 -------- ,paulinus and ,edwin4 ,,turner3 ,history of the ,anglo-,saxons4 ,,grant ,,allen3 ,anglo-,saxon ,britain4 ,,abbott3 ,,alfred ,,the ,,great4 ,,hughes3 ,life of ,alfred the ,great4 ,,thierry3 ,the ,conquest of ,england by the ,normans4 ,,abbott3 ,,william ,,the ,,conqueror4 ,,green3 ,the ,conquest of ,england4 ,,freeman3 ,history of the ,norman ,conquest of ,england4 ,,guizot3 ,history of ,france1 vol4 i4 ,,james3 ,history of ,charlemagne4 ,,bryce3 ,the ,holy ,roman ,empire4 ,,cutts3 ,scenes and ,characters of the ,middle ,ages4 ,,johnson3 ,the ,normans in ,europe4 ,,carlyle3 ,the ,early ,kings of ,norway4 ,,anderson3 ,norse ,mythology4 ,,lettsom3 ,the ,nibelungenlied4 ,,dasent3 ,the ,burnt ,njal4 ,,baldwin3 99,,the ,,story ,,of ,,siegfried4 ,,mallet3 ,northern ,antiquities4 ,,mrs4 ,,charles3 99,early ,dawn 7romance of the ,roman occupation of ,britain74 ,,cowper3 ,boadicea4 ,,lanier3 99,,the ,,boy',s ,,king ,,arthur4 ,,lowell3 ,the ,vision of ,sir ,launfal4 ,,tennyson3 ,the ,idylls of the ,king4 ,,scott3 ,sir ,tristram4 ,,taylor3 ,edwin the ,fair4 ,,bulwer3 99,harold1 the ,last of the ,saxons 7#ajff74 ,,tennyson3 ,harold2 a ,drama4 ,,leighton3 ,the ,sons of ,godwin4 ,,kingsley3 99,hereward1 the ,last of the ,saxons4 ,,james3 ,history of ,chivalry4 ,,bulfinch3 99,the ,age of ,chivalry4 ,,lanier3 99,,knightly ,,legends ,,of ,,wales4 ,,ludlow3 ,popular ,epics of the ,middle ,ages4 ,,bulfinch3 ,legends of ,charlemagne4 ,,baldwin3 99,,the ,,story ,,of ,,roland4 ,,ariosto3 ,orlando ,furioso4 ,,lockhart3 ,spanish ,ballads4 ,,yonge3 ,christians and ,moors in ,spain4 ,,southey3 ,chronicles of the ,cid4 ,,tennyson3 ,godiva 7#ajdj74 ,the ,age of ,feudalism4 ,,johnson3 ,the ,norman ,kings and the ,feudal ,system4 ,,green3 ,history of the ,english ,people1 books ii4 and iii4 ,,guizot3 ,history of ,france1 vol4 ii4 ,,cox3 ,the ,crusades4 ,,palgrave3 ,death in the ,forest 7#aajj74 ,,abbott3 ,,richard ,i4 ,,hume3 ,history of ,england4 ,,froude3 ,life and ,times of ,thomas ,becket4 ,,aubrey ,,de ,,vere3 ,st4 ,thomas of ,canterbury4 ,,james3 ,life of ,richard ,cur de ,lion4 ,,froude3 ,a ,bishop of the ,twelfth ,century 7#aaij74 ,,stubbs3 ,the ,early ,plantagenets4 ,,pyle3 ,,the ,,story ,,of ,,robin ,,hood4 ,,scott3 99,the ,talisman 7#aaic74 -------- 99,ivanhoe 7#aaid74 ,,james3 ,forest ,days 7#abad74 ,,shakspeare3 ,king ,john 7#abae74 ,,drayton3 ,the ,barons' ,wars4 ,,michaud3 ,history of the ,crusades4 ,,gray3 ,the ,children's ,crusade4 ,,gairdner3 ,early ,chroniclers of ,europe4 ,,oliphant3 ,francis of ,assisi4 ,,adams3 99,,page1 ,,squire1 ,,and ,,knight 7#aahj74 ,,henty3 99,,the ,,boy ,,knight 7#aahh74 ,,scott3 99,the ,betrothed4 ,,yonge3 99,richard the ,fearless4 ,,james3 99,philip ,augustus4 ,,scott3 99,count ,robert of ,paris4 ,,hale3 99,in his ,name4 ,,pauli3 ,life of ,simon de ,montfort 7#abae74 ,,pearson3 ,english ,history in the ,fourteenth ,century4 ,,yonge3 99,the ,prince and the 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99,the ,pathfinder4 -------- 99,the ,last of the ,mohicans4 ,kennedy3 99,swallow ,barn4 ,mrs4 ,stowe3 99,the ,minister's ,wooing4 ,thackeray3 99,the ,virginians4 ,the ,period of the ,revolution4 ,abbott3 ,,the ,,war ,,of ,,the ,,revolution4 -------- ,,george ,,washington4 ,irving3 ,life of ,george ,washington 7#e vols474 ,headley3 ,washington and his ,generals4 ,longfellow3 ,paul ,revere's ,ride4 ,lowell3 ,grandmother's ,story of the ,battle of ,bunker ,hill4 ,coffin3 ,,the ,,boys ,,of #8#gf4 ,cooper3 99,the ,spy4 -------- 99,the ,pilot4 ,neal3 99,seventy-,six4 ,greene3 ,life of ,nathanael ,greene4 ,abbott3 ,,life ,,of ,,benjamin ,,franklin4 ,parton3 ,life of ,benjamin ,franklin4 ,sparks3 ,the ,works of ,benjamin ,franklin4 -------- ,treason of ,benedict ,arnold4 ,arnold3 ,life of ,benedict ,arnold4 ,campbell3 ,gertrude of ,wyoming4 ,mrs4 ,child3 99,the ,rebels4 ,paulding3 99,the ,old ,continentals4 -------- 99,the ,bulls and the ,jonathans4 ,simms3 99,eutaw4 ,kennedy3 99,horse-,shoe ,robinson4 ,grace ,greenwood3 99,the ,forest ,tragedy4 ,lossing3 ,field ,book of the ,revolution4 ,carrington3 ,battles of the ,revolution4 ,wirt3 ,the ,life of ,patrick ,henry4 ,dwight3 ,lives of the ,signers4 ,magoon3 ,orators of the ,american ,revolution4 ,greene3 ,historical ,view of the ,american ,revolution4 ,from the ,close of the ,revolution4 ,mc,master3 ,history of the ,people of the ,united ,states from the ,revolution to the ,civil ,war4 ,frothingham3 ,rise of the ,republic in the ,united ,states4 ,curtis3 ,history of the ,constitution4 ,von ,holst3 ,constitutional ,history of the ,united ,states4 ,nordhoff3 ,,politics ,,for ,,young ,,americans4 ,coffin3 ,,building ,,of ,,the ,,nation4 ,lodge3 ,life of ,alexander ,hamilton4 ,parton3 ,life of ,john ,adams4 -------- ,life of ,jefferson4 ,abbott3 ,,life ,,of ,,daniel ,,boone4 ,john ,esten ,cooke3 99,leatherstocking and ,silk 7#ahjj74 ,cable3 99,the ,grandissimes4 ,cooper3 99,the ,prairie4 ,simms3 99,beauchampe1 or the ,kentucky ,tragedy4 ,parton3 ,life of ,aaron ,burr4 ,hale3 99,philip ,nolan's ,friends4 -------- 99,the ,man without a ,country4 ,pioneer ,life in the ,west4 ,lewis and ,clarke's ,journey across the ,rocky ,mountains4 ,irving3 ,astoria4 -------- ,adventures of ,captain ,bonneville4 ,eggleston3 ,brant and ,red ,jacket4 ,johnson3 ,the ,war of #ahab4 ,lossing3 ,field ,book of the ,war of #ahab4 ,iron3 99,the ,double ,hero4 ,gleig3 99,the ,subaltern4 ,cooper3 ,history of the ,american ,navy4 ,rives3 ,life of ,james ,madison4 ,gilman3 ,life of ,james ,monroe4 ,morse3 ,life of ,j4 ,q4 ,adams4 ,parton3 ,life of ,andrew ,jackson4 ,curtis3 ,life of ,daniel ,webster4 ,whipple3 ,webster's ,best ,speeches4 ,schmucker3 ,life and ,times of ,henry ,clay4 ,ripley3 ,the ,war with ,mexico4 ,kendall3 ,the ,santa ,f ,expedition4 ,wilson3 ,history of the ,rise and ,fall of the ,slave ,power in ,america4 ,king3 ,the ,great ,south4 ,olmsted3 ,the ,sea-,board ,slave ,states4 ,mrs4 ,stowe3 99,uncle ,tom's ,cabin4 ,hildreth3 99,the ,white ,slave4 ,whittier3 ,voices of ,freedom4 ,greeley3 ,the ,american ,conflict4 ,lossing3 ,the ,civil ,war in the ,united ,states4 ,draper3 ,history of the ,american ,civil ,war4 ,stephens3 ,constitutional ,history of the ,war between the ,states 7,southern view74 ,harper's ,pictorial ,history of the ,great ,rebellion4 ,,young ,,folks' ,,history ,,of ,,the ,,rebellion4 ,coffin3 ,,the ,,boys ,,of #8#fa4 -------- 99,,winning ,,his ,,way4 ,hale3 ,stories of ,war4 ,richardson3 ,field1 ,dungeon1 and ,escape4 ,swinton3 ,twelve ,decisive ,battles of the ,war4 ,cooke3 ,life of ,general ,lee4 ,whittier3 ,in ,war ,time4 ,lester3 ,our ,first ,hundred ,years4 ,lossing3 ,the ,american ,centenary4 ,tourgee3 99,a ,fool's ,errand4 -------- 99,bricks without ,straw4 ,headley3 ,,heroes ,,of ,,the ,,rebellion 7#f vols474 ,illustration ,illustration ,,chapter ,,viii4 ,courses of ,reading in ,geography and ,natural ,history ,geography is learned best by the careful reading of books of travel4 ,pupils would derive infinitely more knowledge by the use1 under judicious instructors1 of a library of this sort1 than by years of drudging through those masses of inanity known as ,school ,geographies4 ,the following list is designed chiefly to aid teachers in the selection of books suitable for geographical study at school1 and to assist private readers in the choice of useful and entertaining works on the various subjects of interest in our own and foreign countries4 ,a good atlas is the first desideratum1 and is an indispensable auxiliary to the course of reading here indicated4 ,rand1 ,mc,nally1 ,co4's ,atlas is one of the latest publications1 and perhaps the most accurate and complete in the market4 ,among other very good works of this kind we may mention ,gray's1 ,johnson's1 ,colton's1 and ,zell's1 any one of which will answer all the ordinary purposes of the reader4 ,when no complete work is available1 the maps in the larger school geographies will render very fair service4 ,the ,world4 ,coffin3 ,,our ,,new ,,way ,,round ,,the ,,world4 ,curtis3 ,dottings round the ,circle4 ,dana3 ,,two ,,years ,,before ,,the ,,mast4 ,hall3 ,,drifting ,,round ,,the ,,world4 ,gerstacker3 ,a ,journey round the ,world4 ,prime3 ,around the ,world4 ,pumpelly3 ,across ,america and ,asia4 ,smiles3 ,a ,,boy',s ,,journey ,,round ,,the ,,world4 ,nordhoff3 ,,man-,,of-,,war ,,life4 ,knox3 ,,the ,,young ,,nimrods ,,around ,,the ,,world4 ,hale3 ,,stories ,,of ,,the ,,sea1 ,,told ,,by ,,sailors4 ,verne3 ,,famous ,,travels ,,and ,,travellers4 -------- ,,the ,,great ,,navigators4 -------- ,,the ,,explorers ,,of ,,the ,,nineteenth ,,century4 ,figuier3 ,the ,ocean ,world4 -------- ,the ,insect ,world4 ,mrs4 ,brassey3 ,voyage in the ,sunbeam4 ,ainsworth3 ,all round the ,world4 ,harper3 ,,what ,,darwin ,,saw4 ,humboldt3 ,cosmos4 ,north ,america4 ,butterworth3 ,,zigzag ,,journeys ,,in ,,the ,,occident4 ,knox3 ,,the ,,young ,,nimrods ,,in ,,north ,,america4 ,rideing3 ,,boys ,,in ,,the ,,mountains4 ,hawthorne3 ,,american ,,nights' ,,entertainment4 ,ingersoll3 ,,friends ,,worth ,,knowing2 ,glimpses of ,american ,natural ,history4 ,hale3 ,,stories ,,of ,,discovery4 ,say3 ,insects of ,north ,america4 ,drake3 ,nooks and ,corners of the ,new ,england ,coast4 ,flagg3 ,the ,woods and ,by-,ways of ,new ,england4 ,nordhoff3 99,cape ,cod and all along ,shore4 ,thoreau3 ,the ,maine ,woods4 -------- ,a ,week on the ,concord4 -------- ,cape ,cod4 -------- ,excursions in ,field and ,forest4 ,samuels3 ,the ,birds of ,new ,england4 ,scudder3 ,,the ,,bodleys ,,afoot4 ,drake3 ,,around ,,the ,,hub2 ,a ,boy's ,book about ,boston4 ,longfellow3 ,poems of ,places1 vol4 xxvi4 ,murray3 ,adventures in the ,wilderness2 or1 ,camp ,life in the ,adirondacks4 ,warner3 ,the ,adirondacks ,verified4 ,bromfield3 ,picturesque ,journeys in ,america4 ,jordan3 ,vertebrates of the ,northern ,states4 ,appleton3 ,picturesque ,america4 -------- ,our ,native ,land4 ,howells3 99,their ,wedding ,journey4 ,longfellow3 ,poems of ,places1 vol4 xxvii4 ,king3 ,the ,great ,south4 ,olmsted3 ,the ,sea-,board ,slave ,states4 ,baldwin3 ,the ,flush ,times of ,alabama and ,mississippi4 ,pollard3 ,the ,virginia ,tourist4 ,twain3 ,life on the ,mississippi4 ,lanier3 ,florida2 its ,scenery4 ,porte ,crayon3 ,virginia ,illustrated4 ,longfellow3 ,poems of ,places1 vol4 xxviii4 ,lewis and ,clarke's ,expedition across the ,rocky ,mountains4 ,irving3 ,astoria4 -------- ,adventures of ,captain ,bonneville4 -------- ,a ,tour on the ,prairies4 ,meline3 ,two ,thousand ,miles on ,horseback4 ,richardson3 ,beyond the ,mississippi4 ,browne3 ,crusoe's ,island4 ,nordhoff3 ,northern ,california4 ,taylor3 ,eldorado4 ,codman3 ,the ,round ,trip4 ,bird3 ,a ,lady's ,life in the ,rocky ,mountains4 ,ingersoll3 ,knocking round the ,rockies4 ,cozzens3 ,the ,marvellous ,country2 or1 ,three ,years in ,arizona and ,new ,mexico4 ,browne3 ,the ,apache ,country4 ,taylor3 ,colorado2 ,a ,summer ,trip4 ,richardson3 ,wonders of the ,yellowstone4 ,longfellow3 ,poems of ,places1 vol4 xxix4 ,robinson3 ,the ,great ,fur ,land4 ,butler3 ,the ,great ,lone ,land4 -------- ,the ,wild ,north ,land4 ,hartwig3 ,the ,polar ,world4 ,hayes3 ,the ,land of ,desolation4 ,blake3 ,arctic ,experiences4 ,nourse3 ,american ,explorations in the ,ice ,zones4 ,burton3 ,ultima ,thule4 ,stephens3 ,,off ,,to ,,the ,,geysers4 ,haven3 ,our ,next-,door ,neighbor4 ,wilson3 ,mexico2 its ,peasants and ,priests4 ,ruxton3 ,adventures in ,mexico4 ,stephens3 ,travels in ,yucatan4 -------- ,travels in ,central ,america4 ,squier3 ,the ,states of ,central ,america4 ,ober3 99,,the ,,silver ,,city4 ,kingsley3 ,a ,christmas in the ,west ,indies4 ,hurlbert3 ,gan ,eden2 or1 ,pictures of ,cuba4 ,dana3 ,to ,cuba and ,back4 ,south ,america4 ,holton3 ,new ,granada4 ,orton3 ,the ,andes and ,amazon4 ,agassiz3 ,journey in ,brazil4 ,ewbank3 ,life in ,brazil4 ,fletcher3 ,brazil and the ,brazilians4 ,bishop3 ,a ,,thousand ,,miles' ,,walk ,,across ,,south ,,america4 ,marcoy3 ,travels across ,south ,america4 ,hassaurek3 ,four ,years among ,spanish ,americans4 ,squier3 ,peru4 ,orton3 99,,the ,,secret ,,of ,,the ,,andes4 ,stephens3 ,,on ,,the ,,amazons4 ,dixie3 ,across ,patagonia4 ,reid3 99,,the ,,land ,,of ,,fire4 ,longfellow3 ,poems of ,places1 vol4 xxx4 ,europe4 ,butterworth3 ,,zigzag ,,journeys ,,in ,,europe4 ,champney3 ,,three ,,vassar ,,girls ,,abroad4 ,scudder3 ,,the ,,english ,,bodley ,,family4 ,hawthorne3 ,our ,old ,home4 ,taine3 ,notes on ,england4 ,escott3 ,england4 ,miller3 ,first ,impressions of ,england and its ,people4 ,emerson3 ,english ,traits4 ,hoppin3 ,old ,england2 ,its ,scenery1 ,art1 and ,people4 ,abbott3 ,a ,summer in ,scotland4 ,miller3 ,scenes and ,legends of the ,north of ,scotland4 ,white3 ,natural ,history of ,selborne4 ,longfellow3 ,poems of ,places1 vols4 i4-v4 ,longfellow3 ,outre ,mer4 ,taylor3 ,views ,afoot4 ,macquoid3 ,through ,normandy4 ,hamerton3 ,round ,my ,house4 ,hale3 ,a ,,family ,,flight ,,through ,,france1 ,,germany1 ,,and ,,switzerland4 ,walworth3 ,,the ,,old ,,world ,,seen ,,through ,,young ,,eyes4 ,bulwer3 ,france1 ,literary1 ,social1 and ,political4 ,longfellow3 ,poems of ,places1 vols4 vi4-x4 ,taine3 ,tour through the ,pyrenees4 ,hale3 ,a ,,family ,,flight ,,through ,,spain4 ,de ,amicis3 ,spain and the ,spaniards4 ,bodfish3 ,through ,spain on ,donkey-,back4 ,hare3 ,wanderings in ,spain4 ,hay3 ,castilian ,days4 ,irving3 ,the ,alhambra4 -------- ,spanish ,papers4 ,andersen3 ,pictures of ,travel4 ,latouche3 ,travels in ,portugal4 ,longfellow3 ,poems of ,places1 vols4 xiv41 xv4 ,butterworth3 ,,zigzag ,,journeys ,,in ,,classic ,,lands4 ,browne3 ,yusef2 ,travels on the ,shores of the ,mediterranean4 ,eustis3 ,classical ,tour through ,italy4 ,dickens3 ,pictures from ,italy4 ,hare3 ,cities of ,northern and ,central ,italy4 -------- ,days near ,rome4 ,hawthorne3 ,english and ,italian ,notes4 ,howells3 ,italian ,journeys4 -------- ,venetian ,life4 ,taine3 ,italy 7,florence and ,venice74 -------- ,italy 7,rome and ,naples74 ,di ,cesnola3 ,cyprus4 ,longfellow3 ,poems of ,places1 vols4 xi4-xiii4 ,stephens3 ,travels in ,greece and ,turkey4 ,mahaffy3 ,rambles and ,studies in ,greece4 ,baird3 ,modern ,greece4 ,townsend3 ,a ,cruise in the ,bosphorus4 ,de ,amicis3 ,constantinople4 ,gautier3 ,constantinople4 ,longfellow3 ,poems of ,places1 vol4 xix4 ,waring3 ,tyrol and the ,skirt of the ,alps4 ,whymper3 ,scrambles among the ,alps4 ,taylor3 ,the ,by-,ways of ,europe4 ,hugo3 ,tour on the ,rhine4 ,browne3 ,an ,american ,family in ,germany4 ,hawthorne3 ,saxon ,studies4 ,hugo3 ,home-,life in ,germany4 ,baring-,gould3 ,germany1 ,past and ,present4 ,de ,amicis3 ,holland4 ,scudder3 ,,the ,,bodleys ,,in ,,holland4 ,dodge3 99,,hans ,,brinker1 ,,or ,,the ,,silver ,,skates4 ,havard3 ,picturesque ,holland4 ,butterworth3 ,,zigzag ,,journeys ,,in ,,northern ,,lands4 ,taylor3 ,northern ,europe4 ,browne3 ,land of ,thor4 ,du ,chaillu3 ,the ,land of the ,midnight ,sun4 ,andersen3 ,pictures of ,travel in ,sweden4 ,mac,gregor3 ,rob ,roy on the ,baltic4 ,longfellow3 ,poems of ,places1 vols4 xvii41 xviii4 ,butterworth3 ,,zigzag ,,journeys ,,in ,,the ,,orient4 ,gautier3 ,a ,winter in ,russia4 ,wallace3 ,russia4 ,richardson3 ,ralph's ,year in ,russia4 ,morley3 ,sketches of ,russian ,life4 ,dixon3 ,free ,russia4 ,asia4 ,kennan3 ,tent ,life in ,siberia4 ,mc,gahan3 ,campaigning on the ,oxus4 ,burnaby3 ,a ,ride to ,khiva4 ,schuyler3 ,turkistan4 ,taylor3 ,central ,asia4 ,arnold3 ,through ,persia by ,caravan4 ,stack3 ,six ,months in ,persia4 ,vmbry3 ,travels in ,central ,asia4 ,o',donovan3 ,the ,merv ,oasis4 ,curtis3 ,the ,howadji in ,syria4 ,kinglake3 ,ethen4 ,mac,gregor3 ,rob ,roy on the ,jordan4 ,prime3 ,tent ,life in the ,holy ,land4 ,taylor3 ,travels in ,arabia4 ,blunt3 ,the ,bedouin ,tribes4 ,keane3 ,six ,months in ,mecca4 ,baker3 ,rifle and ,hound in ,ceylon4 ,butler3 ,the ,land of the ,vedas4 ,french3 ,,our ,,boys ,,in ,,india4 ,knox3 ,,the ,,boy ,,travellers ,,in ,,india ,,and ,,ceylon4 -------- ,,the ,,boy ,,travellers ,,in ,,siam ,,and ,,java4 ,vincent3 ,the ,land of the ,white ,elephant4 ,leonowens3 ,an ,english ,governess at the ,siamese ,court4 ,kingston3 99,,in ,,eastern ,,seas4 ,wilson3 ,the ,abode of ,snow4 ,markham3 ,thibet4 ,gordon3 ,the ,roof of the ,world4 ,williams3 ,the ,middle ,kingdom4 ,taylor3 ,india1 ,china1 and ,japan4 ,french3 ,,our ,,boys ,,in ,,china4 ,eden3 ,china1 ,japan1 and ,india4 ,oppert3 ,corea4 ,knox3 ,,the ,,boy ,,travellers ,,in ,,japan ,,and ,,china4 ,miller3 ,,little ,,people ,,of ,,asia4 -------- ,,child ,,life ,,in ,,japan4 ,greey3 ,,the ,,wonderful ,,city ,,of ,,tokio4 -------- ,,the ,,bear ,,worshippers4 ,griffis3 ,the ,mikado's ,empire4 ,bird3 ,unbeaten ,tracks in ,japan4 ,longfellow3 ,poems of ,places1 vols4 xxi4-xxiii4 ,africa4 ,hale3 ,a ,,family ,,flight ,,over ,,egypt ,,and ,,syria4 ,knox3 ,,the ,,boy ,,travellers ,,in ,,egypt4 -------- ,,the ,,boy ,,travellers ,,in ,,central ,,africa4 ,mc,cabe3 ,,our ,,young ,,folks ,,in ,,africa4 ,du ,chaillu3 ,,wild ,,life ,,under ,,the ,,equator4 -------- ,,the ,,country ,,of ,,the ,,dwarfs4 ,baker3 99,,cast ,,up ,,by ,,the ,,sea4 ,stanley3 99,,my ,,kalulu4 ,baker3 ,ismailia4 -------- ,albert ,n',yanza4 ,speke3 ,journal of the ,discovery of the ,source of the ,nile4 ,edwards3 ,a ,thousand ,miles up the ,nile4 ,taylor3 ,central ,africa4 ,schweinfurth3 ,the ,heart of ,africa4 ,livingstone3 ,last ,journals4 ,stanley3 ,how ,i found ,livingstone4 -------- ,through the ,dark ,continent4 ,du ,chaillu3 ,explorations in ,central ,africa4 -------- ,journey to ,ashango ,land4 ,anderson3 ,southwestern ,africa4 ,livingstone3 ,south ,africa4 ,cumming3 ,hunter's ,life in ,south ,africa4 ,mac,leod3 ,madagascar and its ,people4 ,longfellow3 ,poems of ,places1 vol4 xxiv4 ,australia and the ,pacific4 ,grant3 ,bush ,life in ,australia4 ,cook3 ,voyages round the ,world4 ,gironierre3 ,twenty ,years in the ,philippine ,islands4 ,nordhoff3 ,stories of the ,island ,world4 ,cheever3 ,the ,island ,world of the ,pacific4 ,lamont3 ,wild ,life among the ,pacific ,islanders4 ,bird3 ,six ,months among the ,sandwich ,islands4 ,dana3 ,corals and ,coral ,islands4 ,illustration ,illustration ,,chapter ,,ix4 ,philosophy and ,religion4 ,a little philosophy inclineth a man's mind to atheism1 but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion4--,,bacon4 8,the books which help you most are those which make you think the most10 says ,theodore ,parker4 8,the hardest way of learning is by easy reading2 every man that tries it finds it so40 ,and apropos of this1 ,i present the following list of books recommended by ,dr4 ,john ,brown as suitable for the reading of young medical students4 ,yet not only medical students1 but students of other special subjects1 and teachers as well1 will find it profitable to dig into and through1 to 8energize upon0 and master1 such books as these-- #a4 ,arnauld's ,port ,royal ,logic2 translated by ,t4 ,s4 ,baynes4 #b4 ,thomson's ,outlines of the ,necessary ,laws of ,thought4 #c4 ,descartes on the ,method of ,rightly ,conducting the ,reason and ,seeking ,truth in the ,sciences4 #d4 ,coleridge's ,essay on ,method4 #e4 ,whately's ,logic and ,rhetoric 7new and cheap edition74 #f4 ,mill's ,logic 7new and cheap edition74 #g4 ,dugald ,stewart's ,outlines4 #h4 ,sir ,john ,herschel's ,preliminary ,dissertation4 #i4 ,isaac ,taylor's ,elements of ,thought4 #aj4 ,sir ,william ,hamilton's edition of ,reid3 ,dissertations and ,lectures4 #aa4 ,professor ,fraser's ,rational ,philosophy4 #ab4 ,locke on the ,conduct of the ,understanding4 8,taking up a book like ,arnauld1 and reading a chapter of his lively1 manly sense10 says ,rab's friend1 8is like throwing your manuals1 and scalpels1 and microscopes1 and natural 7most unnatural7 orders out of your hand and head1 and taking a game with the ,grange ,club1 or a run to the top of ,arthur ,seat4 ,exertion quickens your pulse1 expands your lungs1 makes your blood warmer and redder1 fills your mouth with the pure waters of relish1 strengthens and supples your legs2 and though on your way to the top you may encounter rocks1 and baffling dbris1 and gusts of fierce winds rushing out upon you from behind corners1 just as you will find1 in ,arnauld and all truly serious and honest books of the kind1 difficulties and puzzles1 winds of doctrine1 and deceitful mists1 still you are rewarded at the top by the wide view4 ,you see1 as from a tower1 the end of all4 ,you look into the perfections and relations of things2 you see the clouds1 the bright lights1 and the everlasting hills on the horizon4 ,you come down the hill a happier1 a better1 and a hungrier man1 and of a better mind4 ,but1 as we said1 you must eat the book1--you must crush it1 and cut it with your teeth1 and swallow it2 just as you must walk up1 and not be carried up1 the hill1 much less imagine you are there1 or look upon a picture of what you would see were you up1 however accurately or artistically done2 no1--you yourself must do both40 ,the same may be said of all books that are the most truly helpful to us1 and mind-lifting4 ,it is the hard reading that profits most1 provided1 always1 that due care be taken to digest that which is read4 ,yet ,i would not recommend the same strong diet or the same severe exercise to every person1 or even to any considerable proportion of readers4 ,one man may be a palm1 as says ,dr4 ,collyer1 and another a pine2 that which is wisdom to the one may be incomprehensible folly to the other4 ,but those whose mental constitutions are sufficiently vigorous to digest and assimilate the food which the philosophers offer1 may find comfort and health1 not only in the works above recommended1 but in the following-- ,plato's ,works3 ,jowett's translation4 ,g4 ,h4 ,lewes3 ,a ,chapter from ,aristotle4 ,lord ,bacon3 ,novum ,organum4 ,butler3 ,analogy of ,religion1 ,natural and ,revealed4 ,hume3 ,a ,treatise on ,human ,nature4 ,hamilton3 ,discussions on ,philosophy and ,literature4 ,mill3 ,examination of ,hamilton's ,philosophy4 ,lewes3 ,problems of ,life and ,mind4 ,cousin3 ,lectures on the ,true1 the ,beautiful1 and the ,good4 ,martineau3 ,the ,positive ,philosophy of ,auguste ,comte4 ,mill3 ,comte and ,positivism4 ,mahaffy3 ,kant's ,critical ,philosophy for ,english ,readers4 ,fichte3 ,the ,science of ,knowledge4 ,meiklejohn3 ,kant's ,critique of the ,pure ,reason 7published in ,bohn's ,philosophical ,library74 ,spencer3 ,first ,principles of ,philosophy4 ,bowen3 ,essays on ,speculative ,philosophy4 ,porter3 ,elements of ,intellectual ,science4 -------- ,the ,human ,intellect4 ,mc,cosh3 ,intuitions of the ,mind4 -------- ,system of ,logic4 ,fiske3 ,outlines of ,cosmic ,philosophy4 ,everett3 ,science of ,thought4 ,wallace3 ,the ,logic of ,hegel4 ,hegel3 ,the ,philosophy of ,history 7translated by ,j4 ,sibree1 in ,bohn's ,philosophical ,library74 ,schopenhauer3 ,select ,essays of ,arthur ,schopenhauer 7translated by ,droppers and ,dachsel74 ,lewes3 ,biographical ,history of ,philosophy4 ,morell3 ,an ,historical and ,critical ,view of the ,speculative ,philosophy of ,europe in the ,nineteenth ,century4 ,ueberweg3 ,history of ,philosophy4 ,masson3 ,recent ,british ,philosophy4 ,lecky3 ,history of ,european ,morals4 -------- ,history of ,rationalism in ,europe4 ,draper3 ,history of the ,intellectual ,development of ,europe4 ,to the foregoing list the following may be added-- ,plutarch's ,morals 7translated by ,goodwin74 ,thoughts of ,marcus ,aurelius ,antoninus 7in the 8,wisdom ,series074 ,selections from ,fnelon4 ,burton's ,anatomy of ,melancholy4 ,sydney ,smith's ,sketches of ,moral ,philosophy4 ,watts on the ,mind4 ,taine on ,intelligence4 ,a course of reading which shall include any number of the works here mentioned will be no child's play2 it will involve the severest exercise of the thinking powers1 but it will enable you 8to look into the perfections and relations of things1 and to see the clouds1 the bright lights1 and the everlasting hills on the horizon40 ,the reading of such books is like the training of a gymnast2 it will lead to the healthy development of the parts most skillfully exercised1 but the strength of him who exercises should never be too severely tested4 ,would you prefer a lighter course of reading1 but one which will probably lead you into pleasanter paths of contemplation and reflection1 and finally open up to your view a prospect equally boundless and grand8 ,allow me to suggest the following1 which is neither philosophical nor religious1 in the strictest acceptation of these terms1 but which leads us to an acquaintance with that which is best in both4 ,we shall begin with the ,bible1 and throughout the course we shall make that book our grand rallying-point4 8,read the ,bible reverently and attentively10 says ,sir ,matthew ,hale2 8set your heart upon it1 and lay it up in your memory1 and make it the direction of your life3 it will make you a wise and good man40 ,from the reverential reading of the ,bible1 which to most of us is rather an act of religious duty than of intellectual effort1 we turn to the great masterpieces of antiquity4 ,in the ,phdo and the ,apology and ,crito of ,plato1 we find the ripest thoughts of the world's greatest thinker2 then we turn to ,aristotle's ,ethics1 and1 afterwards1 we compare the doctrines of the ,greek philosophers with the ,teachings of ,confucius and of ,mencius4#bb ,if we have supplemented these readings with the proper acquaintance with ancient history1 we shall now be ready to understand the great poems of antiquity1 and to read them in a light different from that which we have hitherto known4 ,we read the ,iliad1 and the ,odyssey1 and the ,greek tragedians2 then the old ,indian epics1 ,arnold's 8,the ,light of ,asia10 and ,swamy's 8,dialogues and ,discourses of ,gotama ,buddha40 ,descending now to more modern times1--for we would not make this course a long one1--we turn again to our ,bible1 and thoroughly acquaint ourselves with 8the unsurpassedly simple1 loving1 perfect idyls of the life and death of ,christ10 as we find them in the ,new ,testament4 ,after this1 we shall obtain more exalted ideas of the brotherhood of the human race and the 8hope of the nations10 if we spend some time in the study of the majestic expressions of the universal conscience found in such works as the 8,vishnu ,sarma0 of the ,hindoos1 the 8,gulistan0 of ,saadi1 the 8,sentences0 of ,epictetus1 and the 8,thoughts0 of ,marcus ,aurelius ,antoninus4 ,then1 to get at the poetic interpretation of the teachings of ,mohammed1 we read the 8,pearls of ,faith2 or1 ,islam's ,rosary10 and ,lane ,poole's 8,selections from the ,koran40 ,returning to the study of ,christian ethics and poetry1 we take up the 8,confessions of ,saint ,augustine10 and the 8,discourse0 of ,saint ,bernard1 and then the 8,imitation of ,christ10 by ,thomas ,kempis4 ,we read ,milton's 8,paradise ,lost0 again1 and ,bunyan's 8,pilgrim's ,progress20 and we enjoy the wealth of imagery in ,jeremy ,taylor's 8,holy ,living and ,holy ,dying40 ,holy ,george ,herbert's 8,sacred ,poems and ,private ,ejaculations0 claim our attention for a time1 and then we take up ,pascal's 8,thoughts10 and selections from ,fnelon's 8,telemachus0 and 8,dialogues of the ,dead40 ,finally1 we read ,wordsworth's 8,excursion10 and ,keble's 8,christian ,year10 and return after all to a further perusal of the ,bible and the poems of antiquity4 ,you may say that this course is rather fragmentary1 and so it is2 but it differs from the other courses which ,i have indicated1 in that it is undertaken as a heart-work rather than a head-work4 ,unlike the course just preceding1 it has to do with our emotional and devotional natures rather than with our highest powers of thinking and reasoning4 ,with few exceptions only1 the books here mentioned are voices out of the past1 speaking to us of the human soul's belief and experience in different ages of the world and under different dispensations4 8,i suppose10 says ,george ,eliot1 speaking of the 8,imitation of ,christ10--8,i suppose that is the reason why the small old-fashioned book1 for which you need only pay sixpence at a book-stall1 works miracles to this day1 turning bitter waters into sweetness2 while expensive sermons and treatises1 newly issued1 leave all things as they were before4 ,it was written down by a hand that waited for the heart's prompting2 it is the chronicle of a solitary1 hidden anguish1 struggle1 trust1 and triumph1--not written on velvet cushions to teach endurance to those who are treading with bleeding feet on the stones4 ,and so it remains to all time a lasting record of human needs and human consolations2 the voice of a brother who1 ages ago1 felt and suffered and renounced1--in the cloister1 perhaps with serge gown and tonsured head1 with much chanting and long fasts1 and with a fashion of speech different from ours1--but under the same silent far-off heavens1 and with the same passionate desires1 the same strivings1 the same failures1 the same weariness40 ,writing of works like these1 ,emerson says3 8,their communications are not to be given or taken with the lips and the end of the tongue1 but out of the glow of the cheek1 and with the throbbing heart4444 ,these are the ,scriptures which the missionary might well carry over prairie1 desert1 and ocean1 to ,siberia1 ,japan1 ,timbuctoo4 ,yet he will find that the spirit which is in them journeys faster than he1 and greets him on his arrival1--was there long before him4 ,the missionary must be carried by it1 and find it there1 or he goes in vain4 ,is there any geography in these things8 ,we call them ,asiatic1 we call them primeval2 but perhaps that is only optical1 for ,nature is always equal to herself1 and there are as good eyes and ears now in the planet as ever were4 ,only these ejaculations of the soul are uttered one or a few at a time1 at long intervals1 and it takes millenniums to make a ,bible40 ,we are brought now naturally to the subject of ,theological ,literature4 ,the number of books in this department is very great1 and there are wide differences of opinion with regard to the merits of many of the best-known works4 ,without attempting to select always the best1 ,i shall name only a sufficient number of books necessary for the use of such non-professional readers as may desire to acquire a moderate knowledge of the commonly accepted theological doctrines-- ,mc,clintock and ,strong's ,cyclopdia of ,biblical1 ,theological1 and ,ecclesiastical ,literature 7#aj vols474 ,smith's ,dictionary of the ,bible4 ,young's ,analytical ,concordance to the ,bible4 ,barrow's ,sacred ,geography and ,antiquities4 ,dean ,stanley's ,sinai and ,palestine in connection with their ,history4 ,clark's ,bible ,atlas1 with ,maps and ,plans4 ,bissel's ,historic ,origin of the ,bible4 ,lange's ,commentary on the ,holy ,scriptures4 ,alford's ,the ,greek ,testament2 and ,the ,new ,testament for ,english ,readers4 ,oehler's ,theology of the ,old ,testament4 ,weiss's ,biblical ,theology of the ,new ,testament4 ,geikie's ,hours with the ,bible4 ,lenormant's ,the ,beginnings of ,history1 according to the ,bible and the ,traditions of ,oriental ,peoples4 ,dean ,stanley's ,lectures on the ,history of the ,jewish ,church4 ,geikie's ,life and ,works of ,christ4 ,farrar's ,life of ,christ4 ,farrar's ,life and ,work of ,st4 ,paul4 ,conybeare and ,howson's ,life and ,epistles of ,st4 ,paul4 ,schaff's ,history of the ,christian ,church4 ,dean ,milman's ,history of ,latin ,christianity 7#h vols474 ,dean ,stanley's ,lectures on the ,history of the ,eastern ,church4 ,maurice's ,religions of the ,world4 ,james ,freeman ,clarke's ,ten ,great ,religions4 ,moffatt's ,comparative ,history of ,religions4 ,trench's ,lectures on ,medival ,church ,history4 ,ullman's ,reformers before the ,reformation4 ,fisher's ,history of the ,reformation4 ,ranke's ,history of the ,popes during the ,sixteenth and ,seventeenth ,centuries4 ,griesinger's ,history of the ,jesuits4 ,baird's ,rise and ,progress of the ,huguenots in ,france4 ,stevens's ,history of ,methodism4 ,tyerman's ,life and ,times of ,john ,wesley4 ,hagenbach's ,history of ,christian ,doctrines 7translated by ,c4 ,w4 ,buch74 ,fisher's ,faith and ,rationalism4 ,mc,cosh's ,christianity and ,positivism4 ,farrar's ,critical ,history of ,free ,thought in reference to the ,christian ,religion4 ,smith's ,faith and ,philosophy4 ,calderwood's ,relations of ,science and ,religion4 ,max ,mller's ,science of ,religion4 ,christlieb's ,counteracting ,modern ,infidelity4 ,trench's ,shipwrecks of ,faith4 ,walker's ,philosophy of the ,plan of ,salvation4 ,smyth's ,old ,faiths in ,new ,light4 ,brooks's ,yale ,lectures on ,preaching4 ,dorner's ,system of ,christian ,doctrine4 ,goulburn's ,thoughts on ,personal ,religion4 ,richard ,baxter1 speaking of this class of books1 says3 8,such books have the advantage in many other respects3 you may read an able preacher when you have but a mean one to hear4 ,every congregation cannot hear the most judicious or powerful preachers2 but every single person may read the books of the most powerful and judicious4 ,preachers may be silenced or banished1 when books may be at hand2 books may be kept at a smaller charge than preachers3 we may choose books which treat of that very subject which we desire to hear of4 ,books we may have at hand every day and hour1 when we can have sermons but seldom1 and at set times4 ,if sermons be forgotten1 they are gone4 ,but a book we may read over and over until we remember it2 and if we forget it1 may again peruse it at our pleasure or at our leisure40 ,illustration ,illustration ,,chapter ,x4 ,political ,economy and the ,science of ,government4 ,this is that noble ,science of ,politics1 which is equally removed from the barren theories of the utilitarian sophists1 and from the petty craft1 so often mistaken for statesmanship by minds grown narrow in habits of intrigue1 jobbing1 and official etiquette1--which of all sciences is the most important to the welfare of nations1--which of all sciences most tends to expand and invigorate the mind1--which draws nutriment and ornament from every part of philosophy and literature1 and dispenses in return nutriment and ornament to all4--,,macaulay4 ,to the student of ,political ,economy and the ,science of ,government ,i offer the following lists of books1 embracing the best works on the various subjects connected with this study4 ,the classification has been made solely with reference to the subject-matter1 without any attempt to indicate the order in which the books are to be studied1--as this would be impossible4 ,constitutional ,history1 etc4 ,freeman3 ,growth of the ,english ,constitution4 ,creasy3 ,rise and ,progress of the ,english ,constitution4 ,stubbs3 ,constitutional ,history of ,england4 ,hallam3 ,constitutional ,history of ,england 7#adhe-agei74 ,curtis3 ,history of the ,constitution of the ,united ,states4 ,von ,holst3 ,constitutional ,history of the ,united ,states4 ,de ,tocqueville3 ,democracy in the ,united ,states4 ,townsend3 ,,analysis ,,of ,,civil ,,government4 ,nordhoff3 ,,politics ,,for ,,young ,,americans4 ,andrews3 ,manual of the ,united ,states ,constitution4 ,mulford3 ,the ,nation4 ,story3 ,familiar ,exposition of the ,united ,states ,constitution4 ,bancroft3 ,history of the ,united ,states 7vol4 xi474 ,amos3 ,the ,science of ,politics4 ,general ,works on ,political ,economy4 ,perry3 ,,an ,,introduction ,,to ,,political ,,economy4 ,jevons3 ,a ,,primer ,,of ,,political ,,economy4 ,fawcett3 ,a ,,manual ,,of ,,political ,,economy4 ,john ,stuart ,mill3 ,principles of ,political ,economy 7,people's edition74 ,cairnes3 ,some ,leading ,principles of ,political ,economy ,newly ,expounded4 ,walker3 ,the ,elements of ,political ,economy4 ,perry3 ,elements of ,political ,economy4 ,bastiat3 ,essays on ,political ,economy4 ,bowen3 ,american ,political ,economy4 ,mason and ,lalor3 ,primer of ,political ,economy4 ,on ,population4 ,malthus3 ,the ,principles of ,population4 ,mr4 ,malthus's doctrines are opposed in the following works-- ,godwin3 ,on ,population 7#ahbj74 ,sadler3 ,the ,law of ,population 7#ahcj74 ,alison3 ,the ,principles of ,population1 and their ,connection with ,human ,happiness 7#ahdj74 ,doubleday3 ,the ,true ,law of ,population shown to be connected with the ,food of the ,people 7#ahed74 ,herbert ,spencer3 ,the ,principles of ,biology 7vol4 ii474 ,rickards3 ,population and ,capital 7#ahed74 ,greg3 ,enigmas of ,life 7#ahgb74 ,the ,malthusian doctrine is supported wholly or in part by-- ,macaulay1 in his ,essay on ,sadler's ,law of ,population2 ,rev4 ,thomas ,chalmers1 in ,political ,economy in connection with the ,moral ,state and ,moral ,prospects of ,society2 ,david ,ricardo1 in ,principles of ,political ,economy2 and some other writers4 ,see1 also1 ,roscher's ,political ,economy4 ,on ,wealth and ,currency4 ,adam ,smith3 ,an ,inquiry into the ,nature and ,causes of ,wealth4 ,probably the most important book that has ever been written1 and certainly the most valuable contribution ever made by a single man towards establishing the principles on which government should be based4--,h4 ,t4 ,,buckle4 ,jevons3 ,money and the ,mechanism of ,exchange4 ,a4 ,walker3 ,the ,science of ,wealth4 ,f4 ,a4 ,walker3 ,money4 ,bagehot3 ,lombard ,street2 a ,description of the ,money ,market4 ,bonamy ,price3 ,principles of ,currency4 -------- ,currency and ,banking4 ,chevalier3 ,essay on the ,probable ,fall in the ,value of ,gold 7translated by ,cobden74 ,ricardo3 ,proposals for an ,economical ,currency4 ,poor3 ,money2 its ,laws and ,history4 ,mc,culloch3 ,on ,metallic and ,paper ,money1 and ,banks4 ,newcomb3 ,the ,a ,b ,c of ,finance4 ,wells3 ,robinson ,crusoe's ,money4 ,harvey3 ,paper ,money1 the ,money of ,civilization4 ,sumner3 ,history of ,american ,currency4 ,maclaren3 ,history of the ,currency4 ,linderman3 ,money and ,legal ,tender of the ,united ,states4 ,bolles3 ,financial ,history of the ,united ,states1 from #aghi to #ahfj4 ,on ,banking4 ,macleod3 ,the ,elements of ,banking4 -------- ,theory and ,practice of ,banking4 ,bonamy ,price3 ,currency and ,banking4 ,gibbons3 ,the ,banks of ,new ,york4 ,atkinson3 ,what is a ,bank8 ,gilbart3 ,principles and ,practice of ,banking4 ,bagehot3 ,lombard ,street4 ,morse3 ,treatise on the ,laws relating to ,banks and ,banking4 ,on ,labor and ,wages4 ,henry ,george3 ,progress and ,poverty4 ,mallock3 ,property and ,progress4 ,walker3 ,wages and the ,wages ,class4 ,brassey3 ,work and ,wages4 ,jevons3 ,the ,state in relation to ,labor4 ,jervis3 ,labor and ,capital4 ,thornton3 ,on ,labor2 its ,wrongful ,claims and ,rightful ,dues4 ,wright3 ,a ,practical ,treatise on ,labor4 ,young3 ,labor in ,europe and ,america4 ,bolles3 ,conflict of ,labor and ,capital4 ,about3 ,hand-,book of ,social ,economy4 ,on ,socialism and ,co-operation4 ,nordhoff3 ,communistic ,societies of the ,united ,states4 ,noyes3 ,history of ,american ,socialism4 ,ely3 ,french and ,german ,socialism in ,modern ,times4 ,holyoake3 ,history of ,co-operation4 ,woolsey3 ,socialism4 ,barnard3 ,co-operation as a ,business4 ,the student of socialism will doubtless be interested in reading some of the philosophical fictions and other works1 written in various ages1 describing fanciful or ideal communities and governments4 ,the following are the best-- ,plato's ,republic4 ,sir ,thomas ,more's ,utopia4 ,bacon's ,new ,atlantis4 ,hall's ,mundus ,alter et ,idem4 ,harrington's ,oceana4 ,defoe's ,essay on ,projects4 ,disraeli's ,coningsby1 or the ,new ,generation4 ,bulwer's ,the ,coming ,race4 ,on ,taxation and ,pauperism4 ,peto3 ,taxation2 its ,levy and ,expenditure4 ,cobden ,club ,essay1--,on ,local ,government and ,taxation4 ,encyclopdia ,britannica3 ,the ,article on ,taxation4 ,fawcett3 ,pauperism2 its ,causes and ,remedies4 ,sir ,george ,nicholl3 ,histories of the ,english1 ,scotch1 and ,irish ,poor ,laws4 ,lecky3 ,history of ,european ,morals 7vol4 ii474 ,on the ,tariff ,question4 ,the following works favor1 more or less strongly1 the doctrine of ,free ,trade-- ,adam ,smith3 ,on the ,wealth of ,nations4 ,walter3 ,what is ,free ,trade8 ,sumner3 ,lectures on the ,history of ,protection in the ,united ,states4 ,mongredien3 ,history of the ,free-,trade ,movement4 ,grosvenor3 ,does ,protection ,protect8 ,bastiat3 ,sophisms of ,protection4 ,fawcett3 ,free ,trade and ,protection4 ,butts3 ,protection and ,free ,trade4 ,the following are the most important works favoring ,protection-- ,horace ,greeley3 ,the ,science of ,political ,economy4 ,e4 ,peshine ,smith3 ,a ,manual of ,political ,economy4 ,r4 ,e4 ,thompson3 ,social ,science and ,national ,economy4 ,h4 ,c4 ,carey3 ,principles of ,social ,science4 ,byles3 ,sophisms of ,free ,trade4 ,works of ,reference4 ,mc,culloch3 ,literature of ,political ,economy4 ,macleod3 ,a ,dictionary of ,political ,economy1 ,biographical1 ,historical1 and ,practical4 ,lalor3 ,cyclopdia of ,political ,science and ,political ,economy4 ,mc,culloch3 ,dictionary of ,commerce4 ,tooke3 ,history of ,prices1 #agic to #ahef4 ,rogers3 ,history of ,agriculture and ,prices in ,england4 ,illustration ,illustration ,,chapter ,,xi4 ,on the ,practical ,study of ,english ,literature4 ,the ocean of literature is without limit4 ,how then shall we be able to perform a voyage1 even to a moderate distance1 if we waste our time in dalliance on the shore8 ,our only hope is in exertion4 ,let our only reward be that of industry4--,,ringelbergius4 ,the student of ,english literature has indeed embarked upon a limitless ocean4 ,a lifetime of study will serve only to make him acquainted with parts of that great expanse which lies open before him4 ,he should pursue his explorations earnestly1 and with the inquiring spirit of a true discoverer4 ,his thirst for knowledge should be unquenchable2 he should long always for that mind food which brings the right kind of mind growth4 ,he should not rest satisfied with merely superficial attainments1 but should strive for that thoroughness of knowledge without which there can be neither excellence nor enjoyment4 ,english literature is not to be learned from manuals4 ,they are only helps1--charts1 buoys1 light-houses1 if you will call them so2 or they serve to you the purposes of guide-books4 ,what do you think of the would-be tourist who stays at home and studies his ,baedeker with the foolish thought that he is actually seeing the countries which the book describes8 ,and yet ,i have known students1 and not a few teachers1 do a thing equally as foolish4 ,with a ,morley1 or a ,shaw1 or even a ,brooke in their hands1 and a few names and dates at their tongues' ends1 they imagine themselves viewing the great ocean of literature1 ploughing its surface and exploring its depths1 when in reality they are only wasting their time 8in dalliance on the shore40 ,english literature does not consist in a mere array of names and dates and short biographical sketches of men who have written books4 ,biography is biography2 literature 8is a record of the best thoughts40 ,but the former is frequently studied in place of the latter4 8,for once that we take down our ,milton1 and read a book of that #8voice1' as ,wordsworth says1 #8whose sound is like the sea1' we take up fifty times a magazine with something about ,milton1 or about ,milton's grandmother1 or a book stuffed with curious facts about the houses in which he lived1 and the juvenile ailments of his first wife40#bc ,instead of becoming acquainted at first hand with books in which are stored the energies of the past1 we content ourselves with knowing only something about the men who wrote them4 ,instead of admiring with our own eyes the architectural beauties of ,st4 ,paul's ,cathedral1 we read a biography of ,sir ,christopher ,wren4 ,again1 it must be borne in mind that literature is one thing1 and the history of literature is another4 ,the study of the latter1 however important1 cannot be substituted for that of the former2 yet it is not desirable to separate the two4 ,to acquire any serviceable knowledge of a book1 you will be greatly aided by knowing under what peculiar conditions it was conceived and produced1--the history of the country1 the manners of the people1 the status of morals and politics at the time it was written4 ,between history and literature there is a mutual relationship which should not be overlooked4 8,a book is the offspring of the aggregate intellect of humanity10 and it gives back to humanity1 in the shape of new ideas and new combinations of old ideas1 not only all that which it has derived from it1 but more1--increased intellectual vitality1 and springs of action hitherto unknown4 ,in the study of literature1 one should begin with an author and with a subject not too difficult to understand4 ,a beginner will be likely to find but little comfort in ,chaucer or ,spenser1 or even in ,emerson2 but after he has worked up to them he may study them with unbounded delight4 ,for a ready understanding and correct appreciation of the great masterpieces of ,english literature1 a knowledge of ,greek and ,roman mythology and history is almost indispensable4 ,the student will find the courses of historical reading given in a former chapter of this book of much value in supplementing his literary studies4 ,the great works of the world's master-minds should be studied together1 with reference to the similarity of their subject-matter4 ,for example1 the reading of ,shakspeare will give occasion to the study of dramatic literature in all its forms2 the reading of ,milton's 8,paradise ,lost0 will introduce us to the great epics1 and to heroic poetry in general2 ,sir ,walter ,scott's 8,lay of the ,last ,minstrel0 will lead naturally to the romance literature of modern and medival times2 ,chaucer's 8,canterbury ,tales0 fitly illustrate the story-telling phase of poetry2 the study of lyric poetry may centre around the old ballads1 the poems of ,robert ,burns1 and the religious hymns of our language2 ,bunyan's 8,pilgrim's ,progress0 introduces us to allegory1 and ,milton's 8,lycidas0 to elegiac and pastoral poetry2 and to know the best specimens of argumentative prose1 we begin with the speeches of ,daniel ,webster and end with the orations of ,demosthenes4 ,the following schemes for the study of different departments of ,english literature have been tested both with private students and with classes at school4 ,of course1 many of the books mentioned are to be used chiefly as works of reference2 some of them may be conveniently omitted in case it is desirable to abridge the course1 and others may be exchanged for similar works upon the same subject4 ,,scheme ,i4 ,for the ,study of ,dramatic ,literature4 ,,literature4 ,for manuals use any or all of the following works-- ,,shaw',s ,manual of ,english ,literature4 ,,morley',s ,first ,sketch of ,english ,literature4 ,,baldwin',s ,english ,literature and ,literary ,criticism4 ,,brooke',s ,primer of ,english ,literature4 ,,welch',s ,development of ,english ,literature4 ,,richardson',s ,familiar ,talks on ,english ,literature4 ,,parallel ,,studies ,english histories for study and reference-- ,,green',s ,history of the ,english ,people4 ,,knight',s ,history of ,england4 ,,yonge',s ,young ,folks' ,england4 ,to be read-- 8,rise and ,progress of the ,english ,drama10 in ,white's ,shakspeare1 vol4 i4 8,origin and ,growth of the ,drama in ,england10 in ,hudson's ,life1 ,art1 and ,characters of ,shakspeare1 vol4 i4 8,life of ,shakspeare0 in either of the works just named4 ,study the history of ,england from #ajff to #aehj4 ,write an essay on one of the following subjects-- #a4 ,miracles and ,mysteries4 #b4 ,popular ,amusements of the ,middle ,ages4 #c4 ,the ,church and the ,early ,drama4 #d4 ,the ,social ,condition of ,england in the ,time of ,queen ,elizabeth4 #e4 ,the ,early ,theatres4 ,to be referred to-- ,,dowden',s ,shakspere ,primer4 ,,abbott',s ,shakspearian ,grammar4 ,taine's ,english ,literature1 the chapter on 8,shakspeare40 ,to be studied-- ,i4 ,,the ,,merchant ,,of ,,venice4 ,i4 ,study the history and topography of ,venice4 ,write essays on various subjects suggested by the play ,,ii4 ,,coriolanus or ,,julius ,c,,sar4 ,,ii4 ,read ,plutarch's ,life of ,coriolanus or of ,julius ,csar4 ,study the peculiarities of ,roman life and manners4 ,refer to ,mommsen's ,rome4 ,,iii4 ,,richard ,,iii4 ,,iii4 ,study the history of ,richard ,,iii4 as related by trustworthy historians4 ,write an essay in his defence4 ,,iv4 ,a ,,midsummer ,,night',s ,,dream4 ,,iv4 ,study the sources from which this play has been derived4 ,write essays on subjects suggested by it4 ,v4 ,,king ,,lear or ,,macbeth4 ,v4 ,read ,geoffrey of ,monmouth's account of ,king ,lear4 ,learn what you can of the historical legends of early ,britain and ,scotland4 ,write essays on subjects suggested by these plays4 ,,vi4 ,,hamlet4 ,,vi4 ,,hamlet4 ,study the sources of the play4 ,write essays4 ,discuss the question of ,hamlet's madness4 ,books for study and reference while studying ,shakspeare-- ,,hazlitt',s ,characters of ,shakspeare's ,plays4 ,,coleridge',s ,literary ,remains4 ,,leigh ,,hunt',s ,imagination and ,fancy4 ,,lamb',s ,essay on ,shakspeare's ,tragedies4 ,,dowden',s ,mind and ,art of ,shakspeare4 ,,weiss',s ,wit1 ,humor1 and ,shakspeare4 ,,morgan',s ,the ,shakspearian ,myth4 ,also1 the various works of the ,shakspeare ,society and of the ,new ,shakspere ,society4 ,write an essay on ,shakspeare's works1 his life1 his art4 ,discuss the ,baconian theory of the authorship of ,shakspeare's plays4 ,general ,study of the ,drama4 #a4 ,the ,greek ,drama4--,refer to1 or read1-- ,,mahaffy',s ,greek ,literature4 ,,schlegel',s ,dramatic ,literature4 ,,copleston',s schylus4 ,,church',s ,stories from the ,greek ,tragedians4 ,,mrs4 ,,browning',s translation of ,prometheus ,bound4 ,,donne',s ,euripides4 ,,froude',s essay1--,sea ,studies4 ,,donaldson',s ,theatre of the ,greeks4 #a4 ,the ,greek ,drama4--,study the history of ,greece from some brief text-book like ,smith's ,smaller ,history4 ,study the life and manners of the ,greeks by referring to ,becker's ,charicles1 or ,mahaffy's ,old ,greek ,life4 ,refer to ,grote and ,curtius4 ,read the old ,greek ,myths4 ,write essays on the ,greek ,stage1 the ,greek ,tragedy1 and kindred subjects4 ,discuss the subjects suggested by reading 8,prometheus ,bound40 #b4 ,the ,roman ,drama4--,see the following works-- ,,schlegel',s ,dramatic ,literature4 ,,simcox',s ,history of ,latin ,literature4 ,,quackenbos',s ,classical ,literature4 #b4 ,refer to ,mommsen's ,rome1 especially the chapters relating to literature and art4 #c4 ,mysteries and ,miracle-,plays4--,refer to-- 8,an ,essay on the ,origin of the ,english ,stage10 in ,percy's ,reliques of ,ancient ,english ,poetry4 ,,warton',s ,history of ,english ,poetry4 ,,morley',s ,english ,writers2 and the essays of ,white and ,hudson1 already named4 #c4 ,review the history of ,england from #ajff to #aehj1 with special reference to the social1 religious1 and political progress of the people4 #d4 ,the ,elizabethan ,drama4--,see the works on ,shakspeare1 mentioned above2 also1-- ,,whipple',s ,literature of the ,age of ,elizabeth4 ,,hazlitt',s ,age of ,elizabeth4 ,,lamb',s ,notes on the ,elizabethan ,dramatists4 ,,ward',s ,english ,dramatic ,literature4 ,study selections from-- ,,jonson',s ,every ,man in his ,humor4 ,,marlowe',s ,doctor ,faustus1 or ,tamburlaine4 ,also1 selections from ,webster1 ,beaumont and ,fletcher1 and others4 #d4 ,subjects for special study-- ,the history of the reigns of ,elizabeth and ,james ,i4 ,the causes and character of the ,renaissance in ,england4 ,character of the ,elizabethan dramatists4 ,causes of the decline of dramatic literature4 ,the character of ,james ,i4 ,the ,puritans and their influence upon the manners of the ,english people4 ,the ,puritans and the drama4 ,,prynne',s ,histrio-,mastix4 ,the reign of ,charles ,i4 #e4 ,study ,milton's ,comus4 ,read ,milton's ,samson ,agonistes4 #e4 ,study the history of ,oliver ,cromwell and ,puritan ,england4 ,suppression of the drama4 ,read ,macaulay's ,essay on ,milton4 ,write essays on subjects suggested by these studies4 ,discuss the character of the ,puritans4 #f4 ,the ,drama of the ,restoration4--,read-- ,,hazlitt',s ,english ,comic ,writers4 ,,johnson',s ,life of ,dryden4 ,,thackeray',s ,english ,humorists4 ,,macaulay',s ,essay on the ,comic ,dramatists of the ,restoration4 ,,ward',s ,history of the ,drama4 #f4 ,study the state of society at the time of the ,restoration4 ,the history of ,england from #affj to #agfj4 ,write essays on subjects relating to the drama or the public manners of this period4 ,,jeremy ,,collier',s work4 #g4 ,the ,later ,drama4--,see the following-- ,,fitzgerald',s ,life of ,david ,garrick4 ,the ,life and ,dramatic ,works of ,r4 ,b4 ,sheridan4 ,lives of the ,kembles4 ,,macready',s ,reminiscences4 ,,lewes',s ,actors and the ,art of ,acting4 ,,hutton',s ,plays and ,players4 ,,goldsmith',s ,she ,stoops to ,conquer4 ,,sheridan',s ,school for ,scandal4 ,,bulwer',s ,richelieu4 ,,tennyson',s ,drama of ,queen ,mary4 ,,shelley',s ,prometheus ,unbound4 ,,swinburne',s ,atalanta in ,calydon4 ,,robert ,,browning',s ,dramas4 #g4 ,study the history of ,england to the close of the eighteenth century4 ,write an essay on the 8,influence of the ,drama40 ,discuss the means by which the stage may be made beneficial as a means of popular education4 ,study the character of the drama of our own times1 and how it may be improved4 ,,scheme ,,ii4 ,for the ,study of ,epic ,poetry4 ,,literature4 ,for manuals1 etc41 see ,scheme ,i4 ,to be studied-- ,,milton',s ,paradise ,lost4 ,read-- ,,macaulay',s ,essay on ,milton4 ,,dr4 ,,johnson',s ,life of ,milton4 ,,stopford ,,brooke',s ,milton4 ,,mark ,,pattison',s ,milton4 ,,hazlitt',s ,essay on 8,shakspeare and ,milton10 in ,english ,poets4 ,,hazlitt',s ,essay on ,milton's ,eve4 ,,de ,,quincey',s ,essay on ,milton vs4 ,southey and ,landor4 ,,himes',s ,a ,study of ,paradise ,lost4 ,the ,spectator2 the numbers issued on ,saturdays from ,jan4 #e to ,may #c1 #agab4 ,,masson',s ,introduction to ,milton's ,poetical ,works4 ,,gosse',s ,essay on ,milton and ,vondel1 in 8,studies in ,northern ,literature40 ,refer to-- ,,masson',s ,life of ,milton4 ,,boyd',s ,milton's ,paradise ,lost 7with copious notes74 ,,parallel ,,studies ,for ,english histories1 see ,scheme ,i4 ,read the account of the ,creation as related in the book of ,genesis4 ,study the character of the ,puritans in ,england4 ,write essays on subjects suggested by the study of 8,paradise ,lost40 ,study the mythological allusions found in the poem4 ,the following works of reference are recommended for this purpose-- ,,smith',s ,classical ,dictionary4 ,,murray',s ,manual of ,mythology4 ,,keightley',s ,classical ,mythology4 ,write an essay on the general plan of the poem4 ,discuss ,milton's theory of the universe as understood from the reading of 8,paradise ,lost40 ,a notice of the other great ,epics-- #a4 ,,homer',s ,iliad and ,odyssey4 ,selections read and studied4 7,see list of books suggested for the study of ,greek history1 etc47 #b4 ,,virgil',s neid 7,morris's translation74 ,general plan of the work observed4 ,see list of books elsewhere given1 relating to ,greek ,mythology1 the ,trojan ,war1 etc4 #c4 ,,dante',s ,divina ,commedia 7,longfellow's or ,carey's translation74 ,general plan of the work observed4 ,see-- ,,lowell',s ,essay on ,dante1 in ,among ,my ,books4 ,,symond',s ,introduction to the ,study of ,dante4 ,,botta',s ,dante as a ,philosopher1 ,patriot1 and ,poet4 ,,carlyle',s ,heroes and ,hero-,worship4 ,attempted ,epics-- ,,cowley',s ,davideis4 ,,glover',s ,leonidas4 ,,southey',s ,joan of ,arc1 ,madoc1 ,thalaba1 and ,the ,curse of ,kehama4 ,,landor',s ,gebir4 ,why these poems fail to be epics4 ,historical studies suggested by these attempted poems4 ,write an essay on the qualities requisite to a great epic poem4 ,discuss the possibility of another great epic being written4 ,heroic ,poems-- ,,barbour',s ,bruce4 ,,davenant',s ,gondibert4 ,study the legends and historical events upon which these poems are founded4 ,the ,mock-,heroic-- ,,pope',s ,rape of the ,lock4 ,the general plan4 ,selections studied4 ,write an essay on some subject suggested by these studies4 ,,scheme ,,iii4 ,for the ,study of ,poetical ,romance4 ,,literature4 ,for manuals1 see ,scheme ,i4 ,to be studied-- ,sir ,walter ,scott's great poems1-- ,the ,lay of the ,last ,minstrel4 ,marmion4 ,the ,lady of the ,lake4 ,to be read-- ,,carlyle',s ,essay on ,sir ,walter ,scott4 ,,hazlitt on ,scott1 in ,the ,spirit of the ,age4 ,the chapter on ,scott in ,shaw's ,manual of ,english ,literature4 ,,parallel ,,studies ,for histories1 see ,scheme ,i4 ,read the history of ,scotland from the earliest period to the reign of ,james ,v4 ,,miss ,,porter',s ,scottish ,chiefs4 ,,scott',s ,minstrelsy of the ,scottish ,border4 ,,aytoun',s ,ballads of ,scotland4 ,,scott',s ,fair ,maid of ,perth4 ,write essays on subjects suggested by these studies4 ,discuss the character of the ,scotch people in feudal times4 ,r4 ,h4 ,,hutton',s ,sir ,walter ,scott1 in 8,english ,men of ,letters40 ,how the ,romance poetry differed from ,classic poetry4 ,see ,macaulay's ,essay on ,southey's ,life of ,byron4 ,compare selections from ,scott with selections from ,pope4 ,find other illustrations of the difference between the two schools of poetry4 ,the ,origin of ,romance ,literature4--,refer to-- ,,warton',s ,history of ,poetry4 ,the ,introduction to ,ellis's ,early ,english ,metrical ,romances4 ,,ritson',s ,ancient ,english ,metrical ,romances4 ,,percy',s ,reliques1 introductory essay to book iii4 ,read the chapter on the ,troubadours1 in ,sismondi's ,literature of ,southern ,europe2 also in ,van ,laun's ,history of ,french ,literature4 ,refer to ,miss ,prescott's ,troubadours and ,trouvres4 ,to be studied-- ,,tennyson',s ,idylls of the ,king4 ,refer to ,taine's criticism of ,tennyson's ,poetry1 in his ,english ,literature1 vol4 iv4 ,read the account of the romances of ,king ,arthur as related in the books already mentioned4 ,also1-- ,,lanier',s ,boy's ,king ,arthur4 ,,bulfinch',s ,age of ,chivalry4 ,,geoffrey ,,of ,,monmouth',s ,british ,history1 books viii4 and ix4 ,write an essay on the ,king ,arthur legends4 ,read selected portions of ,byron's poetical romances-- ,the ,giaour4 ,the ,corsair4 ,the ,bride of ,abydos4 ,the ,siege of ,corinth4 ,read ,byron1 by ,john ,nichol1 in 8,english ,men of ,letters40 ,read ,matthew ,arnold's ,introduction to the ,selected ,poems of ,lord ,byron4 ,compare ,byron's poetry with that of ,sir ,walter ,scott1 #ast4 ,as to matter4 #b;d4 ,as to style4 ,write essays on subjects suggested by these studies4 ,discuss reasons why ,lord ,byron's poetry is much less popular than formerly4 ,study selections from ,moore's ,lalla ,rookh4 ,read ,hazlitt's criticisms on ,moore1 in his 8,english ,poets40 ,also1 ,w4 ,m4 ,rossetti's ,introduction to the ,poems of ,thomas ,moore4 ,study1 from whatever sources are available1 ,oriental life and manners as portrayed in ,lalla ,rookh4 ,write essays on the same4 ,study selections from ,morris's ,sigurd the ,volsung2 also from ,the ,earthly ,paradise by the same author4 ,study the myths of the north1 referring to ,mallet's ,northern ,antiquities and ,anderson's ,norse ,mythology4 ,,scheme ,,iv4 ,for the ,study of ,story-,telling ,poetry4 ,,literature4 ,use manuals for reference as indicated in ,scheme ,i4 ,to these may be added ,underwood's ,american ,literature1 and ,white's ,story of ,english ,literature4 ,,parallel ,,studies4 ,use for reference1 ,green's ,history of the ,english ,people1 or ,knight's ,history of ,england2 also1 some standard history of ,america4 ,,chaucer',s ,canterbury ,tales4 ,study the ,prologue and either the ,knightes ,tale or the ,clerkes ,tale4 ,refer to1 or read1-- ,the ,riches of ,chaucer1 by ,charles ,cowden ,clarke4 ,,lowell',s ,essay on ,chaucer1 in 8,my ,study ,windows40 ,,carpenter',s ,english of the ,fourteenth ,century4 ,chaucer's ,canterbury ,tales ,explained1 by ,saunders4 ,canterbury ,chimes1 by ,storr and ,turner4 ,stories from ,old ,english ,poetry1 by ,mrs4 ,richardson4 ,study the history of ,england in the fourteenth century1 and especially the social condition of the people during that period4 ,make some acquaintance with the great ,italian writers who flourished about this time1 and exerted a marked influence upon ,chaucer's work4 ,refer to-- ,,sismondi',s ,literature of ,southern ,europe2 ,,campbell',s ,life of ,petrarch2 ,,botta',s ,dante as ,philosopher1 ,patriot1 and ,poet2 etc4 ,read some of ,scott's shorter narrative poems1-- ,rokeby4 ,the ,bridal of ,triermain4 ,harold the ,dauntless4 ,for criticisms and essays on ,scott1 see ,scheme ,,iii4 ,study the historical subjects1 suggested by these poems4 ,see ,parallel ,studies in connection with ,scott's longer poems1 ,scheme ,,iii4 ,study ,the ,prisoner of ,chillon1 by ,lord ,byron4 ,see criticisms on ,byron1 in ,taine's ,english ,literature4 ,read ,wordsworth's story-poems1-- ,the ,white ,doe of ,rylstone2 ,peter ,bell2 ,we are ,seven2 etc4 ,study ,coleridge's ,the ,ancient ,mariner1 and ,keats's ,the ,eve of ,st4 ,agnes4 ,read ,hazlitt's estimate of ,wordsworth1 in ,the ,spirit of the ,age4 ,,de ,,quincey on ,wordsworth's poetry1 in ,literary ,criticism4 ,write essays on subjects suggested by these studies4 ,for criticisms on the poets last read1 refer to-- ,,hazlitt',s ,english ,poets4 ,,swinburne',s ,studies and ,essays4 ,,shairp',s ,studies in ,poetry4 ,,lord ,,houghton',s ,life of ,keats4 ,,matthew ,,arnold',s ,essay on ,keats1 in ,ward's ,english ,poets4 ,,carlyle',s ,reminiscences4 ,study the history of the ,english people from #agfj to #ahbj1 with special reference to their social condition1 and the progress of literature4 ,write essays on suggested subjects4 ,read ,campbell's ,gertrude of ,wyoming4 ,read the historical account of the ,massacre of ,wyoming4 ,read selections from ,mrs4 ,hemans4 ,read ,mrs4 ,browning's ,lady ,geraldine's ,courtship2 also some of her shorter poems4 ,read biographies of ,mrs4 ,hemans and ,mrs4 ,browning4 ,discuss reasons why ,mrs4 ,hemans' poetry is no longer popular4 ,study ,tennyson's poems1-- ,the ,princess4 ,maud4 ,enoch ,arden4 ,also his shorter poems4 ,consult-- ,,stedman',s ,victorian ,poets4 ,,hadley',s ,essays4 ,,kingsley',s ,miscellanies4 ,study at least two poems in ,morris's ,earthly ,paradise4 ,study the classical and ,norse legends upon which these stories are based4 ,study ,longfellow's poems1-- ,evangeline4 ,miles ,standish4 ,hiawatha4 ,tales of a ,wayside ,inn4 ,the ,skeleton in ,armor4 ,read ,underwood's ,life of ,longfellow4 ,see-- ,,bancroft',s ,history of the ,united ,states1 vol4 iv4 ,,abbott',s ,life of ,miles ,standish4 ,study other historical references1 etc41 suggested by these poems4 ,study the story-poems of ,john ,g4 ,whittier3 ,maud ,muller2 ,flud ,ireson2 etc4 ,write essays on subjects suggested by these studies4 ,,scheme ,v4 ,for the ,study of ,allegory4 ,,literature4 ,,sop',s ,fables4 ,oriental parables and fables4 ,study ,bunyan's ,pilgrim's ,progress1 as being the most popular allegory in the ,english language4 ,read-- ,,macaulay',s ,essay on ,john ,bunyan4 ,,cheever',s ,lectures on ,bunyan4 ,anglo-,saxon parables and allegories4 ,the growth of the allegory4 ,the ,vision of ,piers ,plowman4 ,the great ,french allegory1 the ,roman de la ,rose4 ,,chaucer',s ,romaunt of the ,rose4 ,other allegorical poems usually ascribed to ,chaucer1-- ,the ,court of ,love4 ,the ,cuckow and the ,nightingale4 ,the ,parlament of ,foules4 ,the ,flower and the ,leaf4 ,refer to ,taine's ,english ,literature4 ,notice1 next1 ,dunbar's ,the ,thistle and the ,rose2 also1 ,the ,golden ,terge1 and the ,dance of the ,seven ,sins4 ,,stephen ,,hawes',s ,grand ,amour and la ,bell ,pucell4 ,study selected passages from ,spenser's ,faerie ,queene2 also the general plan of the poem4 ,see-- ,,lowell',s ,among ,my ,books4 ,,craik',s ,spenser and his ,poetry4 ,,parallel ,,studies4 ,rhetorical definition of allegory4 ,the distinction between fables and parables4 ,study the history of the rise and progress of ,puritanism in ,england4 ,refer to ,green's ,history of the ,english ,people1 and to ,taine's ,english ,literature4 ,consult-- ,,morley',s ,english ,writers4 ,,warton',s ,history of ,english ,poetry4 ,,george ,p4 ,,marsh',s ,lectures on the ,origin and ,history of the ,english ,language4 ,,skeats',s ,specimens of ,english ,literature4 ,study the social condition of ,england in the thirteenth1 fourteenth1 and fifteenth centuries4 ,refer to the histories already mentioned2 also to-- ,,pearson',s ,history of ,england in the ,fourteenth ,century4 ,,lanier',s ,boy's ,froissart1 or the abridged edition of ,froissart's ,chronicles4 ,,towle',s ,history of ,henry ,v4 ,study the social and literary history of ,england during the sixteenth century4 ,refer to ,froude's ,history of ,england4 ,write essays on subjects suggested by these studies4 ,read-- ,,phineas ,,fletcher',s ,purple ,island4 ,,thomson',s ,castle of ,indolence4 ,,lowell',s ,vision of ,sir ,launfal4 ,,gay',s ,fables4 ,,burns',s ,the ,twa ,dogs1 and ,the ,brigs of ,ayr4 ,abou ,ben ,adhem4 ,discuss the value of allegory as an aid in education4 ,why has the taste for allegory steadily declined8 ,write in plain prose the lesson learned in each of the fables studied4 ,what relationship exists between fables and myths8 ,,scheme ,,vi4 ,for the ,study of ,didactic ,poetry4 ,,literature4 ,,dryden',s ,religio ,laici2 and ,the ,hind and the ,panther4 ,study selected passages from ,pope's ,essay on ,criticism1 and ,essay on ,man4 ,,young',s ,night ,thoughts4 ,,johnson',s ,vanity of ,human ,wishes4 ,,akenside',s ,pleasures of the ,imagination4 ,,warton',s ,pleasures of ,melancholy4 ,,rogers' ,pleasures of ,memory4 ,,campbell',s ,pleasures of ,hope4 ,,grahame',s ,the ,sabbath4 ,study selected passages from ,wordsworth's ,excursion4 ,select and study some of the best-known shorter didactic poems in the language4 ,,references4 ,refer to-- ,,hazlitt',s ,english ,poets2 ,lowell's ,among ,my ,books 7essay on ,dryden72 ,macaulay's ,essay on ,dryden2 and ,taine's ,english ,literature4 ,,johnson',s ,lives of the ,poets2 ,stephen's ,hours in a ,library2 ,de ,quincey's ,literature of the ,eighteenth ,century4 ,,macaulay',s ,essay on ,samuel ,johnson2 ,boswell's ,life of ,dr4 ,johnson2 ,carlyle's ,essay on ,boswell's ,life of ,johnson2 ,stephen's ,johnson1 in 8,english ,men of ,letters40 ,,whipple',s ,essay on ,wordsworth1 in 8,literature and ,life40 ,,shairp',s ,studies in ,poetry and ,philosophy2 ,hazlitt's ,spirit of the ,age2 ,charles ,lamb's ,essay on ,wordsworth's ,excursion4 ,,scheme ,,vii4 ,for the ,study of ,lyric ,poetry4 ,,literature4 ,i4 ,the ,early ,ballads4 ,ballads of ,robin ,hood4 ,ballads of the ,scottish ,border4 ,modern ,ballads4 ,,parallel ,,studies ,read histories and stories of the medival times4 ,refer to ,percy's ,reliques2 ,aytoun's ,scottish ,ballads2 ,scott's ,minstrelsy of the ,scottish ,border4 ,,ii4 ,songs of ,patriotism4 ,read and study the best-known patriotic poems in the language4 ,study the historical events1 or other circumstances which led to the production of these poems4 ,,iii4 ,battle ,songs4 ,the battle scenes in ,scott's poems4 ,burns3 8,scots wha hae wi' ,wallace bled40 ,macaulay's ,battle of ,ivry1 ,naseby1 ,horatius at the ,bridge4 ,tennyson's ,charge of the ,light ,brigade4 ,drayton's ,battle of ,agincourt4 ,study the historical events which gave rise to these poems4 ,write essays on subjects suggested by these studies4 ,,iv4 ,religions ,songs and ,hymns4 ,,george ,,herbert',s ,temple4 ,read selections from ,crashaw and ,vaughan4 ,study ,milton's ,hymn on the ,nativity1 and selections from ,keble's ,christian ,year4 ,read ,pope's ,universal ,prayer1 and ,the ,dying ,christian2 also selections from ,moore's ,sacred ,songs1 ,byron's ,hebrew ,melodies1 and ,milman's ,hymns for ,church ,service4 ,for specimens and extracts of lyric poetry of every class1 consult ,ward's ,english ,poets2 ,appleton's ,library of ,british ,poets2 ,the ,family ,library of ,british ,poets2 ,emerson's ,parnassus2 ,chambers' ,cyclopdia of ,english ,literature2 ,bryant's ,library of ,poetry and ,song2 and ,piatt's ,american ,poetry and ,art4 ,v4 ,love ,lyrics4 ,the ,songs of the ,troubadours4 ,wyatt's ,poems4 ,marlowe's ,passionate ,shepherd4 ,raleigh's ,the ,nymph's ,reply4 ,robert ,herrick's ,poems4 ,selections from the poems of ,sir ,john ,suckling4 ,the love poems of ,robert ,burns4 ,coleridge's ,genevieve4 ,selections from other poets4 ,consult ,miss ,prescott's ,troubadours and ,trouvres2 ,warton's ,history of ,english ,poetry4 ,study the biographies of ,marlowe1 ,raleigh1 ,herrick1 and ,suckling4 ,read ,carlyle's ,essay on ,robert ,burns2 and ,principal ,shairp's ,burns1 in 8,english ,men of ,letters40 ,,vi4 ,sonnets4 ,the origin of the sonnet4 ,selections from the sonnets of ,wyatt1 ,spenser1 ,sidney1 ,shakspeare1 ,drayton1 ,drummond1 ,milton1 ,wordsworth1 ,keats1 and others4 ,mrs4 ,browning's ,sonnets from the ,portuguese4 ,see ,leigh ,hunt's ,book of the ,sonnet2 ,dennis's ,english ,sonnets2 ,french's ,dublin ,afternoon ,lectures2 ,massey's ,shakspeare's ,sonnets2 ,henry ,brown's ,sonnets of ,shakspeare ,solved2 ,tomlinson's ,the ,sonnet3 its ,origin1 ,structure1 and ,place in ,poetry4 ,,vii4 ,odes4 ,,dryden',s ,alexander's ,feast4 ,,pope',s ,ode on ,st4 ,cecilia's ,day4 ,,collins',s ,ode on the ,passions1 and other odes4 ,,gray',s ,ode on the ,progress of ,poesy1 and ,the ,bard4 ,,keats',s ,sleep and ,poetry4 ,,shelley',s ,ode to ,liberty1 and ,to the ,west ,wind4 ,,coleridge',s ,ode on ,france1 and ,to the ,departing ,year4 ,,wordsworth',s ,ode on the ,intimations of ,immortality4 ,see ,husk's ,account of the ,musical ,celebrations on ,st4 ,cecilia's ,day1 in the ,sixteenth1 ,seventeenth1 and ,eighteenth ,centuries4 ,study the construction of the ode4 ,compare the ,english ode with the ,greek and ,latin ode4 ,learn something of the odes of ,horace4 ,write essays on subjects suggested by these studies4 ,,viii4 ,elegies4 ,study ,milton's ,lycidas4 ,read selections from ,spenser's ,astrophel2 ,shelley's ,adonais2 ,tennyson's ,in ,memoriam2 ,ode on the ,death of the ,duke of ,wellington2 ,pope's ,elegy on an ,unfortunate ,lady4 ,study ,gray's ,elegy in a ,country ,churchyard2 ,the ,dirge in ,cymbeline2 and ,collins's ,dirge in ,cymbeline4 ,read ,shenstone's ,elegies2 ,cowper's ,the ,castaway2 and ,bryant's ,thanatopsis4 ,for references to ,milton and ,spenser1 see other schemes4 ,for ,shelley's ,adonais1 see ,hutton's ,essays4 ,see ,f4 ,w4 ,robertson's ,analysis of ,in ,memoriam4 ,see also1 for subjects connected with these studies1 ,roscoe's ,essays2 ,hazlitt's ,english ,poets2 ,dr4 ,johnson's ,life of ,gray2 ,e4 ,w4 ,gosse's ,gray1 in 8,english ,men of ,letters20 ,parke ,godwin's ,life of ,william ,cullen ,bryant4 ,,ix4 ,miscellaneous ,lyrics4 ,study selections from the poems of ,burns1 ,ramsay1 and ,fergusson2 ,whittier1 ,bryant1 and ,longfellow2 ,william ,blake2 ,mrs4 ,browning1 ,tennyson1 and ,swinburne2 and others1 both ,british and ,american4 ,refer to the manuals elsewhere mentioned4 ,write essays on subjects suggested by these studies4 ,discuss the distinctive qualities of ,lyric ,poetry1 and the place which it occupies in ,english ,literature4 ,,scheme ,,viii4 ,for the ,study of ,descriptive ,poetry1 ,etc4 ,,literature4 ,study selections from the poems of ,william ,cullen ,bryant4 ,study ,whittier's ,snow-,bound1 and other descriptive poems4 ,study ,milton's ,l',allegro and ,il ,penseroso4 ,study selections from ,thomson's ,seasons1 and ,cowper's ,task4 ,study ,goldsmith's ,traveller1 and ,the ,deserted ,village2 also1 ,shenstone's ,schoolmistress4 ,find and read characteristic descriptive passages in the poems of ,scott1 ,byron1 ,shelley1 ,wordsworth1 ,keats1 ,browning1 and others4 ,compare ,scott's descriptions with the descriptions in ,pope's ,windsor ,forest and in ,denham's ,cooper's ,hill4 ,select and study descriptive passages from ,chaucer's ,poems1 and from ,spenser's ,faerie ,queene4 ,read selections from ,gay's ,rural ,sports1 and from ,bloomfield's ,farmer's ,boy4 ,,parallel ,,studies4 ,see ,godwin's ,life of ,william ,cullen ,bryant2 and ,underwood's biography of ,john ,g4 ,whittier4 ,see ,stopford ,brooke's ,milton2 and ,mark ,pattison's ,milton1 in 8,english ,men of ,letters20 ,irving's ,life of ,goldsmith2 ,thackeray's ,english ,humorists of the ,eighteenth ,century2 ,william ,black's ,goldsmith1 in 8,english ,men of ,letters20 ,hazlitt's ,english ,poets2 and ,de ,quincey's ,literature of the ,eighteenth ,century4 ,read ,macaulay's ,essay on ,moore's ,life of ,byron4 ,refer to ,goldwin ,smith's ,cowper1 in 8,english ,men of ,letters20 also to ,charles ,cowden ,clarke's ,life of ,cowper4 ,see references to ,chaucer and ,spenser elsewhere given4 ,pastoral ,poetry4 ,study ,milton's ,arcades1 and selections from ,pope's ,pastorals2 also from ,spenser's ,shepherd's ,calendar4 ,see ,drayton's ,shepherd's ,garland2 ,browne's ,britannia's ,pastorals2 ,jonson's ,sad ,shepherd2 ,fletcher's ,faithful ,shepherdess2 ,gay's ,shepherd's ,week2 ,ramsay's ,gentle ,shepherd2 and ,shenstone's ,pastoral ,ballads4 ,read ,pope's ,essay on ,pastoral ,poetry4 ,learn something about ,theocritus and his ,idyls1 and about the ,eclogues of ,virgil4 ,a translation of the former may be found in ,bohn's ,classical ,library4 ,the latest translation of the ,eclogues is that by ,wilstach4 ,,scheme ,,ix4 ,for the ,study of ,satire1 ,wit1 and ,humor4 ,,literature4 ,,dean ,,swift1 the great ,english satirist4 ,study his life and character4 ,see ,forster's ,life of ,swift2 or ,leslie ,stephen's ,swift1 in 8,english ,men of ,letters40 ,read selections from ,gulliver's ,travels1 and the ,tale of a ,tub4 ,read1 also1 his ,modest ,proposal4 ,,daniel ,,defoe',s ,satirical ,essays3 ,the ,shortest ,way with ,dissenters1 etc4 ,see ,minto's ,defoe1 in 8,english ,men of ,letters40 ,,parallel ,,studies4 ,,rabelais1 the great satirist of ,france4 ,read ,besant's ,french ,humorists2 and ,rabelais1 by the same author4 ,refer also to ,van ,laun's ,history of ,french ,literature4 ,,voltaire1 the third of the great modern satirists4 ,read ,parton's ,life of ,voltaire2 or ,voltaire1 by ,john ,morley2 or ,colonel ,hamley's ,voltaire1 in 8,foreign ,classics for ,english ,readers40 ,the origin and growth of satirical literature in ,england4 ,,john ,,skelton',s ,satires4 ,see ,warton's ,history of ,english ,poetry1 and ,taine's ,english ,literature4 ,,barclay',s ,shyp of ,fooles4 ,see ,warton's ,history4 ,the ,satires of ,surrey and ,wyatt4 ,see ,hallam's ,literary ,history1 and ,chalmers' ,collection of the ,poets4 ,,gascoigne',s ,the ,steele ,glass4 ,,donne',s ,satires4 ,see ,pope's ,the ,satires of ,dr4 ,donne ,versified4 ,,hall',s ,virgidemiarum4 ,see ,warton's ,history1 and ,campbell's ,specimens of the ,english ,poets4 ,study selected passages from ,butler's ,hudibras4 ,refer to ,hazlitt's ,comic ,writers1 and ,leigh ,hunt's ,wit and ,wisdom4 ,,dryden',s ,absalom and ,achitophel1 and the publications which followed it4 ,satirical literature in ,rome4 ,the great poetical satirists of ancient times1--,horace and ,juvenal4 ,see ,lord ,lytton's translation of the ,epodes and ,satires of ,horace2 and ,dryden's ,imitations of ,juvenal4 ,dr4 ,johnson's ,london and ,the ,vanity of ,human ,wishes are also imitations of ,juvenal4 ,see ,dryden's ,essay on ,satire4 ,to understand the satires of ,hall1 ,butler1 ,dryden1 and ,pope1 it is absolutely necessary to be well acquainted with the history and social condition of ,england during the seventeenth century4 ,study ,green's ,history of the ,english ,people4 ,study the political agitations in ,england just preceding the ,revolution of #afhh4 ,,dryden',s ,mac,flecknoe4 ,,pope',s ,dunciad4 ,,byron',s ,english ,bards and ,scotch ,reviewers4 ,,lowell',s ,fable for ,critics4 ,compare these four personal satires1 and write essays on the subjects suggested by their study4 ,,pope',s ,moral ,essays4 ,,swift',s ,satirical ,poems4 ,the humor of ,fielding1 ,smollett1 and ,goldsmith1 as exhibited in their writings4 ,,chatterton',s ,prophecy4 ,read ,burns' ,holy ,willie's ,prayer1 and the ,holy ,fair4 ,read ,thackeray's ,humorists of the ,eighteenth ,century1 and ,hazlitt's ,comic ,writers4 ,study the social condition of ,england in the eighteenth century4 ,,sydney ,,smith4 ,see the ,wit and ,wisdom of ,sydney ,smith 7#ahfa74 ,the ,fudge ,family in ,paris1 by ,thomas ,moore4 ,the ,humorous ,essays of ,charles ,lamb4 ,,thomas ,,carlyle',s ,sartor ,resartus1 and ,latter-,day ,pamphlets4 ,study selections4 ,study the political agitations in ,england during the first half of the present century4 ,refer to ,knight's ,history of ,england1 and to ,justin ,mc,carthy's ,history of ,our ,own ,times4 ,miss ,martineau's ,history of the ,thirty ,years' ,peace may be read with profit4 ,write essays on subjects suggested by these studies4 ,,thackeray as a humorist4 ,read his ,irish ,sketch-,book1 and selections from the ,book of ,snobs1 but especially observe his power in ,vanity ,fair4 ,read and study ,dr4 ,holmes' ,autocrat of the ,breakfast-,table4 ,study the true distinctions between ,wit1 ,humor1 and ,satire2 and select from what you have read a number of illustrative examples4 ,discuss questions which may arise from these studies2 and write essays on the same4 ,read ,lowell's ,biglow ,papers4 ,read selections from ,mark ,twain and other living ,american humorists4 ,compare the humor of the present day with that of the last generation4 ,read selections from ,irving's ,sketch ,book1 and ,knickerbocker's ,new ,york4 ,read ,burns' ,tam ,o',shanter2 and selections from ,hood1 ,john ,g4 ,saxe1 and others4 ,study the biographies of ,irving1 ,lowell1 ,holmes1 ,mark ,twain1 ,saxe1 and other ,american authors whose works have been noticed in this scheme4 ,,scheme ,x4 ,for the ,study of ,english ,prose ,fiction4 ,general ,works of ,reference4 ,,literature4 ,,dunlop',s ,history of ,fiction4 ,,jeaffreson',s ,novels and ,novelists4 ,,masson',s ,british ,novelists and their ,styles4 ,,tuckerman',s ,history of ,english ,prose ,fiction4 ,,parallel ,,studies4 ,the historical works and also the literary manuals mentioned in ,scheme ,,iv4 should be at hand for constant reference4 ,i4 ,the ,first ,romances4 ,,sidney',s ,arcadia4 ,,lyly',s ,euphues4 ,,greene',s ,pandosto1 or the ,triumph of ,time4 ,the ,novels of ,thomas ,nash4 ,study the conditions of life and thought in ,england under which these first attempts at the writing of prose romance were made4 ,,ii4 ,fabulous ,voyages and ,travels4 ,,godwin',s ,man in the ,moon4 ,,hall',s ,mundus ,alter et ,idem4 ,,swift',s ,gulliver's ,travels2--read selections4 ,study ,robinson ,crusoe4 ,the ,adventures of ,peter ,wilkins4 ,,edgar ,a4 ,,poe',s ,narrative of ,arthur ,gordon ,pym4 ,see ,collins' ,lucian1 in 8,ancient ,classics for ,english ,readers10 for an account of ,lucian's ,veracious ,history4 ,read the voyage of ,gargantua by ,rabelais2 or1 better1 consult ,besant's ,rabelais4 ,read ,minto's ,defoe1 in 8,english ,men of ,letters40 ,see ,forster's ,life of ,dean ,swift2 ,scott's ,memoir of ,dean ,swift2 and ,minto's ,manual of ,english ,prose4 ,,iii4 ,romances of the ,supernatural4 ,,walpole',s ,the ,castle of ,otranto4 ,,mrs4 ,,radcliffe',s ,romances4 ,,godwin',s ,st4 ,leon4 ,,bulwer',s ,zanoni4 ,,mrs4 ,,shelley',s ,frankenstein4 ,,lewis',s ,the ,monk4 ,see ,tuckerman's ,literature of ,fiction 7an essay72 ,c4 ,kegan ,paul's ,life of ,william ,godwin2 ,macaulay's ,essay on ,horace ,walpole2 ,miss ,kavanagh's ,english ,women of ,letters4 ,,iv4 ,oriental ,romances ,,beckford',s ,vathek4 ,,hope',s ,anastasius4 ,the ,adventures of ,hajji ,baba4 ,v4 ,historical ,romances4 ,,miss ,,porter',s ,scottish ,chiefs4 ,,scott',s ,waverley ,novels4 ,the ,novels of ,g4 ,p4 ,r4 ,james4 ,,bulwer',s ,last ,days of ,pompeii2 ,rienzi2 ,harold2 ,the ,last of the ,barons4 ,,lockhart',s ,valerius4 ,,kingsley',s ,hypatia4 ,,george ,,eliot',s ,romola4 ,see ,lockhart's ,life of ,scott2 ,stephen's ,hours in a ,library2 ,carlyle's ,essay on ,sir ,walter ,scott2 ,shaw's ,manual of ,english ,literature2 ,hutton's ,scott1 in 8,english ,men of ,letters20 ,nassau ,senior's ,essays on ,fiction2 ,the ,life of ,edward ,bulwer-,lytton1 by his son1 the present ,lord ,lytton4 ,,vi4 ,novels of ,social ,life1 etc4 ,,richardson',s ,novels4 ,,fielding',s ,tom ,jones4 ,,smollett',s ,novels4 ,,sterne',s ,tristram ,shandy4 ,,goldsmith',s ,vicar of ,wakefield4 ,,miss ,,burney',s ,novels4 ,,godwin',s ,caleb ,williams4 ,,miss ,,edgeworth',s ,novels4 ,,scott',s ,guy ,mannering2 ,the ,heart of ,mid-,lothian2 ,the ,bride of ,lammermoor2 ,the ,antiquary2 etc4 ,,miss ,,austen',s ,works4 ,,thackeray',s ,vanity ,fair4 ,,dickens',s ,pickwick ,papers4 ,other ,novels of ,dickens and ,thackeray4 ,,charlotte ,,bront',s ,jane ,eyre4 ,,bulwer',s ,novels4 ,,disraeli',s ,vivian2 and ,lothair4 ,,charles ,,kingsley',s ,novels4 ,,george ,,eliot',s ,works4 ,see ,stephen's ,hours in a ,library2 ,hazlitt's ,english ,novelists2 ,thackeray's ,english ,humorists of the ,eighteenth ,century2 ,irving's ,life of ,goldsmith2 ,macaulay's ,essay on ,madame d',arblay2 ,miss ,kavanagh's ,english ,women of ,letters2 ,james ,t4 ,fields' ,yesterdays with ,authors2 ,horne's ,new ,spirit of the ,age2 ,john ,forster's ,life of ,charles ,dickens2 ,hannay's ,studies on ,thackeray2 ,hannay's ,characters and ,sketches2 ,anthony ,trollope's ,thackeray1 in 8,english ,men of ,letters20 ,taine's ,english ,literature1 vol4 iv42 ,mrs4 ,gaskell's ,life of ,charlotte ,bront2 ,miss ,martineau's ,biographical ,sketches2 ,thackeray's ,roundabout ,papers2 ,life of ,charles ,brockden ,brown1 in ,sparks' 8,american ,biography20 ,griswold's ,prose ,american ,fiction-- ,,charles ,,brockden ,,brown',s ,wieland1 and other ,novels4 ,,cooper',s ,novels4 ,,james ,,kirke ,,paulding4 ,,john ,p4 ,,kennedy4 ,,william ,,gilmore ,,simms4 ,,hawthorne',s ,works4 ,the later and living novelists4 ,writers of ,america2 ,prescott's ,miscellaneous ,essays2 ,j4 ,t4 ,fields' ,hawthorne2 ,h4 ,a4 ,page's ,life of ,hawthorne2 ,lathrop's ,study of ,hawthorne2 ,roscoe's ,essays2 ,hawthorne1 by ,henry ,james1 in 8,english ,men of ,letters20 ,cooke's ,george ,eliot3 a ,critical ,study of her ,life1 ,writings1 and ,philosophy2 7,round-,table ,series7 ,george ,eliot1 ,moralist and ,thinker4 ,,vii4 ,didactic ,fiction4 ,,more',s ,utopia4 ,,harrington',s ,oceana4 ,,disraeli',s ,coningsby4 ,,bulwer-,,lytton',s ,the ,coming ,race4 ,,bunyan',s ,pilgrim's ,progress4 ,,hannah ,,more',s ,novels4 ,,johnson',s ,rasselas4 ,the modern didactic novel4 ,see ,hallam's ,literary ,history2 and references given in the preceding schemes4 ,illustration ,illustration ,an ,after ,word4 ,,here let us face the last question of all3 ,in the shade and valley of ,life1 on what shall we repose8 ,when we must withdraw from the scenes which our own energies and agonies have somewhat helped to make glorious2 when the windows are darkened1 and the sound of the grinding is low1--where shall we find the beds of asphodel8 ,can any couch be more delectable than that amidst the ,elysian leaves of ,books8 ,the occupations of the morning and the noon determine the affections1 which will continue to seek their old nourishment when the grand climacteric has been reached4 ,,the ,,author ,,of 8,,hesperides40 ,illustration4 ,illustration4 ,,index4 ,illustration4 ,addison1 ,joseph1 #cb1 #gh4 schylus1 #gd4 ,alcott1 ,a4 ,bronson1 #fc4 ,allegory1 #ahc4 ,american ,fiction1 #aie4 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,hamerton1 ,philip ,gilbert1 #ed4 ,hare1 ,julius ,c41 #de4 ,harrison1 ,frederic1 #cd1 #gf4 ,hawthorne1 ,nathaniel1 #ha4 ,helps1 ,sir ,arthur1 #dg4 ,herbert1 ,george1 #ga4 ,historical ,romances1 #aid4 ,history1 ,courses of ,reading in1 #aac4 ,holmes1 ,oliver ,wendell1 #gj1 #gi4 ,homer1 #gd1 #ij4 ,horace1 #gd4 ,hugo1 ,victor1 #ha4 ,humor1 ,wit and1 #aij4 ,hunt1 ,leigh1 #hb4 ,hymns1 #ahf4 ,irving1 ,washington1 #gi1 #if4 ,johnson1 ,samuel1 #gi4 ,jonson1 ,ben1 #ga4 ,keats1 ,john1 #gb4 ,keble1 ,john1 #gb4 ,kempis1 ,thomas 1 #aef4 ,kingsley1 ,charles1 #bb1 #ha4 ,labor and ,wages1 #afd4 ,lamb1 ,charles1 #gi4 ,libraries #ef1 #ajh4 ,locke1 ,john1 #dd4 ,longfellow1 ,henry ,wadsworth1 #gb4 ,love ,lyrics1 #ahg4 ,luther1 ,martin1 #dd4 ,lyric ,poetry1 #ahf4 ,macaulay1 ,thomas ,babington1 #gc1 #gi1 #if4 ,marlowe1 ,christopher1 #ga4 ,miller1 ,hugh1 #hh4 ,milton1 ,john1 #ab1 #ga1 #gh4 ,montaigne's ,essays1 #gh4 ,morse1 ,james ,herbert1 #cg4 ,mythology1 #aja4 ,natural ,history1 #ach4 ,nibelungen ,lied1 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the ,choice of ,books40 #g ,parerga und ,paralipomena 7#ahea74 #h ,the ,critic 7,july #e1 #ahhd71--8,leisure ,reading40 #i ,john ,ruskin3 ,sesame and ,lilies4 #aj ,guesses at ,truth1 by ,two ,brothers1 #ahdh4 #aa ,society and ,solitude1--8,books40 #ab ,george ,gilfillan4 #ac ,friends in ,council4 #ad ,views and ,opinions1 by ,matthew ,browne 7,w4 ,h4 ,rands74 #ae ,the ,choice of ,books4 #af ,temple ,bar 7,september1 #ahhd71--8;,barry ,cornwall on the ,reading of ,books40 #ag ,sesame and ,lilies4 #ah ,meliora 7,october1 #ahfg74 #ai ,sparks's ,life of ,franklin1 part i4 #bj ,my ,schools and ,schoolmasters4 #ba ,memoir of ,robert ,chambers3 with ,autobiographic ,reminiscences of ,william ,chambers4 #bb ,chinese ,classics1 by ,j4 ,legge4 #c vols4 #bc ,frederic ,harrison3 ,fortnightly ,review 7,april1 #ahgi71 8,on the ,choice of ,books40 ,illustration ,,the ,,surgeon',s ,,stories4 ,by ,z4 ,,topelius1 ,professor of ,history1 ,university of ,finland4 ,translated from the original ,swedish comprising-- ,,times ,,of ,,gustaf ,,adolf1 ,,times ,,of ,,battle ,,and ,,rest1 ,,times ,,of ,,charles ,,xii41 ,,times ,,of ,,frederick ,i41 ,,times ,,of ,,linn,,us1 ,,times ,,of ,,alchemy4 ,in cloth1 per volume #a4be ,the same1 in box1 per set #g4ej ,in half calf1 per set #af4ej ,in half morocco1 per set #ah4jj ,these stories have been everywhere received with the greatest favor4 ,they cover the most interesting and exciting periods of ,swedish and ,finnish history4 ,they combine history and romance1 and the two are woven together in so skilful and attractive a manner that the reader of one volume is rarely satisfied until he has read all4 ,of their distinguished author the ,saturday ,review1 ,london1 says3 8,he enjoys the greatest celebrity among living ,swedish writers20 and ,r4 ,h4 ,stoddard has styled them 8the most important and certainly the most readable series of foreign fiction that has been translated into ,english for many years40 ,they should stand on the shelves of every library1 public and private1 beside the works of ,sir ,walter ,scott4 ,the ,graphic1 ,new ,york1 says3 8,topelius is evidently a great romancer1--a great romancer in the manner of ,walter ,scott4 ,at moments in his writing there is positive inspiration1 a truth and vivid reality that are startling40 ,the ,sun1 ,philadelphia1 says3 8,we would much prefer teaching a youth ,swedish history from the novels of ,topelius than from any book of strict historical narrative40 ,,biographies ,,of ,,musicians4 ,,life ,,of ,,liszt4 ,with ,portrait4 ,,life ,,of ,,haydn4 ,with ,portrait4 ,,life ,,of ,,mozart4 ,with ,portrait4 ,,life ,,of ,,wagner4 ,with ,portrait4 ,,life ,,of ,,beethoven4 ,with ,portrait4 ,from the ,german of ,dr4 ,louis ,nohl4 ,in cloth1 per volume #a4be ,the same1 in neat box1 per set #f4be ,in half calf1 per set #ac4ge ,of the 8,life of ,liszt10 the ,herald 7,boston7 says3 8,it is written in great simplicity and perfect taste1 and is wholly successful in all that it undertakes to portray40 ,of the 8,life of ,haydn10 the ,gazette 7,boston7 says3 8,no fuller history of ,haydn's career1 the society in which he moved1 and of his personal life can be found than is given in this work40 ,of the 8,life of ,mozart10 the ,standard says3 8,mozart supplies a fascinating subject for biographical treatment4 ,he lives in these pages somewhat as the world saw him1 from his marvellous boyhood till his untimely death40 ,of the 8,life of ,wagner10 the ,american 7,baltimore7 says3 8,it gives in vigorous outlines those events of the life of the tone poet which exercised the greatest influences upon his artistic career4444 ,it is a story of a strange life devoted to lofty aims40 ,of the 8,life of ,beethoven10 the ,national ,journal of ,education says3 8,beethoven was great and noble as a man1 and his artistic creations were in harmony with his great nature4 ,the story of his life1 outlined in this volume1 is of the deepest interest40 ,,tales ,,from ,,foreign ,,tongues4 ,,memories4 ,a ,story of ,german ,love4 ,by ,,max ,,muller4 ,,graziella4 ,a ,story of ,italian ,love4 ,by ,a4 ,,de ,,lamartine4 ,,madeleine4 ,a ,story of ,french ,love4 ,by ,,jules ,,sandeau4 ,,marie4 ,a ,story of ,russian ,love4 ,by ,,alex4 ,,pushkin4 ,in cloth1 full gilt1 per volume #a4be ,the same1 in neat box1 per set #e4jj ,in half calf or morocco1 per set #ab4jj ,the series of four volumes forms1 perhaps1 the choicest addition to the ,english language that has been made in recent years4 ,of 8,memories10 the ,london ,academy says3 8,it is a prose poem4444 ,its beauty and pathos show us a fresh phase of a many-sided mind1 to which we already owe large debts of gratitude40 ,of 8,graziella10 the ,boston ,post says3 8,it is full of beautiful sentiment1 unique and graceful in style1 of course1 as were all the writings that left the hands of this distinguished ,french author40 ,of 8,madeleine10 the ,new ,york ,evening ,mail says3 8,it is one of the most exquisite love tales that ever was written1 abounding in genuine pathos and sparkling wit1 and so pure in its sentiment that it may be read by a child40 ,of 8,marie10 the ,cincinnati ,gazette says3 8,it is one of the purest1 sweetest little narratives that we have read for a long time4 ,it is a little classic1 and a ,russian classic1 too40 ,,familiar ,,talks ,,on ,,english ,,literature4 ,a ,manual embracing the ,great ,epochs of ,english ,literature1 from the ,english conquest of ,britain1 #ddi1 to the death of ,walter ,scott1 #ahcb4 ,by ,,abby ,,sage ,,richardson4 ,fourth edition1 revised4 ,price #a4ge4 ,the ,boston ,transcript says3 8,the work shows thorough study and excellent judgment1 and we can warmly recommend it to schools and private classes for reading as an admirable text-book40 ,the ,new ,york ,evening ,mail says3 8,what the author proposed to do was to convey to her readers a clear idea of the variety1 extent1 and richness of ,english literature4444 ,she has done just what she intended to do1 and done it well40 ,the ,new ,york ,nation says3 8,it is refreshing to find a book designed for young readers which seeks to give only what will accomplish the real aim of the study2 namely1 to excite an interest in ,english literature1 cultivate a taste for what is best in it1 and thus lay a foundation on which they can build after reading40 ,prof4 ,moses ,coit ,tyler says3 8,i have had real satisfaction in looking over the book4 ,there are some opinions with which ,i do not agree2 but the main thing about the book is a good thing2 namely1 its hearty1 wholesome love of ,english literature1 and the honest1 unpretending1 but genial and conversational1 manner in which that love is uttered4 ,it is a charming book to read1 and it will breed in its readers the appetite to read ,english literature for themselves40 ,,tales ,,of ,,ancient ,,greece4 ,by the ,rev4 ,sir ,g4 ,w4 ,,cox1 ,bart41 ,m4,a41 ,trinity ,college1 ,oxford4 #abmo1 extra1 cloth1 black and gilt1 #a4ej4 8,written apparently for young readers1 it yet possesses a charm of manner which will recommend it to all40--,the ,examiner1 ,london4 8,it is only when we take up such a book as this that we realize how rich in interest is the mythology of ,greece40--,inquirer1 ,philadelphia4 8,admirable in style1 and level with a child's comprehension4 ,these versions might well find a place in every family40--,the ,nation1 ,new ,york4 8,the author invests these stories with a charm of narrative entirely peculiar4 ,the book is a rich one in every way40--,standard1 ,chicago4 8,in ,mr4 ,cox will be found yet another name to be enrolled among those ,english writers who have vindicated for this country an honorable rank in the investigation of ,greek history40--,edinburgh ,review4 8,it is doubtful if these tales--antedating history in their origin1 and yet fresh with all the charms of youth to all who read them for the first time--were ever before presented in so chaste and popular form40--,golden ,rule1 ,boston4 8,the grace with which these old tales of the mythology are re-told makes them as enchanting to the young as familiar fairy tales or the #8,arabian ,nights4' 444 ,we do not know of a ,christmas book which promises more lasting pleasures40--,publishers' ,weekly4 8,its exterior fits it to adorn the drawing-room table1 while its contents are adapted to the entertainment of the most cultivated intelligence4444 ,the book is a scholarly production1 and a welcome addition to a department of literature that is thus far quite too scantily furnished40--,tribune1 ,chicago4 ,,short ,,history ,,of ,,france1 ,,for ,,young ,,people4 ,by ,miss ,e4 ,s4 ,,kirkland1 author of 8,six ,little ,cooks10 8,dora's ,housekeeping10 c4 #abmo1 extra1 cloth1 black and gilt1 #a4ej4 8,a very ably written sketch of ,french history1 from the earliest times to the foundation of the existing ,republic40--,cincinnati ,gazette4 8,the narrative is not dry on a single page1 and the little history may be commended as the best of its kind that has yet appeared40--,bulletin1 ,philadelphia4 8,a book both instructive and entertaining4 ,it is not a dry compendium of dates and facts1 but a charmingly written history40--,christian ,union1 ,new ,york4 8,after a careful examination of its contents1 we are able to conscientiously give it our heartiest commendation4 ,we know no elementary history of ,france that can at all be compared with it40--,living ,church4 8,a spirited and entertaining sketch of the ,french people and nation1--one that will seize and hold the attention of all bright boys and girls who have a chance to read it40--,sunday ,afternoon1 ,springfield 7,mass474 8,we find its descriptions universally good1 that it is admirably simple and direct in style1 without waste of words or timidity of opinion4 ,the book represents a great deal of patient labor and conscientious study40--,courant1 ,hartford 7,conn474 8,miss ,kirkland has composed her #8,short ,history of ,france' in the way in which a history for young people ought to be written2 that is1 she has aimed to present a consecutive and agreeable story1 from which the reader can not only learn the names of kings and the succession of events1 but can also receive a vivid and permanent impression as to the characters1 modes of life1 and the spirit of different periods40--,the ,nation1 ,new ,york4 ,sold by all booksellers1 or mailed1 on receipt of price1 by ,,jansen1 ,,mcclurg1 ,,co41 ,,publishers1 ,,cor4 ,,wabash ,,ave4 ,,and ,,madison ,,st41 ,,chicago4