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BOOKS AND BEADING Selections From Great Writ ers on This Great Subject, j Books rad Literature. Til ? f illosvmg extract in taken from an address delivered by! Henry Van Dyke in Nest York Cit.v in 1900 "Every cue known what book* are But want in literatim? Itj is thd ark on the ti lod It is the ; light on the candlestick. It in the flower among the leaver: ttie consummation oftliepiaut's vi- j t.ality, the crown of ire beauty, anil the treasure house of its seeds. ? "Literature is made up of tho^i- Am hi an writings wuich translate the inner meanings or DKuri and life, in language oi jjfstincli.ie and eiiarui, couched with tlie personalily ol th autii or, into artistic forms of puruiu. ueut iater.-nt I'iie best litera ture, then, i- that which has the deepest significance, tne rno-t perfect style, tlie most vivid indi vidu ility, and the most eudu ring appeal to the human mind and heart." The Companionship of Boohs. "When, one by one, a loving student has gutheied froun uli ^.?decartmeuM ut human learning ti UMlltll licit) Of bookh," M.m Beecher, "they ar? nor. alab ister VttWM lilted with the sweetest perfume of the human soul, bu: are livi.ig creatures; tuey ai'i companions; the> have received; the homage ui our t>oah no ure We have hung our hearts upou | tbeui, and as I hey sprang from the noblest pat Is of their autu ; ore, tuey are clottied with the no j blest associations of our own lives. "But tuie transfiguration re fueee iteeii to those wiio do not love bo >&s, or use theiu or live with them, it is the scholar almost too poor to buy the caudle to light his inidnightcom muniou, that enters iuto this airy commonwealth of the souls of depurted men. But the time comes ofteu when the student must leave his books; that is easy. A tune comes when his * books must leave him; that is bitter indeed, l'ake tlie scanty furniture, leave oul.y bread and water ou the table, but spare the books. Alas! the destruction of the poor is their poverty." How many a man iu prosperi ty has found one of his greatest pleasures iu books; and to how muuy more have they proved a solace iu poverty and pain, a 'refuse from care, a pleasant sub stitute for gioomy thoughts! I'erbaps no other tiling has such power as that possessed by by books to lift the poor out oi his poverty, the wretched out of his misery, to make the burden bearer forget bis burden, the sick his suffering, the sorrower his grief, the dowu-troddeu his degradation. They are friends to the lonely, companions to the deserted, joy to the joyless, hope to the hopeless, good cheer to the disheartened, a helper to the helpless. They bring light iuto darkness, and sunshine iuto shadow. We may be poor, socially os tracised, shut out from all asso ciation with the great and good, and yet be in the best society iu the world, in books, l'osse-<siug them we may live in palaces, converse with priuces, be fatuil liar with royalty, and associate with the greatest and nobles of all time. A blessing on the printer's art! Books are the mentors of the heart. The buruiug soul, the burdened mind, In books alone companions find. ?Selected Books and Self-Culture. la tbe best books great men talk to us, gfve us their most precious thoughts, uud pour their souls iuto ours. God be ,j thanked lor books. They are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages, books are the true levellers. Thav give to all who will faithfully use them the society, the spiritual presence, of the best and great est of our race. No matter how poor 1 am, no matter though the prosperous Jol my own time will not enter my obscure d veil iog, if the sacred writer* will en ter will eater and take up their abode under my roof, if \liltou wil cr >? s mv threshold ' > sing to ' 1' , i '. i. hat u 10 me t! wi-rl i of i.;ii j'ion and the work ing of the human heart, and Krai kli'i '<> ??iirich iup with th tn lidi' til wisd mi.I shall not pi"t f.ir wont, of lotellectu ?l compan ionship. iv>d I mnv become a en I r i ?? i(eu man though excluded] fron> what in e tiled the M?hi no- \ ? iet> i the place Wlie.,t I liVrf. j To make ihi.s rim,ojr* of ru!turn i ff'Cl It'll It lll.'tu IllUet, Select (food ; tlOOke, /-Delia* tllVe heel' A lit tt'O J b> ritfh' luiii li' ja rl strong mind*1 hi) mm iH.*i rtiitiiti-rii, wlr? iiiH end of diluting I),v repetition what other* ha>, have something to i?uv tor themselves, and write to! give reii<>f to full, earnest soul*; and thoH works must not be skim tiled over lor-umusemeut, but read witii fixed munition and a rever hutoil love of truth. I know Mow bard it h to s hum men, especially . to those who spend much time in manual labor, to fix uttentiou ou j oooks. Lei i item strive to over come the difficulty by choosing subjects of deep interest or by reading in cooipauy with those whom tfi -y love Mo thin# can supply the place! of hooks. 1'bey ate cheering or s tot inn# cotup noons iusolitude, illness, hlfiictiou I'Iih wealth oli both couime it.i wimid not c mi pensate for (die go id they impart let every mail, if possible, gather some good books under hi* roof, ami obtain access for himself and ! family to some social library. \lmosi an.v luxury shorn 1 be sacrificed to tiiis One of the very in teres ting feat | ores of our times is the multipli cation of books, and (heir uinri I outiob through all condi Iuih of 1 society. At a smull exuensi. a I man can now possess himself of tin most precious treasures of lOuglisb literature. Monks, once eon fined to a few by their coetli lees, are now accessible to the multitude; and in (Jus way a ?haiige of habits is going on in society, highly favorable to the culture of idle people. The diffu eioa of these silcut teachers, (looks, through (lie whole com munity, is to work greater effects than artillery, machinery, and legislation lis peaceful agency is to supersede stormy revolu tions. The culture, which it is to spread, whilst an unspeakable good to the individual, is also to become the stability of natious. ? William 101 lory Chaumng. The Way to Read. Whatever you read, read with enthusiasm, with energv; read with the whole uiiud, if vou would increase your mental stature. Learn to absorb the atental and the moral life of a book, and as simulate it into your own life, lie is the best, reader who con sumes the most knowledge and converts it iuto character. Me chanical readers remember words, the husks of things, but digest nothing. They cram their brains but starve their minds. If you are getting the most out of a book, you will feel a capacity for doing things which you never felt before. As few actors con ceive the characters they play, so few readers comprehend their authors Joseph Cook advised youths always to make notes of their reading. Mr. Cook used the margins of his books for his notes, and marked all of his books very freely, so that, every volume in his library became a note book. He advised all young men and young women to keep "commonplace" books. They are a great aid to memory, and enable us to find for future use what we have read. The tiabit of taking notes of le tures and sermons is excellent. Reading and thinking are the gymnasium of the mind. The gvmuast does not carry away tile apparatus from t.tie gvmua sium, but the strength aud sup pleness which the exercise gives him It is not so much what we ca'iy away from the book and store in memory t hat is valua ble, as the strength and skill we develop through the book we read, ''assive reading no more develops the mind than sitting down in a gymnasium will de velop the body. tou should bring your unud to the reading of a hook, or to the study ol any subject, as you take an ax to the grindstoue; uot for what you get from the stone, but for the sharpening of the ax. While it is true that the facts j learned from books are worth ] more than the dust from the | stone, even in much greater ratio is the mind more valuable than the ax.?Selected The Choice of Books. The choice of books is really the choice of our educatiou. Tne * book world is so vast and our time so limited that o> should , nut fritter uwav the golden hours reading tales of which, the very names, as well as the story, will uot be remembered again. It is impossible t o nourish the tiiiud ou mere literary prattle and book I makei'* odds and ends, as it l be i > support the health of the body b.v a frotbv diet. A no ?il hook is known by this, that it make- a- desire to read it over araiii an 1 bv <* Miipelliia; un to i all ciion riie beet thinkers! mane tliiiikem of ue. The value of our e ijc -ill Hi te to b-* est imat- i ed bv our futility to create I thought The best books are] those wliieli Make for Cheer in. st -ad of in ? c for courage j and hope, wr tea increase our re h.icc1 f-.r human nature and cure us of the miserable habit of for ever whimpering ami wbiuiiar. We should read critically. We should nev- r consent to be a mere bucket to be pumped into. Ail readiuyr is but noise and rat tie if it does not teucn ns how to separate the wheat from the tares. Let us have pain, pover ty, misery in the world rather than etupidi iV There is hope | for a ba 1 man, but not for a stt pid one ? The Aiurustiuiau. Reading Aloud. There is one f irm of entertain ment and instruct on which is wit Liu tue reach of every home? real lb ^ aloud from Home iroo l book, magazine aud news paper. It may beufunuy story or mi interesting romance, a good sermon or a bit of news: | anything, everything, so the | hearers are edified, instructed or I amused. I iih one who can rend bent, at I first had better do the reading, i in- rent nit around and listen. Alter dinner or in the < veiling or I at any other time whoa it is con J venienr. Bui soouer or later ? ver\ one should ta n a turn at I the n nling The world is full of excel It ut i reading magazines. |; inks are very cheap. i'lit lather fir moth er wtio has quiG re ad i tig such thiugs can do uo better than to join this reading circle. A. da?h of seutioieat or romance won't hurt anyone. No more beautiful or inspiring I sight cau be imagined than a family gathered around in a reading circle, one member read ing. It is instructive to the ones wiio listen and an excellent de velopment to the one who reads. To read well and llueutl.y is the highest form of accomplishment It can only be acquired by con sluut practice in reading alouu every day a little. Where father and mother, daughter aud son, laugh together at the same amusing anecdote or are touched with sympathy by some pathetic story?where such things occur happiness and pros perity are always certain to be found. Better than the theater, more conducive to home lrateruity and harmony than the most brilliant lecture?a houie reading circle, lb-ad something in which all members are interested. It is a habit very easily formed, the value of which can scarcely be overestimated?Medical 1'aik. Great Fire Disaster. North Collinwood School, Cleveland, Ohio, March 4, 1908, 107 killed. Kboades Opera House Boyer town, Pa , .January 13, 1908: 100 killed. Steamer General Slocum near Hell Gate, Cast ltiver, N. 1\, June 15, 1904; 500 (mostly wo men aud chfklreu) killed. Iroquois Theater, Chicago, 111., December 30, 1903, 000 kdled. Charity Bazaar, Paris, France, May, 1897; 300 killed, inclu ling the Marquis d'Alencou, sister ot the Pin pi ess of Austria. Pike's Opera House,Cincinnati, Ohio, full of 1893; 200 killed. Opera Coinique, Paris, Fraucd, May 25, 1887; 200 killed. King theater, Vienna, Austria, December 8, 1881; 1,000 killed. Richmond theater, Richmond, Va., lull of 1811; 71 killed. 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