The Habit of Reading.—I
have no time to read is the com
mon complaint, and especially of
women, whose occupations are
such as to prevent continuous
book perusal. They seem to think
because they cannot devote as
much attention to books as they
are compelled to devote to their
avocations, that they cannot read
anything. But this is a great mis
take. It isn’t the books we fin
ish at a sitting which always do us
the most good. Those we devour
in the odd moments, half a dozen
pages at a time, often give us
more satisfaction, and are more
thoroughly digested than those we
make a particular effort to read.
The men who have made their
mark in the world have generally
been the men who have in boy
hood formed the habit of reading
at every available moment, wheth
er for five minutes or five hours.
It is the habit of reading rather
than the time at our command
that holds us on the road of learn
ing. Many of the most cultiva
ted persons, whose- names have
been famous as students, have
given only two or three hours a
day to their books. If we make
use of spare minutes in the midst)
of our work, and read a little, if|
but a page or a paragraph, we 1
shall find our brains quickened!
and our toil lightened by just so j
much increased satisfaction as |
the book gives us. Nothing helps i
along the monotonous daily round i
so much as fresh and striking!
thoughts, to be considered while
our hands are busy; A now idea!
from a new volume is like oil
which reduces the fraction of the
machiney of life. What we re
member from brief glimpses into
books often serves as a stimulus
to action, and becomes one of the
most precious deposits in the
treasury of our recollection. Al'
knowledge is made up of small
parts, which would seem insigni
ficant in themselves, but which,
taken together, are valuable wea-
pons for the mind and substantial
armor ft r the soul. ‘Read any
thing continously, says Dr. John
son, "and you will be learned.’
The odd minutes which we are
inclined to waste, if carefully
availed of for instruction, will, in
the long run, make golden hours
and golden days that we shall
be ever thankful for;
Tlii) lady who tapped her hus-
Band^ently with it fan at a party
the other night, and said “Love,
its growing late, I think we had
better go home,” is the same one
who after getting home shook the
rolling pin under his nose and
siad, “you infernal old scoundrel
you, if you ever look at that
mean, nasty, calico-faced macka-
rel-eyed thing that yo.ii' looked at
to-uiget, I’ll bust your head wide
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