Books and Reading

Language: English

Genres: Education Literary Criticism Non-fiction Self Help Writing & Linguistics

[The author] hopes that the effect of these discussions may lead to more comprehensive and elevated estimates of authors and of literature on the part of those who read themselves or who direct the reading of others, and that in this and other ways, the volume may stimulate to a wise selection of Books and to enlightened and successful methods of Reading. - Summary by Preface

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1. Introductory
2. What is a book? And what is it to read?
3. How to read - Attention in reading
4. How to read with interest and effect
5. The relations of the reader to his author
6. The influence of books and reading on the opinions and principles
7. The moral influence of books and reading - The reading of fiction
8. Imaginative Literature: Its representation of moral evil
9. The religious character and influence of books and reading
10. A Christian literature: How conceived and defined
11. A history and historical reading
12. How to read history
13. A course of historical reading
14. Biography and biographical reading
15. Novels and novel reading
16. Poetry and poets
17. The criticism and history of literature
18. The criticism of English literature
19. Books of science and duty
20. Religious books and Sunday reading
21. Newspapers and periodicals
22. The library

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