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often drawn into questionable ex
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citements and companionships. Ttie
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BY G. A. WALKER.
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page- <»f Dickens and Shakespeare
According to the reports of the is not likely to lose himself in the
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public libraries, most of the books dissipations of the gaming table or
Aud often those who be LIBERAL CLASSICS. LIBERAL
t a k e n from them are novels. The saloon.
CLASSICS.
per centage of works of sterling gin reading for mere entertainment
quality—books of science, ethics continue for serious ends. The tas e
and even biography—drawn from it cultivates is refining. The habit
these popular institutions is very it forms is improving aud insen
lo w in d e e d .
l!
«.rue that the! sibly aw’akens a love of knowledge.
public libraries are designed to ( Flower gathering often leads to a
provide reading lor thfe people at study of botany. The chase after
large, while in most cities there are butterflies frequently ends in zool
libraries provided for the use of ogy. Waverly aud Buhver are in
scholars. The Athenaeum, in Bos troductions to history, and George
ton, is an aristocratic institution Eliot invites her readers to science,
designed for the use of the culti philosophy and ethics.
The moral value of recreation is
vated and literary classes. The
P A P E R E D IT IO N S .
L O T H E D IT IO N S .
P ain e’s Age o f R eason.........................................
» P A IN C E 'S
Astor Library, in New York City, only half suspected by too many of Paine's
C O M PLETE W O R K S .
Common S ense.......................................
IS P a in e's P olitical W
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our
religious
teachers.
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Theological W orks. Ilia 10
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P rin c ip a l Political W orks. U lus......
so a n d th e e d ito r of The N ation
Roxed.
Life. Profusely illu s tra te d .................
so al. Profusely illu stra te d . lv o l. 5 vol.
in institutions of this kind are of a pany applied for a license a second Paine's
Volney’s R uins o f Em pires. Illu stra te d ....
so P a in e ’s Age or R easo n ....................................... *6.00
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V ir o f Savoy, a n d A Search for I
-ufficiently substantial character to time it was opposed by only two
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so
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| P ain e’s Crisis
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satisfy the most exacting. Still it
j P ain e’s Life, by ed National. P rofusely ilius.
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J e slie r’s S u p e rstitio n in all Ages. P o rtra it
P a in e ’s C om plete Life, by Clio R ickm an a n d
sellers.
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a ile y ra n u ’s L etter to th e Pope. P o rtra it. . 3 P ain e’s Political W orks, Com plete, (2 vols.).. 2 OS
aine’s R eligious a n d T heological W orks. 1 oe
B irth and C h aracter o f M ahomet...
as ¡P
ment aud not for improvement; cies; the latter opposed it because G H ibbon's
G ibbon’s H istory o f C h ristian ity , n i u s ....... 2 oo
iggins’ Horse S a b b a tic * ................................
iggins’ Apology for M ahom et, th e Ulus.
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and those who read works of a seri it drew customers from their bar. H Reasons
for Unbelief. By Ixuiis V ia r d o t.....
as
ous character do so to fill the It was a rival entertainment, and F a d e r Tom and the Pope a t th e V a tic a n ...... as
vacancies of idleness with diver- emptied their saloons. Reading,
tisement rather than for serious as a mere amusement, has the
same effect. Nor is it, as some
ends.
But I am not sure this is an evil persons seem to imagine, a bad
to be deplored nor a vice to be thing that people are more bent on
condemned. Reading is a form of entertainment than improvement.
amusement, aud a vastly whole- It is unnatural and unwholesome
V oltaire’s R om ances. Illu stra te d ........ ....
60
somer and more elevating pastime to keep the mind keyed up to a V oltaire’s Zadig, or F a t e ; and T he W h ite
------- Essays a n d C riticism s. P rofusely illus.
60
R ousseau’s Vicar of » a ro y . P o rtra it. Cloth 50
a S atirical R o m a n c e ..............
than many popular recreations. It moral pitch all the time; and the -------The Bull,
R ousseau's Social C o n tract. P o itn .it...... . 76
Sage and the A th e ist; also T he
M eslier’s S uperstition in all Ages. P o rt.a it.
00
Priuce3sof B a b y lo n ...........................
is the only amusement thousands man who is perpetually on the
SW c0Iirr’0 itflrtu b f n u b ¡UerttiuifL P o rtra it 00
The Man o f Forty C row ns; aud T he
'V olney’s Ruins o f E m pires, illu s tra te d .....
76
H uron, or. Pupil o f N a tu re ............
of people can indulge in. The stretch and strain for self-culture
V olney’s New R e se a m h e s’r A ncient H istory
60
M icrom egas; T he W orld as it Goes ;
R eade’s < W inwood) y -irty ion oi Men... ... 00
Plato'3 b ream ; J e a n n o t & Colin, etc.
novel is the chief pleasurable re seldom, if ever, gets the best cul V oltaire’s
Haeckel's V isit tc Ceylon. P o rtra it..............
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Rom ances, c o n ta in in g th e above«
50
bonk i in one vol. ’rofusely illu strated . |1 00 D ickens’ Hun lay Urn e: T ee ¿leads Illus.
ture.
The
richest,
the
finest,
the
source of thousands who have no
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highest
personal
qualities
are
not
gay and joyous society, no brilliant
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achieved
in
that
way.
“Culture
is
and fascinating entertainments,
R ochefoucauld's Mor d 1 ■¿xii. ►
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ab jvc 4 books, profusely illu s tra te d ........ 1 00 ¡C om te’s Po .tive I h iisfo ; y. Pc. tr a it .... 4 00
a
kingdom
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conquered
no exhilarating excursions into the
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R e n a n ’s Life o f Jesus. Illu stra te d ..............
76
20 S altu s' A natom y o f Me, alto.
S chopenhauer’s W isdom o f Life P o rtra it...
by
force,
but
can
never
be
pos
country nor indulgence of musical
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2« Halt us’ P hilosophy o f D ise n ch a n tm e n t.......
— C ounsels a n d M axim s..............................
76
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: tell ;ior»: a Dialogue & O th er Essays..
sessed
by
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a
and artistic tastes, no admission to
50
20 B ulw er’s H istory o f a i aise R eligion ..........
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60
— S riidi-s in P essim ism ........................... .. « T a lle y ra n d ’s l e t t e r to the Pope. P o rtrait...
good
thing
to
seek,
but
obedience
the favored company of the great.
se
60 R easons for U nbelief. By L evis V ia rd o t......
Gabri
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into
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into
a
this source of ideal enrichment and
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10 S pencer’s F irs t P r iu c q .e s ..................
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reading
of
even
the
best
books
and its moral importance in pre
1rs.......
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Home R easons W hy
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venting dangerous dissipations has should be an entertainment and
W hy I am an A gnostic.............
20 K ingsley’s H y p a tia .............................................. TS
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20 S c h o p e n h a u e r’s Essays.
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