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