. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). 1078 The Cornell Reading-Courses Reasons why the reading habit is lost.—A common testimony of house- keepers is that the demands of the home are so great that even if they find a Httle time they are too tired to read or to study. Reading has been pursued in a perfunctory way, perhaps, and has ceased to be a recreation, or the habit has become lost i
. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). 1078 The Cornell Reading-Courses Reasons why the reading habit is lost.—A common testimony of house- keepers is that the demands of the home are so great that even if they find a Httle time they are too tired to read or to study. Reading has been pursued in a perfunctory way, perhaps, and has ceased to be a recreation, or the habit has become lost in the too close attention to the practical. Perhaps in the effort to provide the home with the comforts of life, books have become a luxury. Or it may be that the books composing the library are only those once enjoyed and not in line with present tastes and demands; they may be volumes that the urgency of the subscription. Fig. 32.—A boy's corner agent has induced the homekeeper to buy, only to be locked behind glass doors: books of information, but not of inspiration. On the shelves there are books that we often resolve to read, but we await an opportunity when we may be able to read for an hour or two at a time. Hence the book remains perhaps for years, and it is always a pleasure or a task ahead of us, rather than one accomplished or a present enjo>Tnent. We should first choose our book, read a chapter or a few pages, and leave it at a point where there is interest enough to make the desire to know what is coming next irresistible. It is a pleasure to place a book on the shelf with the feeling that it is a part of our own life and experience, a new and treasured Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experime
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