"David Harum," by Westcott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 727,000
"Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch," by Alice Hegan Rice 345,000
"The Virginian," by Owen Wister . . . . . . . . . . . 250,000
"Lovey Mary," by Alice Hegan Rice . . . . . . . . . . 188,000
"The Birds' Christmas Carol," by Mrs. Wiggin . . . . . 100,000
"The Story of Patsy," by Mrs. Wiggin . . . . . . . . . 100,000
"The Leopard's Spots," by Thomas G. Dixon, Jr. . . . 125,000
Romantic
"Richard Carvel," by Winston Churchill . . . . . . . . 400,000
"The Crisis," by Winston Churchill . . . . . . . . . . 400,000
"Graustark," by G. B. McCutcheon . . . . . . . . . . . 300,000
"The Eternal City," by Hall Caine . . . . . . . . . . 175,000
"Dorothy Vernon," by Charles Major . . . . . . . . . . 150,000
"The Manxman," by Hall Caine . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113,000
"When Knighthood Was in Flower," by Charles Major . . 400,000
"To Have and to Hold," by Miss Johnston . . . . . . . 300,000
"Audrey," by Miss Johnston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165,000
"The Helmet of Navarre," by Bertha Runkle . . . . . . 100,000
CHAPTER LXIV
READING A SPUR TO AMBITION
The great use in reading is for self-discovery. Inspirational, character-making, life-shaping books are the main thing.
Cotton Mather's "Essay to Do Good" influenced the whole career of Benjamin Franklin.
There are books that have raised the ideals and materially influenced entire nations.
Who can estimate the value of books that spur ambition, that awaken slumbering possibilities?