Watchfires of ’76. Samuel R. Drake.
Winning His Way. Charles Carleton Coffin.
Young Folks’ Histories: Greece, Rome, France, England. Charlotte M. Yonge.
Vasco da Gama. George Makepeace Towle.
There is another view of reading, which, though it is obvious enough, is seldom taken, I imagine, or at least acted upon; and that is, that in the course of our reading we should lay up in our minds a store of goodly thoughts in well-wrought words, which should be a living treasure of knowledge always with us, and from which, at various times and amidst all the shifting of circumstances, we might be sure of drawing some comfort, guidance, and sympathy. … A man whose mind is enriched with the best sayings of his own country is a more independent man, walks the streets in a town, or the lanes in the country, with far more delight than he would otherwise, and is taught by wise observers of man and nature to observe for himself. Sancho Panza, with his proverbs, is a great deal better than he would have been without them; and I contend that a man has something in himself to meet troubles and difficulties, small or great, who has stored in his mind some of the best things that have been said about troubles and difficulties.
—Sir Arthur Helps.