Show What shall I read is often asked asked- W What hat shall I not read is often a more pertinent question Our shelves are full of books and our tables are overflowing with papers and magazines Were one oneto oneto oneto to attempt to read or even glance over all of our periodical literature little time would be left for study or reading books which all must read in order to be well informed Some time we are going to write a homily on the selection of reading reading reading read read- ing matter Our task is now a more practical one and we shall simply call attention attention attention at at- to a few articles that have imd impressed impressed im- im pressed d us as well worth reading Old Kaskaskia in the January Atlantic Atlantic Atlantic At At- lantic Monthly is a story but to one in interested interested interested in- in in history it is well worth read read- ing It carries us back to the early settlement settlement settlement set set- of the Mississippi valley to o the time when French manners and French thought predominated in a region that is isnow isnow isnow now severely American |