Show THE DIME novel evil or the penny dreadful literature as they cal it in England has so grievously aSeoted the youth of the British Isles as to be deemed worthy of action on the part of parliament A member of that wise and dignified body proposes the checking of the fondness for the morally unhealthful literature by establishing childrens libraries He wants government to pay for and manage these but as there is little likelihood othat he headajn contribution contribu-tion for the purpose with a subscription subscrip-tion of 2500 American publishers are curing the evil much faster and more effectually than could be done by childrens libraries They are issuing literature in convenient and even attractive form at prices that have seemingly drivek the dime novel people out of the field Good r books are being multiplied at a rate which astonishes those engaged in heir publication Every one of these books that gets into the hands of the young people crowds out one of the flash variety Public libraries are good for students and people who have arrived at years of maturity but they are seldom appreo ated by the young persons upon whose minds the sensational and immoral publications publica-tions have deepest effect The ordinary ordi-nary lad had much rather have a book for which he paid a dime than take his choice from the shelves of i well eelected libraries A few yeara ago the dime novel literature was a dangerous element in America now its influence baa been reduced to the minjmum + = = |