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Show A fill I If lUI.DI). In no reapect la thoprcnent ago moro auporflclat than In tho matter of Ita reading. Whether It bu poutry,hlitory, fiction, littrnry brlo-4bruo or what not, the generality of readera havu nearly alnaya aomethlng olau on their uilnda, or aomethlng etau to do, or but lltllutlmuloaparu from onu cauao or another, and thua tho "reading" amount oltauer thau otherwfao to n haaty glauou over a few of the pagea, but not ohm) a to ao much ni even that. It la related re-lated of nu I.ugllah crltlo that hu loceutly cjutrlbuted to n literary paper an allojo J ruview of "Tlio (J luen ol Bheba," n volume by Thotuaa llalley Aldrlch. Thucrlllo mid It was like thu nulhor'e othir ioem. An American crltlo id uncu roteatrd aguluit audi a uoncliirlon fur rraaoua which e em t) bo hiconttttihlt', and thla brought forth thu defeuauby uueuf thu I'.ngliaiuau'i frleuda that hu meant tho poom wie worth no mom than olhur poerui. Tlio aounlneat of thu Anwrloiu'! pjaltlon, liotte-.er.wlll acaroely boiuetloued by thu reader nfter tielng advliud that "I'hu Queen of Bhubii" la not n pooui at all nor n airlea of pouiui, but la a novel lu proiul Thla cirotinHtitiCB promote tho aar-caelloA'twa aar-caelloA'twa Heard of Chlcg) tiob rervu ttat "It will doubtleoa occur to many HUriry mon llutll la u very gnodplau not to piuunopluloti onu biok without a atu Ivuf tliu tltlumjr, or nt lent nltlioiu iniUlrlngof aom truKtworthy frleul whu'hT thuvil uinecontalui poetry or ndlecualouut ulenfor whlat. Tl precaution mav acem almplo and llmoroiu. Hit It would liavutivol Mr. Andrew l.ant, for Inittoc-, from hi" llttlu Imitation of Don Quixote' adventurea with tho windmill." |
