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Show FASonriTiow or hmtot. Amour the many ttirngs that srs sf ta-tereet ta-tereet to us all. and their name la lerlfm. the two chief have bees and probably al-waya al-waya will ba ourselvee and the aorta we . Ihre l. We never really (at over oar curiosity on tbeae two subjects, unless we are ao foolish aa to loea our enthualaam and Interest In all matters, our sense of , wonder, our Joy In discovery. Of all books, thoae that explain humanity to oa. are the moot unrstllng In their claim oof our attention. Pern pa. remembering all I have sal In exvor of fairy ssorles. you will think I am contradicting myself; but falrv erortee are more concerned with men and women than many a tale of commonplace common-place fact that leavea out the magle and the mvstery that ao to make up a good half of the wonderful life of man. Ho you eee you didn't catch me, after all! But Mile time It la histories, not fairy etorlea. that I am Interested In talking to vou about, an! I want to "say at once that the right eort of a history la one of the host stories In the world: It Is not only a story, and a true atorv. but! It Is full of adventures and full of exciting people-people people-people to whom we owe those heirlnnl nra that have Anally grown Into present conditions. con-ditions. And since this month of March la a mnfith of beginnings. It seems an appropriate appro-priate one In which to talk of the winds and storms, the freshets, the plsnttngs and sowings that have bren In progress ever since the children of men started on their lone; spiral of ascent from the dim reve era to the -groat, towering skyscraper sky-scraper of today. By hkuorles do -not mean what area known aa school hooks, which are what might be called 4he business side of history, his-tory, but rather such stories of periods, presentations of great- men snd their effect ef-fect upon the.-world. and thrilling experiences experi-ences of many sorts. In which we IJnd the ronfance and beauty, that unite In an upward trend all the races of humanity. This human aide of history la far more . Important than, the business slde.-HIlde- grade Hawthorne's "Books and Reading" ' In March St. Nlcholaa. |