Show I 1 I 1 L the reading 0 history in III a previous 1 article c we JI have pvc at abc te ta lal to 0 o ahn chow ti eliat bat home study ihnot is not i a more mere myth but ou on tile the ther her liand hand inay may lie ile made productive of most excellent results la in tile alio present Irr dinst instance aae we shall present something lom ething ni aa the way of 61 illustration 11 ind and suggest tit the way in id which the 9 eneyat principles ilia may be III plied I 1 an ali eminent educator was recently asked the question I ilow how shall I 1 we read ind ami in reply gave gave it as liia his opinion that no general rule wa wal i possible but at this was on apar a par ith the equally unanswerable sw erable question ilow how shall we ive breathes breathe there is some truth in this oWer observation ind ami ye yet t experience peri ence P gives us its certain general pe noril rules which ino applicable in jill ill cases caes thirst in choosing 0 what to read we must remember that we cannot read everything and that this even were it possible would hat hardly adly 1 be c desirable much it it written nowadays now a days which is far irom from 1 al 0 reading never before 11 has as the literary macket been so full 0 of f 11 works ROod good bad and indifferent and a nic edise ri mi nation has been never abre more necessity necessary than now but even when we liec dil dalvit vit in ill the overfull over full literary net ind and cast the bad away ve find our mental fish baskets too small to cont contain airs the residue and sire so forced to make diak c it 1 second division our subject leads us its away front from the wide and interesting 0 field of fiction and demands remands our fit attention to the question of historical I 1 leading cading ill its value as a means of culture ri is undoubted and we only need to inquire how bovy a person with limited time ind and small purse ina may be able to alsis means of cu cul tuio ia tile best possible way his tar tordis is the no most am accessible sible brinch branch f t ay id 6 those who are arc deprived 0 of f t alio jo benefits of instruction scientific iric works ard ara largely obscured by a terminology peculiar to themselves and 3 roust must first be int mastered ered before we can call mail e any groat great progress lan language 0 bame may best be studied udica in private viall great a advantage ind biot 3 ot au 1 imperfect rudimentary 3 knowledge of f the rules rulea of languages es in goneril gc ral may cause the homo home student much perplexing and discouraging C a trouble tro and aud delly but bistor history may be read ead r and studied lorms by any wu 1 1 Q can read st ht all al I 1 I 1 and forms an all excellent preparation for wore more difficult work to ati follow ik A years course in ill soine sc ine line of historical reading must result in the gaining of much useful nd and practical knowledge and even thou though clit the inic devoted to tv the work ea ach day is ishmall small espella i i j d the SUTO suits nier iner smon season a single lica fact secured daily and though upon in its several ie relations lations sufficiently compensates for bior the time and trouble we insist guard ll ainest two extremes 1 i c grasping too mile much it and liying kayin 0 hold 0 of f little or nothing 0 if wo ve run over a large terri territory tury and retain 1 I i a little or nothing of wh what at we N have i c lead tle the resets re stilts are to say the 12 ua unsatisfactory on tile other edther hand it if we confine ourselves to the I 1 acquirement of the names of a fow few persons ind and places and the dates of a few chief events we have come tar far short of the true aim of historical study we have laid a i foundation but blit i reared no superstructure upon tipon it calls to IQ our notice another frequent cause of failure in this direction the rule of pro desai gies sive v knowledge is branch out ins instead e fl of this some persons are under the constant necessity of branching in their progress may bo be compared compa coni reI to that ot of a ship wl which I 1 i ch having a proceeded it 11 ceita iii distance front from it k known point Is is forced forc forced ld again to return to that point iri in to tale beninga ben ings and a time ti ine S tart start froin the same p place a cc t to 0 go a lattio fart further lier be tore and again return it I 1 t is 9 good for a traveler ili in a 11 S sri ilu algi uge coi ju A iUry t to iu akk himself f familiar am 1 a r with the I 1 road alon along which lieis passing as other otherwise wie t he ic may easily ous ily lose loe himself an and U the halll same itil chice vibe i ii applicable si to the tia traveler veler who alio enter an ail hiir I region c ion lie ile mire cure you know wham yau you are ind and then too go or forward always your eve on oil some familiar itri mat k who can call thoroughly enjoy carlyle s admirable history of the breuch rey alution gl ution without first thoroughly bly learning t hl he facts connected with the everit event front froni sonic some other dource beurce such writers presuppose 0 this knowledge ind and drooped at dofice once to their discussion in detail What whatever everline line of hist historical orival readi reading ig you choose to pursue pur aue III at acquaint yourself youl elf with the outlines col construct ct a skeleton first and then clothe it with flesh aud and it U at puce once becomes to you a thing of lif life C history is a abroad broad subject nud aull it is 10 g generally crie rally best to begin 0 near hoi home e and gradually gri dually widen pur our circle of investigation ciomo knowledge ledge of our own national history is fi first 1 s t c essential ial A brief ind and at the llie same is time ahlie american americ c a n I 1 lii i story is a desideratum de which genius and labor it has yet to produce barncs brief history is a lair outline a little more full tit ll 11 and ceita certainly more inhere interesting sling while for those thoe who dean 0 to pursue the subject in detail ISanc rott s when accessible is esthe ille undoubted itan daid 4 tho histel Y of B england is intimately wit with i I 1 that thai of our own country R ling rig liati libit history in the text books is is an all admirable little compendium of dates and events md and may be purchased at the price of ii a little dime novel hovel liy ily cor qi nitting to rat mury tile the 50 small pages contained we have constructed a i glod li firm rin foundation for subsequent reiding ing fiilds fluids flis toi th ugh in I 1 i written in the blyle of the author nd lid dearia de lerl cria 1 I a i careful ci reful reading after this wu V fiala 4 c vido arld field faoul which to ellrow ily have haac here done 3 comart service service lit in roc the Iii tory of their counti country y I 1 G green 1 cen s history inn bits infelt 1 9 atti tru p nei il Cr it covers tile tlc alc chulo r rini i A tc ic eurate jud ui on it aliey all tj ti c Tv rii li IV 4 or il tl ti I 1 m lie h ill a an 1111 detail if arx auit p lit J 1 ui pi ri ii i i gill El div lII n pi ilot 01 ot of libri il ul 1 lure luar I 1 in 4 1 mil w it annul well lillura lu yuit wl it it after thil alii course we al arc ala a well qualified to anything in the wn of 1 glisT hi history bory ami may pursue hume lingard and ami at allf pleasure asure A general outline of universal history w is it proper preliminary to further reading anderson NV villiard illiard and lardner have each such inch sketches chem of which lie I 1 c value vabie is indicated i iby the h order in ill which they ire arc placed gibbon s decline and full fall of tiie the konian koman empire covers coveri a field of history ora occupied by aft n other writer A careful rei aing of some kinnu all history of rome home such ais eliut at of smith or liddell lidde 11 should precede tile the vel id sual of this ingi more e extensive sive work which fully really be I 1 col considered millered as a girerd giu erd I 1 history lii story of the period of which IvI liell it treats clince does not lot admit 11 d the farther aaion of V asir I 1 r nicular lines of historical feadin ie adin we vc close the article irti cle with one general general suggestion in ill re regard ard to the use of note looks books these bacq c aids to the hie memory D are nowhere more profitably employed than heri here ily hy I use of pencil and paper it t is possible to compress a chapter of f idume of ilay into the limits of a few clwell writ written brittell tell lines and aid so arranged that thai a reference to lo these notes recalls much that has not been written aside from t ni the practice of condensing thO lIght into t the he fewest possible words ia u ac quirce ind in this form forin facts are most readily retained act pineil aull anil easil easily utilized uti lied question looks books may either cither accompany or partially pati all take the place ot of note books in these questions question sarc ire written out onto tho answers to which include the state me it of facts esi especially eci ally important in their bearing bearing on oil the general subject in ili ci either her ease case the same game caution is do not lot try to make a note book A trank trans ri pt of tile the printed p ge in this case much time is lost and an J besides bicaj neaily 13 all the benefit derived from note taking make your fey few and brief und and as aa far ii As sag oe festive ye 1 A couple 0 of line licea will of often r recal I 1 a five piga argument ar anicil t rt review ew your nol notebook note e book arc lintl D 0 ot thinly that wl eil Itt 11 I 1 billi 11 fil A ita S SQ la past and avd cou sign it to the wale basket brisket earlc k each bouk with the on which it is made fiad liy ili it aaa for future refo reference ence vell preserved aitel iv writt ritten gi 5 tonn JL 1 library lit in miniature and art an especially v diable vilu able ches tho book on chic 1 the they uro are made happens to be a borro burrowed WOL T one and when once read pases pas es out of your out hands much more might bj said on this point and on oil tins tha general subject but whit what hasLe has been cit written I 1 lifts ilia been 11 with avith the especial view of I 1 1 l 13 1 3 4 of hinsa aiding the wt C C who ho may cli clance cliance alce to reail read this article lit ill this way many ma ny homra jaily be profitably and pleasantly pleA antly employed which w would 0 uld otherwise be dev devoted doted to trashy reading or wasted in idleness or frivolous ainu emonts and a store of useful knowl knowledge cde uc tic cumulated which will prove of lasting Looe loucht fit to 0 o tue the possessor rawl yew yorker |