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Show LIST OF 100 WORST BOOKS j Suggestion It Offered That ' 8ome Wise, Broadmlnded Man Make Up the Lltt Thero are some who hare a passion for maklns lists of the "greatest," the "best" mn, books, painting, musical compositions. Thero U a famous fa-mous lUt of tho 100 beat books, and any on reading them night and day to the oxcluilon ot others would be a tiresome prig, A list ot the 100 worst books drawn up by a man ot tru critical acumen and cathollo taste, a human being, would b much mora to the purpose, although It would lncludo some volumes vol-umes now rankod as clastic and Invaluable In-valuable Charles Lamb's enny on books Is too familiar for quotation. M. Anatolo Franco nlludcd to Gabriel Plequot of DIJon ns a man who, writing writ-ing volume after volumo about books, yot wrote no book. Oscar Wlldo divided di-vided books Into tbrco classes books ; to read, books to reread and books not to road at all and nniong tho last bo Included Thomson's "Scnsons," all John Stunrt Milt except tho esBny on liberty, Hume's Englnnd, "all argumentative ar-gumentative books, nnd all books that try to provo anything-" To tell peoplo what to read Is, n n rule, either useless or harmful; for tho appreciation of literature Is a question of tonipcramcnt not of teaching; teach-ing; to I'arnasmn thoro Is no primer, and nothing that ono enn lenru Is ovor worth lenrnlng Philip Hnle, In Boston Hornld. |