Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 215
e librarian, I would playthem over and over again. Such a request iseasily satisfied, for the chief object of books isto give joy, and the library welcomes a healthydesire. Of course we turn to some volumes forfacts, but there are many young readers who 744 THE BOOK LINE [June, throw a book aside… … A HOMELIKE CORNER IN A CHILDRENS LIBRARY. read The Scottish Chiefs, by Jane Porter. Isuppose you would call it non-fiction, she said,because it is full of historic facts, but I foundthe story splendid, which proves that the worthof any book —fiction or non-fiction—is in thereading. But the…
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