Books And Reading

Books And Reading

Happy is the man who acquires the habit of reading when he is young. He has secured a life long source of pleasure, instruction and inspiration. So long as he has beloved books, he need never feel lonely. He always a pleasant occupation of leisure moments, so that he need never feel bored. He is the possessor of wealth more precious than gold. Ruskin kors books, "King's treasuries"-- treasuries filled, not with gold and silver and precious stones, but the riches much more valuable than these - knowledge, Nobel, thoughts and high ideals. Who were indeed is the man who does not read, and empty is his life.

The blessings which the reading habit confers or its processor are many.

Provided we choose the right kind of books, reading gives the highest kind of pleasure. Some books we read simply for pleasure and amusement for example, good novels. and novels and books of imagination must have their place in everybody's reading. When we are tired, or the brain is weary with serious study, it is healthy recreation to lose our selves in some absorbing story written buy a master hand.

But to read nothing but books of fiction is like eating nothing but cake and sweetmeats. As we need plane, wholesome food for the body, so we must have serious training for the mind. And here we can choose according to our taste. There are many Nobel books on history, biography, philosophy, religion, travel and science which we ought to read, and which will give us not only pleasure but an education. And we can develop a taste of serious reading, so that in the end it will give us more solid pleasure then even novels and books of fiction.

Nor should poetry be neglected,  for the best poetry gives us noble thought and beautiful imaginings cloth in lovely and musical language.

Books are the most faithful of friends. All friends meet change or die; but our books are always patiently waiting to talk to us. They are never cross, peevish, or unwilling to converse, as our friends sometimes are. No wonder a reader become a "book lover".