Books that children read but once are of scant service to them; those that have really helped to warm our imaginations and to train our faculties are the few old friends we know so well that they have become a portion of our thinking selves.


Books and Men (1888)


Books that children read but once are of scant service to them; those that have really helped to warm our imaginations and to train our faculties are ...

Books that children read but once are of scant service to them; those that have really helped to warm our imaginations and to train our faculties are ...

Books that children read but once are of scant service to them; those that have really helped to warm our imaginations and to train our faculties are ...

Books that children read but once are of scant service to them; those that have really helped to warm our imaginations and to train our faculties are ...