Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 January 1887 — How to Read. [ARTICLE]

How to Read.

A great deal more can be accomplished by systematic reading or study for fifteen or twenty minutes daily, than appears possible to one who has never tried it. It would suffice to keep up French or German, and to become conversant with the best authors. Or a little time given daily to the earnest study of science, and one might become a skillful botanist or geolog st. Or if English literature be more attractive—as it undoubtedly is to the great majority—how soon would one become familiar with Milton or Shakspeare, Bacon or Macaulay, if a few sentences were read and considered daily. Above all things it is important that one should read systematically, and not be guided by chauce. Have always a good book, a standard work, that will repay careful study, at hand, and to that devote a part of the time that may be set apart for reading. Before opening the book recall as fully as possible what was read the day before, and on closing it see by reflection how many of the thoughts of the author you have made your own, and so cultivate memory. —Bo ton Tra user ip \