Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 1, Number 10, DeMotte, Jasper County, 29 September 1932 — On Reading in Bed [ARTICLE]

On Reading in Bed

All persons except those marvelous exceptions who fall asleep the instant they are horizontal, should read in bed. The selection of a book for this purpose is important. I do not advise anyone to follow the example of King Ahasuerus, and read the Congressional Record, because if one reads a book that is too dry, one cannot for get oneself; and the only chance to forget oneself in slumber is to forget oneself before slumber. On the other hand, one should not read anything connected with one’s professional work or any book that is wildly exciting. The beat bed books are entertaining biographies or autobiographies of a placid nature.--William Lyon Phelps in Scribner’s Magazine.