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The Poison of Novel Reading

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jun 26, 1901

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 27, No. 26.

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The Poison of Novel Reading

On June 6, a 16-year-old boy of Toledo, Ohio, whose mind had been crazed by the reading of novels, killed his older sister and younger brother, then set fire to the barn, shot himself, and died in the flames. This is the kind of literature that is pouring from the presses of the country in a perfect torrent, and finding its way into the homes of the rich and poor alike, poisoning and crippling the minds of the youth, and making them fit soil for the growth of all kinds of crime.