WHAT SHOULD CHILDREN READ?
Opinions of Prominent Ladies.
“Parents should oversee their children's reading with the same solicitude that they feel in other matters. Very little present-day literature is conducive to the formation of character. The General and I have tried to supervise the education of our children in this respect, and even now, when my daughter has attained womanhood, she seldom takes up a book without consulting our wishes. On the overcrowded counters of cheap literature, poison abounds. We see this especially at summer resorts, where, rather than be idle, one will seize upon the most attractive paper-backed novel at hand, without regard to its influence.”—Mrs. Nelson A. Miles. “Indiscriminate reading drains and enervates the mind, unfitting it for solid food, while in no way conducing to cultivation. No young girl should be allowed to have free access to books until she is at least eighteen. Interest yourselves, fathers and mothers, in the leisure hours of your boys and girls, since upon a wise selection of amusement largely depend their after actions. Try by gentle counsel to lead them to appreciate pure literature. Neglecting this, you will realize too late the results of indifference.”—Mrs. Phil. Sheridan. Here are the opinions of society ladies, and yet there are Christians who allow their children to devour indiscriminately whatever trash comes to hand. It is like permitting them to eat poison. By all means read the Bible with your children.