It seems to me that this subject should receive more careful attention, especially from the young, than is given to it at the present time. In this age of cheap literature, there are few persons who do not read something; but the question is, do they read that which is of any value to them? anything that will improve and strengthen the mind or elevate the moral sentiments? We must remember that all reading is not a benefit to a person; on the contrary, there is much that may be a positive injury. The fashionable literature of the day has a tendency to weaken the mind and debase the morals instead of fitting one for the active duties of life. Many of the serial stories in popular papers are not suitable to be read by respectable people. And yet fathers and mothers will allow their boys and girls to read these horrible, unnatural, abominable combinations, pretending to “represent nature,” but as untrue in all delineations as falsehood can ever be. And yet some parents will observe with evident pride, “My daughter is so devoted to her books she can scarcely think of anything else;” when all this time she is imbibing a deadly poison that is undermining every principle that is good and true, and destroying every sentiment of virtue and morality. A good book is a man's friend, and one to be cherished; he is strengthened and fitted for the active duties of life by every hour devoted to its perusal. But a bad book is our worst enemy. We not only receive no benefit from reading it, but are positively injured; and our minds are enervated and enfeebled instead of being improved and strengthened. In our selection of books and papers, great care should be taken, especially by those who are surrounded by children. The impressions formed in the mind of the child will endure.—Ohio Farmer.