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Literary
July 11, 1878
The Home Journal
Winchester, Franklin County, Tennessee
What is this article about?
Advisory essay on selecting pure, moral juvenile literature for children to cultivate good reading habits and avoid impure, exciting, or trashy books, especially flashily illustrated papers tempting to boys.
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Juvenile Literature.
If your children early display a taste for reading, select their books carefully. The amount of juvenile literature is large and varied, and there is enough of what is pure in thought, simple in style, high in principle, and sweet in spirit, to satisfy the needs of the most eager little student. If all that is impure and exciting, and even simply trashy, be carefully excluded from our children's libraries; if we form in them the habit of reading and enjoying the best and most ennobling books suited to their age; and if a love for the pure, the true and the beautiful be developed in their hearts, the surest blow will have been struck against the unwholesome influence of impure and frivolous literature. Above all things avoid the flashily illustrated papers which are so tempting to boys.
If your children early display a taste for reading, select their books carefully. The amount of juvenile literature is large and varied, and there is enough of what is pure in thought, simple in style, high in principle, and sweet in spirit, to satisfy the needs of the most eager little student. If all that is impure and exciting, and even simply trashy, be carefully excluded from our children's libraries; if we form in them the habit of reading and enjoying the best and most ennobling books suited to their age; and if a love for the pure, the true and the beautiful be developed in their hearts, the surest blow will have been struck against the unwholesome influence of impure and frivolous literature. Above all things avoid the flashily illustrated papers which are so tempting to boys.
What sub-type of article is it?
Essay
What themes does it cover?
Moral Virtue
What keywords are associated?
Juvenile Literature
Children Reading
Moral Books
Pure Thought
Avoid Trashy
Ennobling Books
Literary Details
Title
Juvenile Literature.
Subject
Advice On Selecting Books For Children
Key Lines
If All That Is Impure And Exciting, And Even Simply Trashy, Be Carefully Excluded From Our Children's Libraries;
If We Form In Them The Habit Of Reading And Enjoying The Best And Most Ennobling Books Suited To Their Age;
Above All Things Avoid The Flashily Illustrated Papers Which Are So Tempting To Boys.