...the four walla of my study at home. . . . "The three practical rules which I have to offer are, 1. Never read any book that is not a year old. 2. Never...books. 3. Never read any but what you like, or, in Shakespeare's phrase, — "' No profit goes where is no pleasure ta'en ; In brief, sir, study what...

...unless you have read preceding writers. Perhaps you remember Emerson's three rules for choosing books : "i. Never read any book that is not a year old ; 2....famed books; 3. Never read any but what you like." These are golden rules. Let us consider them a moment. If you wait till the brand-new book is a year...

...three rules, now well known, for the guidance of the young in reading. He says : " 1. Never read a book that is not a year old. 2. Never read any but...famed books, 3. Never read any but what you like." These rules are subject to modification in practice. Dr. Geikie says : " It is a mere affectation to...

...which I have had occasion to criticise in another place, seem to be of the former class. They are : 1. Never read any book that is not a year old. 2. Never read any but famed books. 3. Never read any books but what you like. They are suggestions " How not to do it," of course ; cautions rather than...

...the four walls of my study at home. . . . "The three practical rules which I have to offer are, 1. Never read any book that is not a year old. 2. Never read any but famed books. ;>. Never read any but what you like, or, in Shakespeare's phrase, — " ' Xo profit goes where is...

...waste his memory on a crowd of mediocrities. The three practical rules which I have to offer are : (1) Never read any book that is not a year old; (2) never...books ; (3) never read any but what you like ; or, in Shakespeare's phrase, — ' No profit goes where there is no pleasure ta'en: In brief, sir, study what...

...read no mean books;" and then, in more definite language, he lays down his three well-known rules : " i. Never read any book that is not a year old. 2....famed books. 3. Never read any but what you like." The first of these rules is clearly not to be followed in every case. It is, indeed, modified by the...

...That experience is against it. The three practical rules, then, which I have to offer, are, — 1. Never read any book that is not a year old ; 2. Never...famed books ; 3. Never read any but what you like. — Emerson. Evolution involves, then, these two fundamental ideas, struggle for self, and struggle...

...carried out, such a plan will double the value of a book. Emerson's Famous Rules for Reading. 1. " Never read any book that is not a year old. 2. "Never...famed books. 3. " Never read any but what you like." Miscellaneous Hints About Reading. 1. Always read the author's preface before beginning his book. It...

...when, to enforce the dictum: "Be sure to read no mean books," he laid down the following rules: — " i . Never read any book that is not a year old. 2....famed books. 3. Never read any but what you like. ' ' These rules, however, are not beyond criticism. If, for instance, no one should read a book until...