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Books and Reading

Noah Porter (1811 - 1892)

[The author] hopes that the effect of these discussions may lead to more comprehensive and elevated estimates of authors and of literature on the part of those who read themselves or who direct the reading of others, and that in this and other ways, the volume may stimulate to a wise selection of Books and to enlightened and successful methods of Reading. - Summary by Preface

Genre(s): Education, Literary Criticism, Self-Help

Language: English

Keyword(s): literature (1956), books (56), English literature (36), reading (15), Goethe (14), Thomas Carlyle (7), english language (5), George Eliot (4), matthew arnold (2), julius cæsar (1) ... [Show full list]

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