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REMARKABLE movement, and one A which, if...
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Liter Aby Intelligence „ 878—892 Books P...
LITER ABY INTELLIGENCE „ 878—892 BOOKS PUBIJSHED IN GREAT BRITAIN BOOKS AKD RUMOURS OF BOOKS , 879 , 880 FROM JULY 16 TO 81 8 S 4—897
NOTES AND NEWS ^^ 8 ^ 2 BECENT FOREiaN WOaKS 897 AMERICAN NOTES AND NEWS 882 , 883 - CONTINENTAL NOTES 883384 ^ < ^^ ^ pvB
AN EDITION AND ITS LIFE . —1 884 , , 885 MSHED T TOTTETk ¦ 898 ono -911 ni 1 MESSRS . SIMPKIN , MARSHALL , HAMILTON , MISCELLANEOUS ... 912--921
KENT & CO 885 BUSINESS CARDS . 918 , 919 IN MEMORIAL 886 , 887 BUSINESSES FOR SALE . 922
TRADE CHANGES 888 ASSISTANT WANTED 922 THE NEW MAGAZINES 888 , « W REVIEWS & c 889—892
, INDEX TO BOOKS PUBLISHED IN GREAT BOOKS FOR SALE 922
BRITAIN BETWEEN JULY 16 & 31 893 , 894 BOOKS WANTED TO PURCHASE 9 ? 2-928
St. Dttnsta-V'S "Ftottstl E.G. August 1, 1889. *^'
St . Dttnsta-v ' s "FTottstl E . G . August 1 , 1889 . *^'
Remarkable Movement, And One A Which, If...
REMARKABLE movement , and one A which , if wisely directed , cannot fail to
quicken and extend the intellectual life of the people , has just been successfully inaugurated .
We refer of course to the first summer assembly » of the National Home Reading
Union , which met under distinguished auspices at Blackpool during the closing weeks of July .
A great deal has happily been accomplished within recent years to meet the higher needs
evoked by the Elementary Education Act of 1870 . Oxford and Cambridge—the ancient
homes of ' sweetness and light '—have gallantly led the way , and , by their system of local
lectures and local examinations , opportunities of culture have been placed within the reach
of all who care to avail themselves of such noble privileges . Colleges have been
established in great provincial centres , and the Recreative Evening Schools Association has
done much to induce poor boys and girls to continue their education when the School
Board has relaxed its claims upon them . Wherever technical training is offered , there
is no lack of eager pupils ; in fact , on every side , it is possible to trace a new revival of
learning , not only amongst the l classes ' but the ' masses' of the people .
The millions of young readers which-the Education Act has furnished with the solid
rudiments of knowledge need guidance and help in the choice of books and in all that
pertains to self-culture . One of the most cheering signs of the times is , in our
judgment , the fact that so many of the young men and women of England are willing to be helped
in this direction , and also that some of the most accomplished scholars and thinkers of
the day are eager to lead them in the quest of knowledge . The Home Reading Union follows
the lines of the famous Ohautauqua circle , which haa had suoh a memorable , career in
America . It is proposed to hold an annual
summer gathering at some holiday resort ,
when \ lectures and addresses will be given by men who represent a . the best traditions of the
English universities , and conferences will be held at which the humblest students will come
into stimulating association with scholars of the widest culture and reputation .
The ' real work of the Union , however , naturally lies behind the scenes , and therefore the
fundamental object is to ' stimulate home reading , and to make it less desultory and less
frivolous , ' as well as to furnish guidance and advice to solitary students and to associated
reading circles . Lists of the best and cheapest books in various departments of knowledge
will should be -be given read , will and be the stated order . in The which / magazine they
of the Home Reading Union will supply monthly hints , and will answer the questions '
of perplexed readers of the hooks in hand . Examinations will not be compulsory , but
nevertheless they will be held for the benefit of all who wish to test the progress which they have
made . We trust that those who are responsible for the scheme will do their best to impress
the apostolic maxim— 'Be clothed with humility '—upon the members of the National
Home Reading Union . The self-educated man is apt to be angular , confident , and
self-opinionated . The creation of a crowd of literary prigs would be- nothing less than a national
disaster , and that is precisely , the direction in which danger lies . Fortunately the movement
is directed by thinkers who are keenly alive to the sovereign grace of intellectual modesty , and
if the rank and file catch the spirit and are willing to follow the lead of men like Professor
Max Miiller , Professor Bryce , the Marquis of Ripon , the Earl of Aberdeen , Archdeacon
Farrar , Dr . R . W . Dale , Mr . Frederic Harrison , Mr . Churton CollinsDr . PercivalSir John
Lubbock , Dr . Paton , , and Canon , Rawnsley —to mention but a few representative' nfcmes
—there will be no occasion for alarm , and nothing but good need * be anticipated .
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Aug. 1, 1889, page 878, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01081889/page/4/
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