And all because we failed to feed our minds properly.
There is much to be gained both in pleasure and knowledge by reading historical novels, and the lives of great men.

The books of Sir Walter Scott and James Fenimore Cooper are rated among the best in the world.
Grant's autobiography and the personal stories of other famous Americans provide fascinating material with which to establish and fortify our test for good literature.

The tales of modern American financiers is another field of absorbing interest.
The man with small means can provide himself with a working library for a very little money.

Books are cheap.

The public library is always nearby and there is hardly a town of any size but what has one.