Excerpt from Libraries and Schools When he gets there, however, he will probably find himself almost as much in need of an in structor as his own pupils; and here at last I come to the immediate subject on which I want to talk to you. I wish to say something of the books and reading of children, - of the general introduction into literature which, if you choose, you are able to give your scholars, and which, if you do give it to them, is worth more than all the knowledge contained in all the text-books that ever were printed. To your whole schools, if you only want to, you can give an elementary training as readers, and if in this matter you once set them going in the way they Should go, you need not fear that they will ever depart from it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.