COPYRIGHT, 1910,

BY

HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY

Published September, 1910

THE ROBERT KERR PRESS, INC
SPRINGDALE, CONN.

TO THE MEMORY OF

MY BROTHERS

GEORGE WASHINGTON KUHNS

AND

WALTER BROWN KUHNS

CHAPTER

I. THE ART OF READING, PAST AND

II. READING FOR WRITING AND INVE
III. THE POWER OF A BOOK.
IV. THE GREAT PROSE WRITERS
V.
VI.

THE LOVE OF THE GREAT POETS
THE ULTIMATE IDEALS AND TH

HIGHER READING