Hints for Home Reading (Barnes & Noble Digital Library): A Series of Paper on Books and Their Use

Hints for Home Reading brings together a series of articles about the art of reading by such well-known writers of the day as clergyman Henry Ward Beecher and Twain collaborator Charles Dudley Warner. Essays including “Why Young People Read Trash, “ and “How to Make Dull Boys Read,” are filled with helpful tips aimed at getting kids hooked on reading that are still useful and entertaining today.