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The Cornell Reading-Courses 



READING IN THE FARM HOME 



Caroline Webster 

 Library Organizer, New York State Library 



The city dweller, in this age of rush and strain, envies the men and 

 the women on the farm their long winter evenings, free from interruption, 

 for developing the joy that comes from reading. These leisure hours give 

 a much-coveted opportunity for them to become better acquainted with 

 the friends they already have in books, to meet new friends, to associate 



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Fig. 35. — Snow without; reading within takes one to all qtiarters of the earth 



with the greatest men and women of all ages, and to catch a glimpse of 

 " the light that never was on sea or land, the consecration and the poet's 

 dream." 



Reading aloud. — Whether the family be large or small, the ideal way 

 of spending an evening is to have one member of the circle read aloud. 

 The difficulty often is to find some book in which all will be interested; 

 nevertheless, there are many stories that are especially adapted for reading 

 aloud, many biographies that read like fiction, and many poems that must 

 be read aloud in order to be enjoyed. Kipling always makes a strong 

 appeal to the ear. Eugene Field and James Whitcomb Riley are delight- 



