72 Juvenile Literature in the Farm Home 



form and containing attractive illustrations of the 

 birds, bees, flowers, and trees to be found near about 

 the rural home will prove most interesting and 

 instructive to the young. Through such helpful 

 literature the mind will gradually acquire the habit of 

 casting about in the home environment for the de- 

 scription of possible objects and conditions new to one. 

 One of the best and most helpful results accruing 

 to the young person who indulges the habit of read- 

 ing good literature is this: he acquires a large vo- 

 cabulary of words and phrases in which to clothe his 

 secret thought and with which to express himself to 

 others. All this furnishes, not merely a splendid 

 form of entertainment for the silent reflections, but 

 it also gives the thinker a sense of the power and the 

 worth of his own personality. 



TYPES OF LITERATURE 



It may be stated as a foregone conclusion that no 

 farm is well equipped for the happiness and well- 

 being of those who dwell thereon unless there be an 

 ample supply of good literature in the house. No 

 matter how well stocked with high-grade farm ani- 

 mals, how productive in point of farm crops, how well 

 kept the hedges and lanes may be, secret poverty and 

 littleness of mind lurk in that home if the literature 

 is wanting. So, first of all, let us lay the foundation 

 by means of enumerating some periodicals and books 

 of a more general nature. 



