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cipients of this literature and sometimes the description of the 

 loneliness of prairie life given in the letters received bj her 

 are truly touching. 



The association endeavors as far as possible to consult the 

 taste of the different readers, and sometimes the senders are 

 startled by such an instance as the following, which shows 

 the necessity for the circulation of pure literature in our coun- 

 try. A young girl who had requested some reading to be 

 sent to her home was asked by letter what kind of literature 

 the family enjoyed most. She replied that they preferred 

 sensational stories of the Jesse James type. 



THE LITERATURE MOST USEFUL TO THE ABERDEEN 

 ASSOCIATION. 



Weekly and monthly religious and church papers and pe- 

 riodicals of all denominations, in good condition ; agricul- 

 tural, scientific and technical journals of the current year 

 only; fashionable papers of the current year only; good ma- 

 gazines of any date, in good condition. Sets of magazines in 

 consecutive numbers for the year are most valuable. Sunday 

 School papers of all denominations for teachers and scholars, 

 Christmas annuals and pictures, children's books of all kinds, 

 standard works of history, biography, travel and fiction, all 

 good books, French, German and Scandinavian and Gaelic 

 literature for applicants speaking those languages ; daily pa- 

 pers are not required on account of their transient interest 

 only. The denominational periodicals are sent to the charge 

 of the different clergy in the Northwest to be judiciously dis- 

 tributed by them. 



In the Jubilee year, 1897, packets of seed from the Ex- 

 perimental Farm, Ottawa, were sent through the association 

 to its readers so that their homes might be beautiful by the 

 growth of trees and flowering plants. A portrait of Queen 

 Victoria, also sent through the association, now graces many 

 of these homes on the plains. 



