222

409 Broadway.

OR,

WHAT BOOKS SHALL I READ

AND

HOW SHALL I READ THEM?

BY

NOAH PORTER, D. D., LL.D.,

PROFESSOR IN YALE COLLEGE.

FOURTH EDITION, WITH AN INDEX.

-and books we know

Are a substantial world, both pure and good;
Round these, with tendrils strong as flesh and blood,
Our pastime and our happiness will grow.

NEW YORK:

CHARLES SCRIBNER & CO.

THIS VOLUME

18 INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR

TO HIS HONORED FRIEND,

MISS MARY LUCAS HILLHOUSE,

WHOSE LONG AND USEFUL LIFE

HAS BEEN ENTHUSIASTICALLY DEVOTED

TO BOOKS AND READING;

AND NONE THE LESS WISELY AND EFFICIENTLY,

TO THE MANY GOOD OBJECTS

WHICH HAVE ENLISTED

HER WOMANLY SYMPATHIES

AND HER SAGACIOUS BENEVOLENCE.