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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 649, 28 October 1909, Page 4

A Manchester correspondent of the "British Weekly" describes a journey which he.recently took in a third class carriage with : a .lady and a youth who was reading a cheap,comic paper, and had by his side another paper. Presently tho lady entered into conversation with tho youth, and gathered from him that he : was jtond of reading She drew from her pocket a small book, which she offered to lend to him, Immediately tho lad: saw the' title •he said, "I should liko to uad that." The book was Professor H. Drummond's ."Baxter's Second Innings" Soon the youth became absorbed in the book By the time we loft Pemstono ho had read it through;. From ihere to near Shcfliold (Waldsley)wo had a pleasant chat on books. I learned what kind of books and papers ho and the boys at the grammar school no attended lead most, andncould not help feeling that parents, teachers, and friends might do much more in the, guiding of youths in their rending if alert. to purchase good papers and books for them. The boy, on parting, thanked tho lady for the loan of the book. He left tho oomio papers on the seat in the compartment, remarking to tho lady as he did so, "Baxtor was better than the whole lot of themj Baiter was a brick,"