THE TIME THE PLACE AND THE BOOK

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18705, 10 May 1924, Page 6 (Supplement)

THE TIME THE PLACE AND THE BOOK

if For the - true lover of books there is a time and' a'-place' for -the reading of each • • aS his loved . ones, when they, give of their best. v There ■is a ; sort of bookworm jrho ■will read any book anywhere at any time. • V/' ' DBs > does not-taste his - books 5 /he wolfs fehe&w and, of course, misses the nuances . jof flavour and the essential grace which !are yielded only in the suitable surround" - : fngs- We :do ? not,-: for example, on the cedared lawns of the, country extract the best feom' what are called open-air books. They should-be read in back rooms .in / jprowded cities. . . Ift Books of. travel belong rightly to the fireside, not to the library of . a liner. .. • .The authors most popular in the trenches > . frreie not the ' au&orß of books of physical adventure or '••: exploration, ,or deeds that won the Empire. The author most : * sii. demand : among/the non-literary was Nat Gould; and among the literary, poets . and quiet essayists. .: .. , Bed is assuredly the beat place .wherein 'to read tales of " hairbreadth escapes • • and moving accidents. There you are cut off from the life presented to you, and even from the life of your own house or flat. If the telephone rings, 'Ist it ring. If the postman knocks, let him knock. You are undressed and in bed, three foot from the workaday floor, lifted above the world of planning and doing. You lie on clouds, god-like* and are in the right mood to . ear th« tales of the stress and struggle / of these mortals. Bed is the place for X : -, Island" and "Kidnapped." • Delicate or sophisticated writing suits $he daytime. On the sunny morning or ? afternoon . you; may properly ; sit r in '= the i » with Jane Austen and Mrs. GasPeacock; and "The Roadmender" .B^^^^M lOT '"- and a good Ar.fi L nSOn " for readin»-5 best place I know Sv fcS"° ■*" f » s a " „ organ '<>«■ -. ; o*gau-blo-WBr^»'^ oar :i-at; school I was tho B esji&-SSS cha P, eL There safe, behitM ™ P ra y er - I surrounkd L 8 ,!! 0 aize curtain. in one of the - ugh» '