Project Gutenberg 2014-10-01 Public domain in the USA. 156 Baldwin, James 1841 1925 The Book-lover: A Guide to the Best Reading Produced by Charlene Taylor, Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe, Turgut Dincer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Book-lover: A Guide to the Best Reading" by James Baldwin is a guidebook on literature and reading written in the late 19th century. This work serves as a comprehensive approach to the art of reading, focusing on the selection of meaningful literature and the importance of cultivating a love for good books. Baldwin draws from various literary sources to illustrate his points, aiming to inspire readers to enrich their intellectual lives through thoughtful reading choices. The beginning of the book introduces the author’s philosophy on the value and significance of books. It emphasizes that books are not merely static objects but living entities that serve as companions and mentors throughout one's life. Baldwin urges readers to make deliberate choices in their reading, advocating for the need to avoid poor literature and to seek out texts that nourish the mind and spirit. In this opening portion, Baldwin highlights the role of a scholar in making discerning choices and setting a foundation for a rich intellectual life through careful selection of reading material. He sets the stage for deeper discussions on how to read effectively and how libraries can serve as crucial resources for a scholar's development. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Books and reading Bibliography Books and reading -- United States Best books Bibliography -- United States Z Text Browsing: Encyclopedias/Dictionaries/Reference Browsing: Literature 407436 407362 2024-09-19T14:58:10.359398 2023-09-20T10:56:26.756766 text/html text/html 407062 2014-10-01T14:16:54 text/html; charset=utf-8 751049 2014-10-01T14:17:54 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 796313 2024-09-19T14:58:20.497374 application/epub+zip 798739 2024-09-19T14:58:12.134380 application/epub+zip 197693 2024-09-19T14:58:11.137395 application/epub+zip 768260 2024-09-19T14:58:25.424591 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 757698 2024-09-19T14:58:19.445373 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 324824 2022-09-21T11:09:14.793396 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 280253 2024-09-19T14:58:08.548401 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 282850 2014-10-01T14:16:52 text/plain; charset=utf-8 107670 2014-10-01T14:17:54 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 280345 2014-10-01T14:17:26 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 107242 2014-10-01T14:17:54 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 280377 2014-10-01T14:17:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 107153 2014-10-01T14:17:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22381 2024-09-19T14:58:25.572319 application/rdf+xml 15515 2024-09-19T14:58:11.273382 image/jpeg 3056 2024-09-19T14:58:11.205386 image/jpeg 764289 2024-09-19T14:58:10.470388 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia