do not mean the man who reads By the average man, he says, we nothing and takes no steps to develop his mind; we mean the man who, at least, has some intellectual curiosity—enough to induce him to read the newspapers, a magazine occasionally and even a k now and again; indeed, we might even bracket him with the individual who is described as "a general reader" or "a bit of a student.' The question then is: what are the characteristics of these people so far as the evolving of new ideas is concerned? The reply is not dificult. The great majority of what are known as reading people employ their leisure in becoming familiar with facts and ideas already revealed. They see cheap classics all around them, fiction is superabundant; travel books, s on economic and social subjects are numerous; every taste is catered for, and ing has become a sort of daily function. We have food for the mind just as we have breakfast and dinner for the body.
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