Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend "a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who really care for books read all of them. There is no other course. (Andrew Lang)

Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend "a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who really care for books read all of them. There is no other course.

Andrew Lang

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