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¡¡¡¡Delight of Books¡¡¡¡1 Books are to mankind what memory is to the individual£®They contain the historyof our race£¬the discoveries we have made£¬the gathered knowledge and experienceof ages£»they picture for US the beauties of nature£¬help US in our difficulties£¬comfort US in sorrow and in suffering£¬change hours of boredom into moments ofdelight£¬store our minds with ideas£¬hu them with good and happy thoughts£¬andlift US out of and above ourselves£®¡¡¡¡2 Many 0f us 0We much of our purest happiness to books£®Ascham in ¡°TheSchoolmastcr£®¡±tells a story of his last visit to Lady Jane Grey£®He found hersitting at the window reading Plato¡¯S beautiful account of the death of Socrates£®Herfather and mother were hunting in the park£¬the hounds were full of cry and theirvoices came in through the open window£®H e expressed his surprise that she had notjoined them£®But£¬said she£¬¡°1 wish that all their pleasure in the park is but ashadow to the pleasure I find in Plato£®¡±¡¡¡¡3 Macaulayhad wealth and fame£¬rank and power£¬and yet he tells US in hisbiography that he owed the happiest hours of his life to books£®In a charming letter toa little girl£¬he says£¬¡°Thank you for your very pretty letter£®I am always glad tomake my little girl happy£¬and nothing pleases me so much as to see that she likesbooks£¬for when she is as old as I am£¬she will find that they are better than all the tarts and cakes£¬toys and plays£¬and sights in the world£®If anyone would make methe greatest king that ever lived£¬with palaces and gardens and fine dinners£¬andwines and coaches£¬and beautiful clothes£¬and hundreds of servants£®on conditionthat I should not read books£®1 would not be a king£®1 would rather be a poor man ina garret with plenty of books than a king who did not love reading£®¡±¡¡¡¡4 Books£¬indeed£¬give US a whole enchanted palace of thoughts£®There is a widerprospect£¬ says Jean Paul Richer£¬from Parnassusthan from a throne£®In oneway they give US an even more vivid idea than the actual reality£¬just as reflectionsarc often more beautiful than real nature£®¡°Au mirrors£®¡±says George Macdonald£®¡°The commonest room is a room in a poem when I look in the glass£®¡±¡¡¡¡5 Precious and priceless are the blessings which the books scatter around our dailypaths£®We walk£¬in imagination£¬with the noblest spirits£¬through the most splendidand enchanting regions£®¡¡¡¡6 Without leaving our house we may travel to the most remote regions of the earth£¬or fly into skies where Spenser¡¯s unearthly beauties flock to meet us£®whereMilton¡¯s angels play songs of Paradise£®Science£¬art£¬literature£¬philosophy¡ªauthat man has thought£¬all that man has done£¬the experience that has been boughtwith the sufferings of a hundred generations£¬all are gathered up for US in the worldnf hnnks¡£¡¡¡¡¡­¡­