Essays

Books are the store house of information, knowledge and wisdom. They add knowledge, expand our mental horizon and make us wiser and happier. In the words of Louis Stevenson, hooks are a mighty bloodless substitute for life. He has condemned hooks the study of which, he thinks, is the weariness of flesh. But if hooks are completely neglected it result in the barrenness of mind and makes us ignorant, orthodox and superstitious. So the complete neglect of books is as undesirable as too much study] of books. The market is flooded with all sortsof books. We should make a judicious selection of them.