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Bad Books - One-half
of the youth in our prisons and houses of correction started on their evil careers
by reading bad books, or at best, worthless novels. These books are the
nicotine and alcohol of literature; they poison, and burn, and blast the head and
heart as surely as their cousins do the stomach. No one can estimate the amount
of crime and lawlessness that is directly traceable to the dime novel and other
pernicious literature.

New link please?
ReplyDeleteFred,
DeleteHave just put a new link up in the main post. I've got a couple more of these I'll get scanned and put up at some time.
all the best,
Johnny