The Chautauquan (Volume 62) - Softcover

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1911. Excerpt: ... April in England Oh, to be in England Now that April's there, And whoever wakes in England Sees, some morning, unaware, That the lowest boughs and the brushwood sheaf Round the elm-tree bole are in tiny leaf, While the chaffinch sings on the orchard bough In England--now!--Robert Browning. THINK AS YOU READ Students of "Mental Growth and Control" will realize from their reading of the chapter on Attention how important it is to cultivate a habit of attention both for character development and for mental improvement. The day's duties come to be automatic and because of it we are apt to fall into the routine that makes work dull and life dreary. If, however, we give our best attention to everything we do, unguessed wealth of interest will be revealed, and routine will be broken up into a succession of experiences which combine the charm of novelty with the ease of old acquaintance. All life is enriched by attention. The reader's profit--to bring the truth home to ourselves--is so immediate as to be its own reward. Read over the chapter on Attention with an undercurrent of wonder as to whether anything is boiling over in the kitchen and why Lauretta hasn't come home from school yet and how it is that Edward's overcoat needs a new sleeve lining so soon, and see how much of the meaning of Dr. Oppenheim's lesson you can recall. Then wait till Lauretta is accounted for, and banishing the kitchen and your husband's coat from even "the back of your head," read the chapter with your closest attention. Is not the result a revelation? A WORD TO THE WISE The person who can take a hint and act upon it is the person who does most for himself and for the world. In these days of abundant periodical literature it is rare to pick up a paper or a magazine that does not tell ...