From the Academy

Imaginative literature, rather than the sermon, is the means for teaching the rising generation what itistobe fully human—and to distinguish between good and evil. Urban disorder has waked some educators to this truth; so some textbook companies have begun to publish basic readers that touch upon “human values,” or ethical norms.

Open Court, Lippincott, and a few other firms are offering some decent readers nowadays. But the typical story-anthology for children remains dull and ineffectual, even though the motives of editor and publisher may be commendably ethical.