Just a quick post today. The gist? Reading a novel isn’t a waste of time, because more than likely, the reader would just do something more ill-advised anyway:
TO A LADY WHO SAID IT WAS SINFUL TO READ NOVELS
BY: CHRISTIAN MILNE
To love these books, and harmless tea,
Has always been my foible,
Yet will I ne’er forgetful be
To read my Psalms and Bible.Travels I like, and history too,
Or entertaining fiction;
Novels and plays I’d have a few,
If sense and proper diction.I love a natural harmless song,
But I cannot sing like Handel;
Deprived of such resource, the tongue
Is sure employed — in scandal.
Bookshelf Battle 