‘Old Books, New Delights’ (2014)

The Third Omnibus of Crime; book by Dorothy L. Sayers

There’s stuff in here that’ll blow you away!

It’s troubling to see how little reading gets done, these days. Our civilization, which would not have even been possible without literacy, is looking rather sickly.

In addition to flat-out needing what books can tell us, books are an inexhaustible store of pleasure for the reader. Like this, for instance:

Old Books, New Delights

A haunted stamp collection! Betcha never thought of that before.

Books can help keep us from turning into Eloi. And when you consider how our teachers’ unions discourage independent reading, you’ll know who the Morlocks are, too.