# On reading in relation to literature

Author: Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904

Genre: Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/68988

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## Summary

As the term approaches its close, I wish to keep my promise regarding a series of lectures relating to literary life and work, to be given independently of texts or authorities, and to represent, as far as possible, the results of practical experience among the makers of literature in different countries. The subject for this term will be Reading--apparently, perhaps, a very simple subject, but really not so simple as it looks, and much more important than you may think it. I shall begin this lecture by saying that very few persons know how to read. Considerable experience with literature is needed before taste and discrimination can possibly be acquired; and without these, it is almost i...

## Chapters

- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/on-reading-in-relation-to-literature-68988/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/on-reading-in-relation-to-literature-68988/chapters/2/index.md)