Always have a book at hand

Always have a book at hand,

in the parlor, on the table, for the family;

a book of condensed thought and striking anecdote,

of sound maxims and truthful apothegms.

It will impress on your own mind a thousand

valuable suggestions, and teach your children a thousand

lessons of truth and duty.

Such a book is a casket of jewels for your housebold.

- Tryon Edwards -