 | Granville series - 1882 - 330 pages
...those rapid and ephemeral writings to slow and enduring writings — books, properly socalled. For all books are divisible into two classes, the books of the hour, and the books of all time. 6. The good book of the hour — I do not speak of the bad ones — is simply the useful or pleasant... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1882 - 224 pages
...those rapid and ephemeral Writings to slow and enduring writings — books, properly so called. For all books are divisible into two classes, the books of the hour, and the books of all time. Maik this distinction — it is not one of quality only. It is not merely the bad book that does not... | |
 | John Ruskin - Books and reading - 1884 - 434 pages
...prefer those rapid and ephemeral writings to slow and enduring writings—books, properly so called. For all books are divisible into two classes, the books...of the hour, and the books of all time. Mark this distinction—it is not one of quality only. It is not merely the bad book that does not last, and... | |
 | William Swinton - Readers - 1885 - 620 pages
...men have said on the subject of books.] 1.-BOOKS OF THE HOUR AND BOOKS OF ALL TIME. — JOHS RUSKIJf. ALL books are divisible into two classes, — the books of the hour and the books of all time. The good book of the hour is simply the useful or pleasant talk of some person with whom you can not... | |
 | William A. Campbell - Readers - 1890 - 514 pages
...those rapid and ephemeral writings to slow and enduring writings, — books, properly so called. For all books are divisible into two classes, the books of the hour, and the books of all time. The good book of the hour is simply the useful or pleasant talk of some person with whom you cannot... | |
 | Orville T. Bright, James Baldwin - Readers - 1888 - 436 pages
...BOOKS. 1. All books may be divided into two classes—books of the hour, and books of all time. Yet it is not merely the bad book that does not last, and the good one that does. There are good books for the hour and good ones for all time; bad books for the hour and bad ones for... | |
 | Readers - 1888 - 432 pages
...BOOKS. 1. All books may be divided into two classes — books of the hour, and books of all time. Yet it is not merely the bad book that does not last, and the good one that does. There are good books for the hour and good ones for all time ; bad books for the hour and bad ones... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1889 - 942 pages
...those rapid and ephemeral writings to slow and enduring writings — books, properly so called. For all books are divisible into two classes, the books...that does not last, and the good one that does. It is » distinction of species. There are good books for the hoar, and good ones for all time ; bad books... | |
 | Frank Parsons, Fred Erastus Crawford, H. T. Richardson - Best books - 1889 - 156 pages
...of books, the golden key to knowledge, a key that will only fit its own proper doors, is purpose." Ruskin. " All books are divisible into two classes,...the books of the hour and the books of all time." Books of the hour, though useful, are, " strictly speaking, not books at all, but merely letters or... | |
 | Jenny H. Stickney - Readers - 1892 - 416 pages
...those rapid and ephemeral writings to slow and enduring writings, —• books, properly so called. For all books are divisible into two classes, the books of the hour, and the books of all time. a The good book of the hour is simply the useful or pleasant talk of some person with whom you cannot... | |
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There are good books for the hour, and good ones for all time ; bad books for the hour, and bad ones for all time. 
