BOOKS -THE BEST FRIENDS

Books

"BOOKS    ARE    THE   QUIETEST     AND  MOST   CONSTANT  OF  FRIENDS;THEY   ARE  THE  MOST   ACCESSIBLE     AND  WISEST   OF   COUNSELORS"   Said   Charles   W.   Eliot.
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   kingdom   of   books    is  as   vast   as    the   Universe,for  there  is   no  corner   of   it   which   they    have  left   unexplored.There  is   no  dearth     of  books   on  any  topic .It    covers  almost   all    topics       of  human   knowledge,be  it   Science,medicine,history, geography,literature,politics,space science,the     list  is  endless.We     make    use    of  books   for  the    dissemination   (spreading)  of   useful  ideas ,for   popularising  the   fruits   of  our   research    in  various    fields   of  knowledge  ,and   for   spreading    our  progressive   views    on  matters   which  are  of  vital  concern   to  our   fellow  beings..Books     has  been   very    helpful     to  the  advancement     of  the  human  civilization  .If    to   Keats   ,works  of   ancient  poet   like  Homer   were  realms   of  gold   from  which   he   derived   much   joy  as  well as  inspiration,  to  the    modern    lover  of  books ,  the  labor  of    all    geniuses  ,  including  those  of   Keats  ,are   mines  of   inestimable   intellectual   wealth   ,which  he    goes  on  exploring   for  the  sake   of     his  mental    and  spiritual     advancement,
There    was   a  time    some  five  hundred    years    back  ,  when  books   as  we   know    them    today  did  not  exist   ,At   that  time  our   ancestors   used   rocks,pillars,  and parchments (skin used     for   writing)  with   a  view    to  recording     and  perpetuating (to   remember)  their    thoughts and  achievements. Now  -a  -  days   the  book   publishing    industries  gives    to  the  work  of   every   great  scientific thinker  ,poet  or   philosopher  the  character  of  permanence,reproduces   in  attractive   forms old  and  rare   manuscripts   and  caters  to  the     differing    taste   of  millions   of  people   for    whom   book-  reading  is  an  extremely ,pleasant ,intellectual    experience    Moreover  ,the  high  percentage   of    literacy,growth  of  libraries,tendency    of  intellectuals ,to    have  their  own     private  collection   of  books,  have   given    birth      to    a  number  of    big    publishing houses,with  branches   in  many  parts  of  the  world. In           recent     years   ,paperback    have  began  to   reveal     their  attraction  for    the  reading    public.They    have  appeared   to  people   who  would    not  have   thought   of  buying    books   not    so  very  long  ago,These     paper backs  are     generally   reprints        of  popular    fictions   or  of  established  classics or  translations  from      foreign   works  which  are  in  constant  demand     at  bookstalls.  BOOKS  THE  BEST     FRIEND