Who knew? This is a quote from a 1916 article in The Atlantic Monthly.
“Bibliotherapy is…a new science,” Bagster explains. “A book may be a stimulant or a sedative or an irritant or a soporific. The point is that it must do something to you, and you ought to know what it is. A book may be of the nature of a soothing syrup or it may be of the nature of a mustard plaster.”
This little factoid courtesy of Does Reading Make You Happier? (New Yorker, June 9, 2015) http://buff.ly/1cUSG2Y Can Reading Make You Happier?
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