CMP Review 2023-11-22

November 22, 2023

Do you write in your books?

I do—usually just an “X” next to something destined for my commonplace. One professor had us write in our own titles for each chapter of The Brothers Karamazov and I’ve kept up this helpful habit when reading especially heavy books.

Charlotte Mason had this to say about the use of books: “Let marginal notes be freely made, as neatly and beautifully as may be, for books should be handled with reverence. Let numbers, letters, underlining be used to help the eye and to save the needless fag of writing abstracts” (School Education, p. 181).

My current read is this beautiful 1948 edition of Pilgrim’s Inn by Elizabeth Goudge, with a whole new level of reverent “marking up” by fellow homeschooler @birdsandbobbles.

@rbaburina