The Romance of Education Author:Robert Welch When there is a good movie down the street, an excellent television program awaiting the turn of the dial, and an exciting contract-bridge feud to be resumed at your neighbor's, why bother with books? Especially, with serious books. — The Romance of Education not only convincingly answers that question but it also establishes that the attainment ... more »of knowledge, of education itself a pleasure, and not drudgery. This book shows how self-education, which may have once looked like work, can be transmuted into the most satisfying of all recreations.« less