"The technique to be adopted following the round-out entails holding-off, a lost art among many modern pilots. During this procedure, the aircraft is kept in the air by progressively easing back on the elevator control, increasing the angle of attack step by step with the decrease in airspeed. Furthermore, the process must be enacted so that when the correct attitude is acheived, the main wheels are allowed to make gentle contact with the ground".
I think that this is the single most useful written advice a new pilot could read and use. The ability to apply this technique to other aircraft types you might find yourself flying in the future, will be very useful. This technique will be applicable to most every tricycle or float equipped aircraft, taildraggers and flying boats are a little different.
This technique requires patience, which is a good discipline for a pilot. Pilots tend to see the other end of the runway coming up, and get a sense of urgency to get on the ground. It's easy to forget that the plane is still slowing down, just in the air. The patience of prolonging the flare as described, is an excellent skill to develop.
This technique has the added advantage of enabling the trial of the runway surface, without committing to the landing. It is a bit like keeping a helicopter light on the skids. If you decide you don't like the surface, and you want to go around, just add power, and perhaps retract some flaps. Otherwise you're already very close to being at the right attitude for a soft field takeoff (which is probably why you decided not to stay!). Hold the attitude, add the power, and you're in the air again with very little pitch correction required.
The last advantage, is that with this technique, you're going as slowly as practical when you land. I something bad is going to happen, the lower your speed, the better!