Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 April 1892 — How to Keep Books. [ARTICLE]

How to Keep Books.

It is true that books are better preseved by being shut up behind glass doors, but they do not yield half their benefits in this way. Even a single shelf of books adds to the coziness of a room, and the home that is fully organized will have s’uch a shelf in the guest chamber, us well as in other rooms A book is often a great boon to a visitor, who may, perhaps, have risen too early for breakfast, or enjoys a solitary hour with some good reading before retiring for the night. It there are a great number of books in the house, and there is no library, be sure und have them arranged in an open book-case in the parlors. A book-caso can be made of pine boards and stained. With a pretty, straight cover across tho top and hanging over the sides it will be the most attractive object in the room.—[New York Recorder.