Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 January 1910 — WEEKLY NOTES FROM THE PUBLIC LIBRARY. [ARTICLE]

WEEKLY NOTES FROM THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.

More New Books and TVhat They Consist of in a Short Synopsis by Our Regular Contributor.

At the meeting of the Library Board on Tuesday evening, Mr. C- W. Coen presented his resignation as vicepresident of the board. We regret very much to lose Mr. Coen, as he was very faithful and much interested in all matters pertaining to the library. Home Life in Germany, by Mrs. Alfred Sidgwick. A singularly acute and intimate appreciation of home life in Germany. The insignificant trifles that make the common round of life in Germany as in every country are sympathetically and intelligently noted and vividly and humorously described.

How to Appreciate Prints, by Frank Weitenkampf. This brief survey is intended primarily for people with little or no knowledge of this interesting field, and is happily popular in style, technical terms being employed only when the context renders them easily understood.

My African Journey, by Winston Churchill. A vivid description of a journey from Mombasa on the East coast to the great lakes, overland to Fajao on the Victoria Nile, thence through the jungle to Khartoum and by tourists’ routes to Cairo. Besides its interest as a recital of hunting adventures, it is a careful study of the physical, political and racial conditions of a region that promises to be of considerable importance to Great Dfßhlh and is of immediate interest to Americans. Tuberculosis A Preventable- and Curable Disease, by s. A. Knopf. A readable, suggestive treatise by a recognized authority. Discusses infection and hygiene; the duties of the patient, family, municipal, state and federal authorities, employers, ednea-; ors, etc.; the home adaptation of sanitorlum treatment, and the relation of other ..reform movements. 116 illustrations from draw-l ing and photographs cover methods of prevention 'and cure. Co«h Remedy never disappoints those who use it for obaflflhta coughs. colds apd irritations. of the throat and lungs. It stands unrivalled as a remedy for all throat and lung diseases. Sold by all dealers. c