St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1913-02-28
The Library
Open Hours: loo TO $50 and ITO o:3o p. m
Sundays. 23O to $50

The new Books:
Morris Roman Historical
Tales.
The principal events of Roman
history from its founding to its
fall told in lively story form.
Plympton How to become an
Engineer.
Thee theoretical and practical
training necessary in preparing
for the duties of the civil engi-
neer.
Sewall Lessons in Telegraphy.
An elementary course i'm the
art of sending and receiving
Morse telegraph signals.
Wiggin Cathedral Courtship.
Wilson Bungalow Book.
Wilson Man who came back.
The latest book of the author
of the Land Chalmers.
Inner Flame Burnham. A
pleasant, sentimental love story
with a not intrusive Christian
Science background.
Cook Books:
Vegetarian Cookery Payne.
A manual of cheap and whole
some diet
Consolidated library of Mod
ern Cooking and Household
Recipes Christine Terhune
Herrick, Marion Harland and
a list of contributors which in
cludes many Of the famous chefs
and cooking experts of the us.
The scope of this five volume
work is shown by the fact that
one whole volume is given over
to the Modern Hostess, and one
to vegetable and Dessert Recipes.
VOL 3 contains Soups. chowders.
fish. meats. poultry and game.
Vol. 8 includes chatting dish
recipes, carving, beverages, mix
ing and serving drinks, toasts
and speeches. menu terms in
foreign languages.
Fancy Work:
Pricilla Tatting Book.
Pricilla Cross Stitch.
Pricilla COlored Cross Stitch.
Pricilla Venetian Crochet.
Makers of History Abbott.
Separate volumes ON the great
men of the ages, written in
dramatic story form and well
illustrated. The two just receiv-
ed are: Cyrus. 81 am Cyrus
the King" Such is the proud
declaration that after the lapse !
of twenty-five centuries, from the |
tomb of the mighty Persian still !
commands our homage 10 It's inn.
perial inmate. Out of the realm |
of myth and fable his imposing !
figure energies. but history rec. !
ords enough of him To allow his |
title of the Great" To stand un. |
questioned. Croesus. with all !
his treasure. went down before |
him, and Great Babylon" could |
not Withstand his arms. Great |
as were his achievements a, a
warrior and a prince, history. |
though encountered with the |
deeds of the ages. still finds space
TO recite his nobility of soul.
XerXes. No small part of the /
glory of Greece was won tO the
shame of NcrXe3 standing ON the !
loftiest heights of human grand. !
eur, he was hurled into unparal. |
leled disaster. with the ruins of
his vast army and the wrecks of |
his high fleet about him. His.
tory can show us no spectacle
like the assembling of the army |
of AerXes for the conquest of the /
insolent Greeks. All the pomp |
and splendor at the command of |
the mightiest of the eastern des-
pots signaliZed its setting forth
and a fleet 10 facilitate whose
progress years had been spent i'm
he construction of a canal, kept
pace with the army. A few
and army and fleet had
ANONYMOUSLY perished, and {
Salinas and Marathon had gone
m the rolls of immortality. 8
Rose Books. \
Sweet Pea Books.
Do not forget that these and
III other gardening subjects may :
'e had at the library. s
February bulletins are ready
or distribution.