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A NEW BOOK 
For tourists who have visited or who 
hope to visit the Mediterranean ports 
A Trip to the Orient 
The Story of a Mediterranean Cruise 
With nearly 200 Unique Illustrations 
Price, $1.50 net Postage, 16 cents 
A TRIP TO THE ORIENT, THE STORY OF A MEDITERRANEAN CRUISE, 
by Robert Urie Jacob, bas been written at tbe request of fellow travelers, wbo did 
not have time to take notes by tbe way. . 
One said, Do not write a guide book nor a love story, but a simple narrative that 
will recall tbe incidents and delightful experiences of the tour. Following these 
suggestions tbe author bas undertaken tbe work. 
An interesting feature of the book is the large number of illustrations made from 
artistic photographs, all of which have been contributed by amateur photographers. 
It contains nearly 200 illustrations of views or incidents in Funchal, Granada, Algiers, 
Malta, Athens, Constantinople, Jerusalem, Cairo, Luxor, Naples, and Nice, repro¬ 
duced from unpublished photographs. They enable the reader to see not only tbe 
historic places and ruins, tbe wonders of these Oriental lands, but also the people 
themselves in their various pursuits, giving to tbe book tbe very atmosphere of tbe 
countries described. 
Tbe story was intended specially for voyagers wbo have visited tbe same places, 
but it should be equally interesting to those wbo are planning a similar trip. And 
those wbo must stay at home may in these pages be able to look through another s 
eyes at the places described. 
Tbe book comprises 392 pages, printed on enamel finished paper, and contains nearly 
200 Illustrations. Size, 5)4 x 8 inches. Bound in extra cloth—gold stamping. 
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successful, although the manager of the 
lottery fell into disgrace and was fined 
;Ci,ooo for taking an illegal premium. 
In this sordid fashion was the British 
Museum planted and watered in the 
palace of the Montagus in Bloomsbury. 
Its first days were far from prosperous. 
An income of ;C900 only was available 
from the great gamble. Two bequests 
brought the total up to £2,4.^^, leaving, 
after payment of the few salaries, about 
;Cioo to make fresh purchases. 
But the need for expenditure in this 
direction was rendered less necessary by 
the rapidity with which fresh collections 
of enormous value poured into Montagu 
House. The great tree has, in fact, 
grown so rapidly as well nigh to baffle 
the art of the gardeners to find light and 
air and room for the spreading branches. 
The reading room, which in the old 
building could accommodate only five 
readers, can now seat nearly 500. 
Reckoning the miles of shelving devoted 
to hooks, the museum is easily the largest 
in the world. By cunning arrangements 
forty-one miles of shelf-room have been 
found for the 2,000,000 books that now 
minister to the enlightenment of the 
universe. The Bibliotheque Nationale, 
in Paris, the next largest in the world, 
can boast of only thirty-one .—London 
Chronicle. 
CONVENTION OF THE WASHINGTON 
STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 
^IVE hundred fruit growers from 
various parts of the Inland Em¬ 
pire are expected to attend the 
annual convention of the Washington 
State Horticultural Society, which will 
meet at Walla Walla, southwest of 
Spokane, January 29 to 31, 1908. The 
secretary of the Spokane chamber of 
commerce and secretary of the fruit 
growers’ association, says that the pro¬ 
gram for the four days’ session promises 
to be the most interesting in the history 
of the organization, adding that there 
will be speakers from the several fa¬ 
mous districts in the Pacific Northwest 
and to explain the methods employed 
to give the Spokane country, embracing 
150,000 square miles in Eastern Wash¬ 
ington, Northern Idaho, Western Mon¬ 
tana, Northeastern Oregon and South¬ 
eastern British Columbia, a fruit crop 
valued at ^14,000,000 in 1907- 
It has only been within the last few I 
years that fruit growers in Washington 
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