Any Subscriber who sends us $2.00 for 1 new yearly subscription will receive free, postage prepaid, any one of the books on this page. These Standard Works are beautifully printed on extra laid paper, deckle edge; bound in polished red buckram, gold side, back, and top stamp. Arenewal of your own subscription will not entitle you to this Premium. It is offered for NEW Subscriptions only. Our price each, YOU SAVE 27 CENTS The regular price is cents for Abbot. Sir Walter Scott. Adam Bede. George Eliot. Behind a Mask. Alphonse Daudet. Bride of Lammermoor. Sir Walter Scott. Deerslayer. J. Fenimore Cooper. Thomas Hardy. First Violin. Jessie Fothergill. Guy Mannering. Sir Walter Scott. Heart of Midlothian. Sir Walter Scott. Nathaniel Hawthorne. Man of Mark. Anthony Hope. Master of Ballantrae. Robert Louis Stevenson. Mayor of Casterbridge. Thomas Hardy. Merze. Marah Ellis Ryan. Micah Clarke. A. Conan Doyle. Pickwick Papers. Chas. Dickens. Robinson Crusoe. Daniel Defoe. Scarlet Letter. Nathaniel Hawthorne. Scottish Chiefs. Jane Porter. Chas. and Mary Lamb. THE GREAT ROUND WORLD CO Every reader of THE GREAT ROUND WORLD will derive interest and profit from a set of The History of Our Own Times. Many more subscribers would hasten to order if they fully realized the value of these unique reference books. The History of Our Own Times recorded important occurrences when they took place. The books are mirrors of the past, reflecting what persons want to know, but are doubtful about, because many of the events are already hazy in their memories. The Christian Advocate (New York) said the following of Vol. XII. It applies just as forcibly to the others: "A neatly bound volume of convenient size contains the weekly numbers of THE GREAT ROUND WORLD from October 5 to December 28, 1899. It is a most valuable reference book, and does not assume too high a position as a history of our own times. In it may be found the real news, such as we want to know and such as we should remember. A detailed index is given, and yet the reader is inclined to open the book and go steadily on from page to page, recalling and fixing in memory the events that have made up the interest of his daily life. We know of nothing better for young people who wish the best and should not be allowed to browse on daily papers." * We have tried to impress upon every one the value of a set by occasionally presenting a few features from each volume. But this is not an entirely satisfactory method, for it cannot convey an adequate idea of its real worth. Even a picture of the bound volumes can give no idea of their contents. You should not judge a watch movement by its case. There have been fourteen volumes published. Each contains 432 or more pages of text, without any advertisements. Thousands of subjects are treated in simple style, without repetition or prolixity. A spade is called a spade-not an agricultural implement. A gun is called a gun-not a polished shooting iron. You do not lose time in finding what you want. The indexes enable you to locate what you are after, and you do not have to chase phantoms. The prices are low, notwithstanding the rise in the paper, which was made specially for us to last. It costs much more than ordinary paper. We paid the increase so that twenty years hence the pages would not crumble. They will resist the ravages of time. Need we say more? $1.50 is cheerfully paid for a novel, which, after a single reading, is generally discarded. One dollar to $1.75 invested in a reference book which is frequently consulted, is a giltedge investment. Any subscriber can easily procure a set by returning in good order, prepaid, the back numbers it includes, and sending 45 cents a volume for binding and postage. This is the very best use to make of back numbers. But if you have not kept your back numbers, you can buy the Histories on easy terms now, and make good any missing numbers. Later they cannot be supplied. The publisher of a weekly paper recently told us that he could sell a file of his papers for the first year for $1,500, but he was unable to fill the order. That is at the rate of about $29 for a single copy. The plan adopted in The History of Our Own Times was that of furnishing the week's news as an interesting continued story, free from clippings or scrappiness. Facts, instead of opinions, were given. Original matter only appears, written exclusively for us. No more of Vols. I., II. or III. can be had at any price. The editions are exhausted. The price of Vols. IV., V., VI., VII. and VIII. is $1.75 each. The price of Vols. IX., X., XI., XII., is $1.25 each. The price of Vols. XIII. and XIV. is only $1.00 each. The books can be furnished in red, green or light blue cloth. Elsewhere appears a statement showng the periods which they embrace. It may be well to mention that these Histories were printed from entirely new type. For fall and winter reading, for tired and other business men, for current events clubs and women's clubs, for the clergy, students and others the perusal of our "pre-digested" current history is fascinating and valuable. A clergyman in a neighboring city was invited to deliver an anniversary address. He told us that he was in despair, not knowing where to find suitable references. Suddenly he remembered our Histories, which he procured and used in preparing the address. Many mothers who had to answer their children's inquiries turned with relief to the unadulterated news these books contain. These Histories are appreciated in various foreign countries. Readers in Japan have bought all the volumes. The last order received was for II volumes purchased for the Crew's Library of the U. S. S. Hartford, which lately started on a long cruise. Is a set in your library? If not, will it not be well for you to place it there? Surely, if the sailors need them, they will be appreciated ashore. We trust you will decide to order the books in time. |