TO BE WITHDRAWN FEBRUARY 20th

Auckland Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 41, 17 February 1900, Page 3

TO BE WITHDRAWN FEBRUARY 20th

On Tuesday, February 20th, the London '"Times" will permanently withdraw its "Encyclopaedia Britannica" proposition. The time which brings to an end the opportunity for securing the full set of this great reference library on payments of a o-uinea a month, offered.to residents of New Zealand, was necessarily limited * as announced when the proposition was first published. The " Times regrets that it must close an enterprise which proved to be mutuallybeneficial in a marked degree, but with the regret comes a feeling- oi satisfaction that it has been 'able to further the cause of education by scndino- to so many homes the twentyfive volumes of what is acknowledged to be the broadest and greatest literary work of the century—the " Ency'lopaedia Britannica." From first to last nothing but words of approval and encouragement have been heard regarding the educational enterprise forwarded by the " Times," and letters of commendation from all classes of society have been received. Tuesday, February 20th, is the last day on which the Encyclopaedia Britannica can be secured on the liberal terms embodied in the offer

It is needless to enlarge Jon the merits and value of the Britannica. The work is too wall-known, it has been the standard reference library for too many years to require any flamboyant praise. There is this to say, however, the " Times " has made Encyclopaedia Britannica hiouseholct words, for prior to the day the Eneyelop'aedia proposition was announced, the work was to be found only in the libraries of the rich classes, colleges, and schools. To-day it is in the homes of many hundreds of the residents of New Zealand, and its pe•rusal there must prove a continued source of pleasure and profit to all members of the household.