ONLY ONE MORE DAY.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 42, 19 February 1900, Page 2

ONLY ONE MORE DAY.

....-: ■;:: Oi course, everybody is talking about the Loudon "Times'" withdrawal of its offer of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. It was to be expected that such a literary enterprise as this ] has proved to be was likely to create ... I considerable comment, but it could I hardly be expected that such a liberal offer would be held open indefinite!... Indeed, residents of New Zealand have been extremely fortunate in having been able to secure this splendid i work upon such favourable terms and prices. '■■ ": The end of the sale is. now announced, and to-morrow will be the last day. We understand that the sets allotted for distribution in New Zealand are almost exhausted, and this makes necessary the withdrawal of the "Times' " offer. The sale of this great work in Great • Britain through the "Times" a'year ago proved the reigning sensation in London. Over twenty-five thousand persons availed themselves of the offer at that time. Taking population into account (the "Times'" offer extended ito the whole/ of Great Britain) the sale in New Zealand has been even, greater in proportion, and by the time all New Zealand orders now in hand have been filled the New Zealand j sales will have proportionately equalled or excelled the sale of this magnificent work in Great Britain. There is yet time for you to bo included in the list of fortunate subscribers to the Encyclopaedia Britannica, provided you avail yourself of the opportunity at once. For one A j day more any resident, of New Zeaj land may secure this home library at half price, to be paid at the easy rata lof only one guinea a month. The com-. ! plete library of twenty-five volumes in I delivered all at one time upon a pre- ! liminary payment of only one guinea, to be followed by sixteen further payments of one guinea each after all the volumes have been received by the subscriber. A supplement to the ninth edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica is . now in course of preparation, and wilt as soon as possible be offered for sale by the "Times." It is primarily designed for the benefit of purchasers':; of the "Times" reprint, and it will he supplied to them not only at a lower ' price than that at which it will be ' obtainable by the public at large, but, also before it is offered to the general public, who will 'have to wait for their y copies until after the purchasers of f. the "Times" reprint have been supplied.