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Evening Post, Volume LXXVI, Issue 122, 21 November 1908, Page 13

HISTORY ft r 9 ame * afforded by it are not exhausted in a few days, orv'a few years. Although on its first reading good history ' affords immediate excitement as breathless as themost > Thß 25 handsome volumes in the oak boolcc^sa occupy . stirring fiction, its interest is abiding, it lasts a lifetime. a fl °° r s P aceon| y two feet wide bYb V n » ne deep. Tha And if there is a book worthy to count as a permanent bookcase stands 4 feet high against the wall. Although possession, after the one to which most of us look as the Histor V makes a fine ornament in a house, it will not the directest revelation of the workings of Providence, encumber the smallest room. it is surely this other in which we may read and ponder what is revealed in the destinies of nations, in the for- T ' tunes, the sufferings, the achievements, the experience of the human race. below) the print is large, each volume contains an enorIt was determined, then, that this ideal of history as mous amount of matter. In respect of their contents, essentially a possession for the pleasure and profit of men the 2 5 volumes equal ioo ordinary books, and yet they and women of all tastes and circumstances, should are not Dulkv > and th e high quality of antique wove guide the composition of the first world history for paper is so light that the volumes are not burdensome English readers. Hence the preoccupation of the to il °^ * n the hand. Ranged in the special oak book- • editors to produce not only the most authentic, but case > the Historians' History occupies the minimum of also the most interesting account of every episode in the space, and would not encumber even a verysmalj. room, long epic of the human story. Search where you will, you For the bookcase, which stands- 4 feet high and could not find a possession that would bring into the measures 22 inches across, only .'projects 9 inches from house with it so much solid entertainment as is con- the wall a g amst which it is placed. So that no one tamed in a single volume of the History. need hesitate to possess themselves of the History on the ground that their house-room is precious. The A Brave Show. . volumes in their case, occupy a floor space of only Ti _ .. .j , c ., v . , ... „ . f 2 feet by 9 inches. It was the ideal of the History as a "home" book, moreover, which governed the style in which the work A p rice wMch a| j may should be produced. Books are not made for show; : nevertheless twenty-five volumes in a room should con- And finally it was the conception of the History as a tribute pleasantly to its appearance. The History, book for the horne — and for every home in which a 1 therefore, it was determined, should recommend itself desire for it is felt — that determined the low price and from an ornamental point of view, and the handsome the easy terms. If all the public libraries were to purvolumes, beautifully bound and tastefully decorated in chase a copy the total number would not justify the low gold, would grace any room. Books are not furniture, price fixed by The Times. That price is a price named indeed, but no piece of furniture you could buy would for the individual purchaser, and the payment of it is add more to the look of a room than this set of 25 brought within easy reach of everyone by the institution volumes. . of small instalments. For a first payment of 7/6 the 25 No Encumbrance in the Smallest Room. ' v°lumesv ° lumes and b° ok ' ase "» f el^ red »->plete; and pur-;. chase may then be completed in a series of monthly No less important is the question of house-room. payments of the same small amount. Space is precious, and one might well hesitate to accept But remember this is the subscription price and these an attractive possession if it took up too much room. axe the subscription terms. 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