To be Withdrawn February 20th.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 6626, 19 February 1900, Page 3

To be Withdrawn February 20th.

On Tuesday, February 20th, the London " Times will permanently withdraw its " Encyclopedia Britannica " proposition. The time which brings to an end the opportunity of securing the full set of this great reference library, on payments of one guinea 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 proyed to be mutually beneficial in a marked degree, but with the regret comes a feeling of satisfaction that it has been able to further the cause of education by sending it to so many homes the twenty-five volumes of what is acknowledged to be the broadest and greatest literary work of the century — The " Encyclopaedia Britannica."

From first to last nothing but words of approval and encouragement must have been heard regarding the educational enterprise forwarded by the "Times," and letters of communication 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 on the merits and value of the Britannica. The work is too well-known, it has been the stanpard reference library for too many years to require any flamboyant praise. There is this to say, however, The " Times " has made Encyclopedia Britannica household words, for prior to the day the Encyclopaedia proposition was announced the work was to be found only in the libraries of the rich classes, colleges and schools. To-day it is to be found in the homes of many hundreds of the residents of New Zealand, and its perusal there must prove a continual source of pleasure and profit to all members of the household.