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New Zealand Herald, Volume XL, Issue 12229, 26 March 1903, Page 7

Publications. - WITHDRAWAL OF OFFER. "THE CENTURY." This mid ||lltsiioll M iiilswtr€i t SATURDAY, LAST DAY OF THE ISSUE. SPECIAL NOTICE. The Manager of THE TIMES regrets to say that it may not in every instance be possible to deal with orders for "THE CJ-NTu_!Y" upon the day they reach the office of THE TIMES. , , .., ... T , IP Applications are being registered, and acknowledged as rapidly as possible, me number received vesterdav makes it necessary, nevertheless, to notify purchasers ■" 'THE CENTURY DICTIONARY AND CYCLOPEDIA AND ATLAS" that the last days of the sale of that work may be marked by so great an influx of orders that receipts for remittances cannot in all cases be sent by return of post. Cheques will not, however, be paid into the Bankers until they have been acknowledged. The deavery of the volumes will, in anv case, proceed without delay. Tne addresses will be noted for the use of the packers' as fast as the envelopes containing the orders are opened., in order that the time consumed in the task of checking and acknowledging payments may not retard the forwarding of the volumes. A WORD TO THE MAN WHO HAS PUT THINGS OFF. THE ART OF DOING THE RIGHT THING AT THE LAST MOMENT. A First Payment of only TEN SHILLINGS will secure a complete set of "THE CENTURY," 10 ROYAL. QUARTO VOLUMES. A gift that would delight any one, or. terms within the reacli of every one. GRADUAL PAYMENT. The advantages of being able to pay for a purchase bii by bit need hardly be argued. The system of piecemeal payment has enabled many a man to become with eas« tne pesse so what else would have lain beyond his means. Jhe introduction of tin Sm was among the chief features of THE TIMES plans for facilitating the acquisition of the two works of reference at once the most valuable in existence and the most costly to produce. open to two grave object!™-. THE TIMES ha, swept The system was, However, open to two grave objections. IHE lIMEb has one aside and has reduced the other to the smallest possible proportions. In the first JE»?& SciiStS of gradual payment for a great publication otjgimg nml-ed the less excellent idea of piccmeal possession. And m five, second place, the P^ le f ° of paying ™ : instalments is too often bought by a very great addition to the cash price. IMMEDIATE POSSESSION. By an immediate payment of ten shillings the whole set of THEI CENTURY « brought at once into of*£?«*«*•„ ili r JOyi f^ve^", k n° P artsZni ti_? to time as they may appear that tte , » ~"=J.'« d »; f\Z°lu, '»» Jm Ltl v 01,,,™ which he to» not yet received. The resources of the whole work are at his disposal Lorn the very OUtS -Pu „f„_, <m.v_ obiection to the svstem of payment by instalments is that as a the other grave o^e ct.on to t l . excegs of fche cagh shillings. __ ~. . Immediate delivery from Wellington. A BOOK THAT TELLS A STORY ABOUT EVERYTHING. , tji i of _... cause it spoke peace and plenty; because There is as much difference between cause -1 Ji \vords that deTHE CENTURY and the ordinal- d.c- year aoos and trades, inventions, tionary as between Buckingham Palace and b^ vsl , es . Surely no encyclopedia the sentry-box at the palace gat., inej bs tQQ co ious or too elaborate are both called dictionaries a, Flying _ t to Jea] guch ft languag Fox and the quadruped in the shafts of j th _ „ ew ff)l . ftls ft takes jn the four-wheeler are both called noises to i( . jg can , A And even the name itself is an insufficient Untfiah words of the last one. THE CENTURA » called a die- jg . ._ itßdf> ft tale of tionaiy only for the want of a beUei _n oicl pro „ re^s alul Empire-building ; of increas- .. to describe tlie functions, infinitely larger i n ° knowled ;i. e and increasing kindliness; than those of a dictionary, which it per- of »_ brotuler pity for the suffering, a forms. It is a book to be read, not ste rner impatience of injustice, merely to be glanced at. Its definitions Nq Dictio]mrv before THE CENTURY are as clear, although not as Jong as the e _ er attempted ' to covel , t ] ie wno le of this articles in an encyclopaedia. It tells a __ st fie]d _ 'j or all it has to do> its ten story about everything tor whicW a wore vo i umes are not too thick, its 7000 pages stands. It is full of beautifully engraved __ t fcoo m Ifcs 500000 definitions are illustrations,' which delight the eye, while not toQ fu] for a]] tbis we(lltb of ;lction they impart information ; pictures ot a „ c , thought, which they nave to portray ; birds and beasts, and machines and cos- itg 300 ,000 quotations not too many for fumes, and buildings, and ornaments, and the ac i equa representation of the glorious tools, and boats, and weapons, and ot compa ny of writers who have used the everything that the eye of man can see English language during the thousand to-day, or might have seen in the past. vears of its noble life _ T]e voume 0 It is full of quotations, not the hackneyed per names, places, etc., Vol. IX., is saws and rhymes that have wearied us re r,lete with information not found in all for years, but gems from living authors, n „ v encyclopedia or reference work, while -as well as the great writers of the past, y o] _ x. (The Atlas Volume) contains every quotation showing the reader how hundreds of important data not usually much a word means if it is used as it oun( j on ma p S These are all beautifully should be used. It is a guide to the Eng- printed in from five to sixteen colours, lish of our own day, as well ns to the Eng- These are only a few of the thoughts lish of the past, to the whole mystery of which may come to the Other Man if he our exquisitely flexible language: that stops to look at the announcement that language which is a harp when it prays. the sale of THE CENTURY will be disa drum when it fights, a sob when it continued on Saturday, March 28. mourns, a child's voice when it laughs; For the convenience of purchasers of in anger, thunder; in love, tenderness; " THE CENTURY" a special Bookcase the language of thexviiith Psalm, mid of will be supplied by "THE TIMES" at Nelsons Signal: Shakespere's and Shelley's the price stated in the Order Form below, tongue, but the yokel's and the cockney's, It is substantially made from native woods, too; the language that made its way to and is extremely useful in the use and new lands in war-cries, and remained be- care of the books. £20,000 LOST BY DEL AT. The majority of purchasers of "THE TIMES" Reprint of .the " Encyclopaedia Britaimica" paid, in the aggregate, over £20,000 more for their copies of the work than they would have paid if they hud acted promptly and procured their copies at the minimum price. When "THE TIMES" first announced its issue of the Reprint, notice was given that the price would subsequently be increased. But more than j half the purchasers failed to take advantage of tire temporary opportunity, and when | they did buy paid £20.000 more for precisely the same book. WILL THIS HAPPEN AGAIN IN THE CASE OF THE CENTURY.? ,_______»__=__™ OT -__-________^--^------n^--—^^^-^--^-— -„—---——-----■-- MONTH LA PAYMENTS —Order FORM. fcß3fi PavaWe S t a othe eS rfler ,, of f ' „ THE BfIHK OF NEW SOUTH WALES. j THE MANAGER, "Wfie Wtmtf<=; " ( L ?'^?. n) •F-°J'2* 255 „ , y-Wt. _yIUI.~S>, Wellington, N.Z. [Date] 1003 (New Zealand Office.) ' /Cloth, for which I agree to make to you, or\ T,™-. - anyone you appoint, 24 additional monthly i lencloseTen Shillings payments of 10 Shillings. Please send me Half-Moi'OGCO, for which I agree to make to 0 , .. • P an i Ti_. i otvika out THE CENTURY j r ou, or anyone you appoint, 20 additional *" DICTIONARY & monthly payments of 16 Shillings. aU ut one CYCLOPEDIA & J THREE-QUARTER MOROCCO — "The Times ' I . ._. ,„ Special Binding— for* which I agree to make to [ of these *.j 1 „' ' ~ you, or anyone you appoint, 20 additional ''„■ <[' 10 Volumes, hound in montMy payments of „ shimngß , para- I ■ ' monthly payments of 18 shillings. * , . * The Best Binding for tin's climate. graphs. Full Morocco, for which I agree to make to you, or anyone you appoint. 24 additional v monthly payments of 20 Shillings. J The first of these monthly payments to be made immediately upon delivery ot the com- I plete set of 10 volumes, and the succeeding payments regularly on the corresponding day of i each month following. Until such payments are complete X engage that the volumes, not being. my property, shall not be disposed of by sale or otherwise. I further agree that, if, owing to unforeseen circumstances, of which you shall be the judge, the volumes cannot be delivered the return of the deposit of 10 shillings to me shall cancel this agreement. Strike out adjoining ( Please also send a " Ceiltllpy" Bool_ease, for which I . paragraph if Bookcase J a a- ree to make (after the payments for the Books have been i« not denrtdgr [ completed) a further payment of 31/6. \ {Signed] .'. .« [i?«?)7; or Occupation'] , [Address] , [N.Z. Her. R. 46.] Please address the package to ~...,... If the books are to he delivered beyond Wellington the purchaser should add here 1 ■ the name of the railway or shipping agent in I - Wellington to whom delivery is to be made, /-•■•■ ■ • ■ - - , Beyond Wellington carriage will be at pur-1 ' chaser's cost. J tm" TEN PER CENT. DISCOUNT FOR CASH. While the purpose of the system of monthly payments is to enable persons of , moderate but assured income to purchase "THE CENTURY"" those Subscribers who prefer to do so may pay the full price in one piyment. Cash prices: Cloth, £11 5s ; Half-Morocco, d3__i 17s. Od.; Three-Quarter Morocco (recommended), £16 13s. Od. ; Full Morocco, £22 Is. Od'. ; Bookcase, 31/6 net cash. - :: '..•'' j BOOKS ON VIEW —Specimen volumes may be examined and orders booked at the following addresses in AucklandMESSßS. WILDMAN, LYELL, & AREY, and MESSRS. UPTON & CO., Queen Street.