ONLY FOUR DAYS MORE.

Otago Witness, Issue 2558, 25 March 1903, Page 59

ONLY FOUR DAYS MORE.

On Saturday, March 28, "The Times" sale of The Centosi Dictionary and Cyclof.£Dia and Atlas will be discontinued; the opportunity to secure the great cyclopaedia of words, treasury of facts; and complete atlar ot the «orld, in 10 Royal Quartc volumes, at half the publishers' price, will be at an end. The applications received ire being dealt with as rapidly as possible, and subscribers who have not yet received an acknowledgment of thair remittances are informed that their cheques will not be passed to the bankers until the receipts have been posted. Books stocked iv Wellington for prompt delivery. The result of the issue by "The Times" of The Century has been moat gratifying, and it rests with readers who have not yet filed - their applications to lo so to-day, if possible, and avert the disappointment which may attend- thos» who wait until tl:e eleventh hour. After March 28 no more orders can be accepted by "The Times." It would ba easy to. fill an entire issue of this paper with a description of - The Centurt as a word-book, a,nd innumerableexamples might be given to show how full ami brilliant is the treatment to whiob The Oexturt submits each word in our vocabulary. But, as it 3 sub-title (An Encyclopaedic Lexicon of the English Language) suggests, The Century is not content to meet simply the literary needs of the inquirer. True, it represents the word in r.ll possible Ughts, its spelling, pronunciation, origin, and history, and it supplies a definition which is calculated at once to be comprehensible and to bear the test of searching examination. But at this point The Century akes a new and most helpful course, for, recognising that words are only the tokens by which we represent objeots, The Centurt goes beyond the word to the real tiling behind it, and supplies cyclopaedic information about that thing, while the Atlas Volume (X) gives facts and data never before ehown in any work of reference. For the convenience of purchaser! of The Century Dictionary and Ctclop^dia and Atlas a special bookcase has been produced, and will be supplied by "The Timee" upon receipt' of an order or remittance, at indicated in another column. The case occupies a'floorepaoe of 29in by 13in, and the top lettohes a height of 29in. Substantially made from native woods, and carefully finished, this case .k at once handsome, durable, and light in weight. Its purchase as optional,' but it is a great convenience -in the U6e of the bookt, as well as serves ms a protection to the \olumes when not in use*

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