Worth Your While

Southland Times, Issue 19001, 21 March 1903, Page 3

Worth Your While

Is it not worth whilo to order "The Century" to-day, rather than to find yourself in the position of belated '"F.iicyotopaedia Britannica,'' subscribers, who delayed until they had to, pay more money, and lost the use of the Rncyc'opaedia for a certain number of weeks, or months, as well ? Pqrhaps you ask what is the bargain now offered to purchasers of "The Century" V The tigures in the case are very simple. Each of the 8,000 pages conta 1 s six or eight times as much matter as a page of the ordinary octavo book. In other words, the eight volumes of the -lttionary alone are equivalent to 200 books of ordinary size. 2t is a new hook, original, copyrighted in 1902 ; so closely up to date that it containss encyclopaedic delinitions of words that were not in existence G months ago. ?3ooks of ordinary size, as recent in character, usually sell at prices ranging from six shillings to twelve or fifteen. /-• shillings. Taking the six shilling price as the basis for the comparison. The Century Dictionary & Cyclopaedia & Atlas represents £60 worth of books ; and you can haVe it, if you make your application at once, for £14 17a .(naif Morocco bindrng) cash payment, or for a i>reliminary payment of ten shillings, to bo followed Uy monthly -j'aj-mejrxCs of ten t-o twenty shillings each, according to binding, and with free and immediate delivery , in Wellington. You should remember this,, however, the time -in which you may accept this offer s nearly ended. Saturday, March ■JBth, is the very last day.