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Observer, Volume XXI, Issue 118, 17 August 1901, Page 11

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT!!! THE "Library of Famous Literature." ISSUED IN LONDON BY "THE STANDARD," JS NOW OFFERED TO THE NEW ZEALAND PUBLIC ON SPECIALLY FAVOURABLE TERMS, INCLUDING FREE DELIVERY AS FAR AS WELLINGTON. SPECIAL OZET-F-E-E?/ some of the notable features. BY Till' AN I'NJ'ARALLKLKI) COLLKCTION. ' The Library of Famous Literature is a collection, unparalleled in extent, of the greater literature of the world, from the dawn of letters, from Homer to Kipling. CVtY /• CW f \ fl** ITS KDITOU.S. JiPl A\\\ r ir l)Wl IVtVA II Y'lW^l^ 'I'he Kditor is ])r. Richard Oarnett, C.H., e<)uallv known for his fifty years of service in the nH/t/LLI lIILLI %r I.llLLfl* Hritisli .Museum and as one of the foremost of English scholars. The association of l»rofessor Q** w ivvwnv*^ >_w»*ww« Urandl, i'rofessor of literature in the Royal University, Berlin, of M. Leon Vallee, Librarian of t lie famous Jiibliotheque Nationale of J'aris, and of Donald O. 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How Over :«HI of the finest poems, over 400 of the best stories, together with t lie best of travel ;uid successful this attempt has been is indicated by the immediate and cordial recognition the work adventure, philosophy and science, art, wit and humour, letters and journals, religious-wiedita-lias enjoyed in (Jreat Britain. Issued in London by the great London daily newspaper, The tion, criticism, and miscellaneous essays which may be gathered from all the books still )ireStandard, the first edition of " The Library of Famous Literature " was largely over-subscribed served among men. — • •» before a single copy had been delivered, \vhile the total sale in Great Britain exceeded I<>,IMH) oYKR 10,000 ROYAL OCTAVO I»A(iKS. copies. -q le i^ihrnry comprises over 10,000 royal octavo pages, of large, clear type, cast specially for In offering "The Library of Famous Literature "to the New' Zealand public the Xvtc Xenliimt the Library, and restful to the most sensitive eyes. Times feels that it is furthering the cause of education and encouraging a love for the best okujjutfUL TO READ literature. Among the forces that, make for culture there is none which exercises ,a more direct The work i.s complete in twenty liandsoine volumes, printed upon a paper made especially (>r more beneficial influence than the possession of a good library. Personal and daily contact f ()J . v,j s W ork, presenting a clear, "soft, unglazed surface, grateful to the eye, and rendering with the best literature is in itself a kind of education. 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