THE 'N.Z. GRAPHIC' PREMIMUM

New Zealand Graphic, Volume VIII, Issue 42, 17 October 1891, Page 492

THE 'N.Z. GRAPHIC' PREMIMUM

WEBSTER’S UNABRIDGED DICTION AIT Y. w REPRINT EDITION. Large Quarto, 11 x 9 inches, 5 inches thick, 1531 pages, 91bs weight. THE FAMOUS BECKTOLD EDITION. SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. Within a few months past the copyright which has covered the great Webster’s Dictionary has expired, and the Graphic proprietary has taken advantage of this circumstance to put a reprint of this great work upon thc market at a considerable reduction upon the price, which heretofore ranged from £2 10s to £3 per volume. The republication of the Dictionary in this way is not in any sense an act of ‘piracy.’ but is legitimate in

form of the standard Webster’s Dictionary, with only this differ ence, that the reprint is printed upon a lighter paper. The letterpress is an exact fare simile of the Dictionary, which is familiar to all. Subscriptions will be received, either through the agents of the paper or direct from this office. Anybody caring to take advantage of this offer may do so by addressing us and enclosing the subscription price, 355, for the book and paper. THIS IS THX BEST.—No THE APPEXDIX of this other reprint edition of Web- edition contains much valuable matter that is not in the ster’s Dictionary is so com- the other cheap a 3 plete as is this one. Not only follows: The pronunciation does it contain all the words of thc European Languages, Quotations, that Noah Webster ever Phrases, etc., from Latin, defined, but 10.000 additional f rench, Italian and Spanish addcd to it. terms, etc. IT ALSO COHTADTB a table ot 15,000 synonyms, 11 page of a Pronouncing Vocabulary of Scripture proper names, 21 pages of a Pronouncing Vocabulary of Greek and Latin proper names, 47 pages of a Pronouncing Vocabulary of Modern Geographical names, and 1,500 Pictorial Illustrations : Flags of All Nat ons—Bs Flags.

every way. Those who had any proprietary right to the work, save as a mere matter of business, are long since dead, so that nc injury is done to the authors by reproducing it. We have arranged for a large number of copies, and propose to give it as A PREMIUM IN CONNECTION WITH THE * GRAPHIC. It is, of course, impossible to make an actual donation of so large »nd valuable a book, and it will be issued upon the following zermsEach new subscriber to the Graphic for one year, or each old subscriber renewing for the year, will be given tr.e DICTIONARY AND THE N.Z. GRAPHIC 1 TOGETHER FOR 35/ this will enable any person wishing the Dictionary to get it w’ith . ~ . i- .. . x e the N.Z. Graphic for one year for one-half the price heretofore .urrently charged for the Dictionary alone. The price is marvellow. The book is an exact reproduction in size and general

YUK ft RE AT ERIIPATfiR AND QTANRARn UfftDlf « nlO UK tA I tUUUA lUK RRU O lANUAKU VYUKK q hat „- e now reprint and offer to you at this wonderfully low price oughl be in every bomc in tllis colony it is strongly and handsomely bound in full LIBRARY LEATHER AND HALF RUSSIA, CONTAINING OVER 150,000 WORDS, AN APPENDIX OF OVER IO.COO NEW WORDS AND I,ECO PICTORIAL ILLUSTRATIONS, * ——• r ■— f — — ■■ ■■■■ h JJ XUd™™' • school child should be provided with one for home studies. , , TT , ~ , The excessively low price of V ebsters Unabridged Dictionary is the „. on(ler „ f a]l n wi „ probably be years before such another opportunity occurs. It is thc cheapest beok ever offered to the public at the fellowing price: