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j w.u.uJi.wuJiitiuJJUL.Liili-iM '.m wmiimillfllßf'Ull wmUlMUflllVimJffUMlfl M H HIIHIIiiIM 1 ' | . . > A rs?A—. f I TWENTf-THREE MAGNIFICENT VOLUMES-rOBTAINABtE BY A MODEST DEPOSIT AND FIFTEEN SMALL MONTHLY PAYMENTS. • THE WAR AS A COMPLETED EPIC. . CHAitACTEK'OF THE r ORK. DESCRIBED. Tlie London "Times" announces that its' famous History Wherever one opens the pages of "Thie Times History of J and Lncyclopredia of the W.ai will be completed in London le Rr >> prevailing sense-is one of authority and im- ■ I early nex * yeai ienc A U3^ra ia a I^e . a er * . . partiality. Here we find-the-•words of the men-who.really, saw consist of twenty-three magnificent volumes covering tlie entire • v.* . t of the gfeat struggle from the opening of hostilities:to ° r tokpavt in-the- events of. which we read. Here, too, are I r the signing of peace, and illustrated with over 11,000 portraits -thousands.# pictures from the hands ,of artists and photoand pictures, 2000 maps and plans, and'numerous colour plates, graphers who shared tiie risks of warfare. Here are pages and . ;• The .completion of the'history luis heen delayed in order to ; P a S es of la 'ge our : . far-flung with plans by ' ' give a 'full and authoritative account of the thrilling closing the hundred to.- Gazetteer scenes of the War, the full story of the Peace Conference, .the of nearly M.OOO Place Names. : text of the various Peace Treaties, the photographs and exploits . , / .•••,,, , i,|. r • , ;> .. It is sate to say that, for many years to come, lhe Times • of all V'.C. winners, a wealth of striking diagrams and statistics, j j. j • >. •-,-. •■■ „„d .comprehensive general Me* of the whole tmnly-tkm Hist W of lhe Wil '" >! CoistlM, with tk aid of lie volumes ■'■■ ■'. 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Its twenty-three wonderful volumes contain the most students will have an Official History.', But no such technical • complete, trustworthy, and readable record in existence of 'the Wol .j. can have the. same living interest as "The Times History | terrible struggle through which we have just passed. It is a of t]ie WfU . „ Thoß6 w l lo are the'children of to-day, and their . monumental work; ii priceless War History and Work of Refer- ~ . . • „ . I ■■■■'~ , , children, will turn to it always for-a story, of the happenings | ence; a set ot volumes to enjoy and treasure and pass on to . • • I one's children's children. ' wluc e the. destinies of men to a degree never exceeded •' The London "Times" is the most famous and most powerful : esce P l the events of the first century.of the - • I journal in the world. It was fitting, therefore, that it should ' undertake, in the dark days of 1914, the titanic work of com- AhD 13,000 ILLUSTRATIONS. 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