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DELAY 15 DAIiDEROUS Only 6 Days More. OF THE OFFER OF THE LSbi'®r*y of Famous Lif:oi*atupe. NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL. The old maxim that “ Delay is Dangi irons ” applies with special force to opportunities like the present. As we sha 11 endeavour to show, it is also expensive. In the nature of things the time during which it is possible to make such an exceptional offer as this must be s trictly limited. Indeed, the offer is only possible at all on condition that a large number of purchasers come forward promptly to avail themselves of it. . A thousand copies of a costly work can be sold at a low price if sold during a ] leriod of four weeks ; if as many months arc required to sell the same numbi ?r of copies the cost is increased to such a degree that the price must be made much higher or a ruinous loss incurred. Thus the public are, the gainers b y a method which reduces the expense of public announcements by shortenin' > the period which these announcements are made. It is the man of keen p erccption and quick decision who not only receives the best terms himself but also.makes it possible for others to purchase on the best terms. The man wlno delays not only pays the higher price, but also (considered as one of a class) makes it difficult or hazardous for the seller to offer his best terms in the first i nstance. To which of these two classes do you belong ? Where there if no question o£ the value of the commodity offered every intelligent man would wish to be in the first-class. The object of these announcements has been t< o show conclusively that “ The Library of Famous Literature ” is a Avork Avhich everyone avlio cherishes the best literature must prize. And the proof of this assertion does not rest upon the claims of interested parties but upon a mass of incontrovertible evidence of the highest order—that is, upon, disinterested testimony. Dr, Garnett’s Avorld-Avide reputation as a scholar, and his half-century of service in the British Museum is a sufficient guarantee that the editorial Avork has been ably and conscientiously performed. Tine Avork Avas issued in London by The Standard one of the oldest and most influential journals in England. Within a feAv months after the first announcement in The Standard 19,000 persons subscribed to a total of 380,000 volumes, a subscription Avithout precedent in the history of bookselling. Perhaps the severest critic of a neAV book is he avlio has paid hisf money for it and avlio wishes to knoAv lioav he has fared. Yet many hundreds of these subscribers at Home took the trouble to write to The Standard testifying to their high appreciation of the “ Library ” and their gratitude to The Standard for its enterprise in publishing it. So me of these letters have been republished in this country, but special value attaches to the testimony of tAvo men Avhose names are household Avords in H bav Zealand —the Right Hon. R. J. Seddon, Premier-, and Sir Robert Stout, Chief Justice. Both have recommended the “ Library ”to their fellow-colonists in the highest terms. We think it may safely be asserted that the claims made for the “Library” haA r e been established. Anyone Avho is capable of appreciating the best in literature and avlio can afford to pay the A r ery reasonable amount required to purchase “ The Library of Famous Literature ” an immediate outlay of but 10/-) has only himself to blame if he fails to grasp this opportunity now, before it is too late.

—THE— Clbrarp of famous Clterature, Edited by DR. RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. 20 Royal Octavo Volumes 10,000 Pages 500 Illustrations The COMPLETE WOEK SENT NOW UPON PAYMENT OF 10/-, This Order Form should he Out out and Posted to-day. The Subscriber should fill in and cut out this form and send it with remittance of 10/- (or cheque in full, exchange added), to the “ New Zealand Times ” Office. Cheques or Money Orders should be drawn to the order of the Bank of New South Wales, and sent with the Order Form. To the MANAGER, Publication Department, The New Zealand Times, Wellington. , Please send me The Library of Famous Literature at the Special Prices named below: — I enclose 10s, an d agree to complete my purchase of the work as follows • "For the Cloth Bindings,' ls further payments of 10s per month'. stri j {C QUt For the Half Calf, 15 further payments of 13s „ j three For the Three-quarter Levant Morocco (Specially Reoom- V- of mended) 15 further payments of 16s „ these For the Full Moroccolo [further payments sf 28s M j lines. \My next payment shall he due upon the despatch of the twenty volumes ; and my succeeding payments on the corresponding day of each month there- < after. Until such payments arc complete. I engage that the volumes, not being my property, shall not be disposed of by sale or otherwise. I further agree that if, owing to unforseen circumstances, of which you shall bo the judge, the volumes cannot be delivered, the return of the deposit of 10/s to me shall cancel this agreement. Please also send to me the Special Bookcase made to ’contain the twenty volumes of The Library, for which I agree to make one further payment of 22s one month after the payments for the books are completed. Strike out if Bookcase is not desired. Signed.... Occupation or Profession... G.S. 9. Address Please address the package to This Special Edition is sold at so low a price that the cost of carriage beyond Wellington must bo paid by Subscriber. The complete set, packed for shipment, jweighs 851b5., and the cost of carriage to any port in New Zealand is 3s 9(1; the cost by rail to inland points may be learned at local railway stations. The subscriber may, if be chooses, remit cost of carriage with order ; otherwise the goods will be shipped, carriage forward, from Wellington. THE BOOKCASE.— For the convenience of Subscribers to The Library of Famous Literature a convenient bookcase has been specially prepared to hold the twenty volumes. It is substantially made in solid wood, and is twenty inches in width by three feet in height. The bookcase is sent to the subscriber hat, and can be set up in five minutes. Gash Subscriptions.— The Prices for the Library have been fixed at the lowest possible point for the benefit of those who prefer to make deferred payments. A discount of about 5 per cent will be allowed on Subscriptions accompanied by-cash in full. Those who prefer to pay cash in advance should therefore sign and remit as follows : Cloth £7 12s, Half-Calf £0 14s. Three ■ Quarter Levant £ll 17s. Full Morocco £IG 17s. If Bookcase is desired, i the sum of 22/- additional should be remitted. i NOTE ON BINDINGS. —The Library is bound in Cloth only in con- 1 formity to the usual custom. The Half Persian Calf is a very attractive ' and durable binding. But we particularly recommend the Three-Quarter * Red Levant Morocco as the handsomest and most artistic form of the work i and on account of its relative cheapness. It is an ornament to any library or , drawing room. For presentation purposes, or for those who desire the finest binding obtainable, the sumptuous Full Morocco will be found to meet every i requirement. > ’ 100-SPaa|© Prospectus FreeA Free Prospectus wall be sent to all who apply, but, as the time during which orders can be accepted is getting short, the order for the books'should accompany application for Prospectus. Or if preferred, a set of the books ' will be reserved pending receipt of Prospectus.