The Writer

Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 821, 20 February 1903, Page 1

The Writer

T. Do Witt Talmago says of “ Tho Century ” :

“It is a good thing to have within reach such a storehouse of information. Instead of wandering through libraries to find or miss some important fact or discovery or discussion or controversy, all you have to do is to recall the first two ur three letters of the subject you are elaborating and put your hand on tho volume that contains all you want to know. For all the hurried and hard-worked thinkers of the country 1 The Century Dictionary & Cyclopedia & Atlas’ is a rescue and a reinforcement.’

A literary man accustomed to the use of books cannot but see the value of “ The Century.” But any man of affairs can test its worth to him in a thorough and satisfactory manner if he will look up tho definitions in his' own business or profession. For instance, let tho doctor turn to such words as “ fever,” “ operation,” the stock broker or banker to “ put,” “ call,”

'‘future,” margin,” "privilege,” “option;” the clergyman to “ Church,” “ liturgy,” “ catholic ; ” the engineer to “ arch,” “ water-supply,” “aqueduct” ; and then lot him remember that every other field of enquiry is covered with equal fulness and accuracy. Or let him open any of the other dictionaries and encyclopedias at any word he pleases and compare them with “ The Century.!’ He will often look in the older works and not find it ; he will never turn to " The Century ” in vain.