In a Japanese Bookshop.
—* The following- advertisement of a Tol do bookseller is worthy of the most progressive vendoi' of j>rinied wares: "'llie advantages of our estabJishment : 1, prices elieap as a lottery: 2, books elegant as a singing bird : ])rint elear as crystal : 4, paper loii«'li as e]e])hani's hide:
o, eusloniers Imi tod as politely its by the rival steamship companies; (i, articles as plentiful as in a library: 7, goods dispatched as expeditiously as a cannon-ball: 8, parcels done up with as much '.are as that, bestowed on her busband by a loving- wife; !), all defects, such as dissipation and idleness, will be cured in young' people paying' us frequent visits, and they will become solid men: 10, the other advantages wo offer as too many for language to express."
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 3 September 1913, Page 4
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132In a Japanese Bookshop. Horowhenua Chronicle, 3 September 1913, Page 4
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