FOR EVERY CALLING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 60, 11 March 1903, Page 4

FOR EVERY CALLING.

The fullness and accuracy of "The Gen* tury Dictionary and Cyclopedia and Atlas " are the characteristics of the work, which makes it invaluable to all sorts of readers. The isolation from current affairs which was so marked a feature in the lives of the country gentlemen of a past generation, his been invaded by irresistible necessities.

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