Book notes . million-aire book collectors inserted allsorts of extra illustrations and boundthe volumes in flamboyant stN-leswhich the publishers ne\er wouldhave tolerated. After tiiis priceswere inflated to an inconceivable de-gree. The published was made toai)pcar to endorse all tliis because hisname remained on the , as a result of this,for those who love good books andai)preciate the taste and skill requir-ed to produce beautiful publications,in which has always takenIiigh. rank, tlie public ha-^ been ledto believe that books sold by sub- scription are like
Book notes . million-aire book collectors inserted allsorts of extra illustrations and boundthe volumes in flamboyant stN-leswhich the publishers ne\er wouldhave tolerated. After tiiis priceswere inflated to an inconceivable de-gree. The published was made toai)pcar to endorse all tliis because hisname remained on the , as a result of this,for those who love good books andai)preciate the taste and skill requir-ed to produce beautiful publications,in which has always takenIiigh. rank, tlie public ha-^ been ledto believe that books sold by sub- scription are likely to be open to sus-picion. This, of cnurse, is mcTSt un-just to publishers books aresold liy agents. As is well known, theleading publi>iKrs in the country em-\>\i<\ a:-;enis lor the reason that setsof books, or such as retpiire a largepreliminary outlay and call for a cor-responding risk, cannot be sold inany other way. woiddnut be justified in ortering the quan- IT IS WHOLESOME. NMOa HQlSdn noA Nunx ysA3N miA\ THE SHEPAfiD COl^^PANY, 251-273 V/estmlnstsr Street. r^iiss mniE e, rider, 73 Aimy St., Providence. TRY THIS and G means Orange. SOUL LIBERTY RHODE LSLAXDS GIFT TO TIIIv NATION. — RY-SIDNEY S. klDER. I feel .soniewli;it with \oii lliiniu-Ii in v pai lia! p. i of yotii Itrcatist. eiititled: SOLT, Li i;}-. I:T V. 5. h-ruxfniu. Attsioraty Sfc-i, H ;.]/,,,,;:/or-. Quarto, 95 pages, ^ , Civveiiti-five co]Mes). so CHAKLKS C. HARUIXGTOX,President. ROWLAND *i e HAZARDsident. IVIECHANICS Hh Opposite City Hall and Railroad Station. To tliose desiring;- to change or make new ;ns, we offer tlie services of tliis converentl}- located and progressively managed institutio i. H. EDWARD THURSrON,Cashier. RDWARD Asst. H A V E N;.shier. titles needed to be sold by the pub-i;c-j-,ct- t^. ^ i,;... nL;:aii:3t soliciteil subscriptions toenable him to pu
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