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THE STANDARD LIBRARY, 



WHAT REPRESENTATIVE CLERGYMEN SAY 



OF IT. 



Chas. II. Hall, D.D., Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Brooklyn, 



says : 



" Great book monopolies, like huge railroad syndicates, are now the mo- 

 narchical relics against which the benevolence and radicalism of the age, 

 from different standpoints, are bound to wage war. Each source will have 

 its own motives and arguments, but each will resolve to conquer in the long- 

 run. At one end of the scale we have the Life of Dickens offered for $800, 

 that some one wealthy man may enjoy the comfort of his proud privilege 

 of wealth in having what no other mortal possesses ; at the other, we find 

 the volume offered at 10 or 20 cents, which any newsboy or thoughtful 

 laborer uses in common with thousands. In the great strife for the great- 

 Grit good of the largest number, put me down as on the side of the last. I 

 enclose my subscription order for a year." 



Rev. Chas. W. Cashing, D.D., First M. E. Church, Rochester, 



N. Y., says : 



" One of the most pernicious sources of evil among our young people 

 is the books they read. When I can get a young man interested in substan- 

 tial books, I have great hope of him. For this reason I have been deeply 

 interested in your effort to make good books as cheap as bad ones. I men- 

 tioned the matter from my pulpit. As a result I at once got fifty-four sub- 

 scribers for the full set, and more to come." 



J. O. Peck, D.D., First M. E. Church, Brooklyn, N. Y., says: 



" Your effort is commendable. You ought to have the co-operation of 

 all good men. It is a moral, heroic, and humane enterprise." 



Pres. Mark Hopkins, D.D., of Williams College, says : 



"The attempt of Messrs. Funk and Wagnalls to place good literature 

 within reach of the masses is worthy of all commendation and encourage- 

 ment. If the plan can be successfully carried out, it will be a great boon 

 to the country." 



Geo. C. liOrrimer, D.D., Baptist Church, Chicago, says : 



"I sincerely hope your endeavors to circulate a wholesome and elevat- 

 ing class of books win prove successful. Certainly, clergymen, and Chris- 

 tians generally, cannot afford that it should fail. *In proof of my personal 

 interest in your endeavors, I subscribe for a.year." 



J. P. Newman, D.D., New York, says : 



" I have had faith from the beginning in the mission of Messrs. Funk & 

 Wagnalls. It required great faith on their part, and their success is in 

 proof that all things are possible to him that believeth. They have done 

 for the public what long was needed, but what other publishers did not 

 venture to do." 



Henry J. Van Dyke, D.D., Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn, N. Y., 



says : 



11 Good books are great blessings. They drive out darkness by letting 

 in light. Your plan ought not to fail for lack of support. Put my name 

 on the list of subscribers." 



