THE NEW ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA 



On the physical side the revolutionary innovation of printing 

 this large work, 29 volumes of 1,000 pages each, on thin but 

 strong and opaque India paper, has added greatly to its 

 charm and usefulness, reducing the weight of a volume from 

 nine Ibs. to under three Ibs., and compressing the equivalent 

 of 440 octavo volumes, the contents of an entire library, 

 into 29 inches of shelf room. This altogether novel idea which 

 has now spread throughout the world has been characterised as an "inspira- 

 tion of genius." More than 92 per cent, of the subscribers to this edition 

 have preferred the Cambridge India paper format, in its flexible imported 

 leather bindings, so convenient to handle, attractive in appearance, and 

 economical of house-room. The paper is the same as that on which the 

 Britannica Year-Book is printed. 



The new Encyclo- 

 paedia Britannica is to 



be thought of rather 



as a complete library 



than a book. Its 



44,000,000 words, if 



published separately, 

 would fill 440 volumes of the ordinary 

 octavo size, 100,000 words to the 

 volume. This library comprises: A 

 History of All Nations, an Inter- 

 national Dictionary of Biography, an 

 exhaustive Gazetteer of the World, an 

 adequate connected History of Modern 

 Europe, an Encyclopaedia of Religion, 

 Philosophy and Sociology; a Library 

 of Languages and Literature, a Hand- 

 book to All the Arts and Sciences, 

 Manufactures, and Engineering; a 

 Complete Atlas of the World, an Ex- 

 haustive Compendium of Sports and 

 Games. The Bibliographies appended 

 to the major articles are an Index to 

 the Literature of the World. 



The vast riches of entertainment and 

 useful knowledge in the new Ency- 

 clopaedia Britannica have been made 



No. 2 Book-Case showing the In- 

 dia Paper Volumes bound in full 

 Sheepskin. The index Volume 

 (on ordinary paper) is seen on top. 



" Requisitioned and elicited from men at the head of their professions, all 

 over the world." The Evening Post, Chicago. 



