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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



January 



'' No Library can be Complete without it."-^^^^Vi^,^Sf.o. .enn a 



riessages and Papers 



of the Presidents, 



Edited by the Hon. JAMES D. EIOHARDSON, Under the Direction of Congress- 



"/ regard ' Messages and Papers of the Pres-idents ' as one of the most solid and val- 

 uable contributions to our poliiical and historical literature.''^ 



WILLIAM L. WILSON, Ex-Postmaster General 



A History ov thr Unitkd States should form the nucleus of every Auieriean citizen's library 

 With grave questions of public policy to be settled at ihe ballot box within the next few years, it will 

 be found necessiiry to study closer thian ever those crises from which the nation has in the piist emerged 

 ever tiiuint)hant. This history should bo as authoritative as possible. Ordinarily we g^t the story of 

 our country from the point of view of one man, and one whose ideas have never inSuenced the events of 

 which he wri'es. 



In .MKSSAr,Krt and Papers op the I'rksidknts we have, word for word from the mahm of our 

 history, the burning sentences which have delcared wars; the thoughtful, profound utterances which 

 have guided the ~hir> of ."State into the ((uiet waters of Prosperity and I'rogress — all of them milestones 

 marking the path of our progre:-8 tow:ird the grand destiny which unfolds before us as a nation. What 

 could be more sul)limo— more prophi'tic — than the words of the immortal Lincoln when he said : 



" We are not enevnies but friends. We must not be enemies, Though passion may have slr.Tined, 

 it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battle- 

 field and p'ltriot grave to every living heart and hoarthstonc all i>Ter this broad land, will yet swell the 

 chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature." — 

 First huniiinritl Adilrenii. 



Is it not an advantage — a power — to have TEN VOLUMES of this sort of history at your elbow? 



Congress had this in mind when authorizing the publication of this great' work, and in appropriatlD? 

 the necessary amount to defray the initial expenses 



The Hon. Ain.sa'i)I£th K. Sp()i.'K(>iii>, of the t'ongressional Library, bas accepted the position of Gen- 

 eral .Secretary of the couimittoe appointed to distribute the work. The I'ommittee on Distribution has 

 undertaken to distribute the work at a triflu over the cost of manufacture and distribution. If it is 

 encessary to increase the price to meet expenses, it will be done later, but not on applications received 

 atonoe. 



A postal card request for full particulars, addressed as below, will bring ample descriptive matter 

 and full instructions for making applications. 



On a\l requests accompanied by One Dollar a set of the books will be laid aside and reserved pend- 

 ing further investigation, and if you decide within ten days not to make a regular application for the 

 work, the amount will be refunded. A Idress 



AINSWORTH R. SPOFFORD, General Secretary, '""Sll>\'.^"°)?'KsHiNGTON. d. c. 



