ae Lonse : 
“THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA” 
AT HALF -PRICE 
h the 23rd of March, 1898, Zhe Times 
aig that it had made arrange- 
ats with Mes . Black, the ae" 
“om the regular price. In this way the 
‘ga Sitges of the greatest of reference 
ibraries, hitherto obtain- 
able o nly by the wealthy, 
For exactly 
one year this offer of The 
umes of the great work had 
Aig purchased. tis can 
Trelast 
The Te aglish order has finally been filled, 
‘a i 
n half t igi 
os ae he “publishes original 
son for aie ‘offer of The Times 
0 » purious, mutilated, 
a which have hith- 
s of a few of 
appear on the last page of this announce- 
country, far the greater portion of which 
were mutilated or uncopyrighted editions, from 
which Messrs. A. & C. Black, the publishers, 
who invested in the work over $1,100,000, 
received no benefit whatsoever. None of the 
tzed edition of tie ENCYCLOPZDIA BRITAN- 
NICA at the same price as in England, and 
with the duty paid, 
THE CONTRIBUTORS 
au ENCYCI-OPZDIA BRITANNICA 
well known that this announcement need do 
a 
sg 8: to recall three facts in this connection : 
rst, The work is the product of the great- 
est men and best writers of the nineteenth cen- 
tury. Among those who give the volumes 
their preéminence are 
suchmen as Lord Kelvin, 
e 
are a a_ half-dozen 
ee he great writers pach OF ae 
pba contributed t 
1,100 signed articles. Every contributor was 
plese simply because he was better qualified 
to write on his J cane subject than any one 
else in the wo 
ai perhaps, been common nly 
believed that the ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA 
was essentially a British w ork. As a matter oi 
fact, hundreds of articles ne? enccmagrarms 
uch well-kno 
Americans, including s Se ea of vale Ubi 
as Arthur T. Hadley, 
versity; Gen. Francis A. Wal ra tae late logy 
5. Institute of Tech y 
Cant tR ae, © Director ofthe U.S 
Professor Simon Newcomb, 
