$150. in Cash 
To Everyone Who Names the Ten 
- . Most Popular Books 
NTIL January 31st next (1905) we shall break the sets of our new Library of the 
World’s Famous Books and sell you any volume pr volumes you choose. There are 
20 volumes in the set. Which 10 volumes out of the 20 will prove to be 
Pe a ver 
net raped spodicts before Dec. 15th which ten books we shall sell 
ere midnight of January 31st in larger numbers than any of the other Says pg ee 
who name the ten most popular ones—will receive $150. in cash. It is 
sary to name the ten ee the order in which they sell, * sendy 
apple ten that sell more than any of the other ten 
Eve e who peeeicuk colreedy after Dec. 15th no! Baio Jan. Ist, will 
receive "$100. in cash, 
The date that governs the amount of these prizes will be the date you mail your predictions, ® 
eorn by the postmark on the envelope. by 
e believe we shall secure more friends and more publicity for the ee in this way than 
Revie ig hundred dhouaaind dollars in magazine and newspaper advertising ith it 
We plan to add to this Library from time to time, and expect to doa langet annual — wi 
th done with any one set of books. So much ‘to explain why we can afford to pay 
these large prizes, although we do not hope to make any profit on the present s 
These are the Twenty Volumes 
1, Tale of Two Cities 6. Jane Eyre 11. Vanity Fair 16. Romols etch Book 
2. Darwin’s Descent of Man 7. John Halifax 2. Tom Brown’s Sore Days 17. Irving abe 
3. First Violin 8. Lorna Doone x Last of the Mohican soto gr 
4. Hypatia g. Darwin’s Origin of Species 14. Prince of the House of David 2 a of Penge 
5, Ivanhoe 10. Uncle Tom’s Cabin 15. Robinson Crusoc 
tionably among the 
These twenty ae ae be 8 ae a wide range of taste, but each one is unques ubject of 08 
leaders of its class. Any one who is familiar with these twenty books will — posed gee: we 
versation in an nei any. “This rize offer will secure many new gig =a Hon William T- 
which should be in every home where the English language is read and spoken. 
Ha - $. Commissioner of Education, write : 
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R Mr. MERRILL—I am glad you are going to introduce a library of such good books 1 
family of hang land. t historical epochs 
e books which furnish keys to our experience and which explai oy 
nit t Doan gs pana lor ge a ge noel age the birth os sid cone lection om 
lations, pea industrial, and educational. lot ; u hav . Fe! ee 
examples o severe al ty na hoes will ve we of your “coun ry 
and read such books. age Yours truly, WILLIAM r 
Dr. Edward Everett Hale ition : 1 out be 
“I am much interested in your plan, T wonder is that it es oak perhaps i = 
Your list seems to me a very good one aid while, of course, 1 think I cou avant to us all 
sure that if you can circulate these books as you cS eeyag: bor it deg be a great a DWARD . HALE. 
in the United ad 
Se Post, of Washington, D. C., one ae the best ne er entities 
The 
will decide who are the successful contestants, and to what prize each treet. ; 
S$ to our responsibility, look up Merrill and Baker, New York, in Dun or bier , 
How the Prizes Will Be Awarded ital and A eleven yea 
e entire reputation of our concern, with more than a million della pe 
successful book publishing, is pledged to the fair and square awar shingt ton Post will Dé tt mit 
No one in any way connected with our entablishinent or wi eV oe 
