TOPICAL SCRAP-BOOK SYSTEM. 



THE NEED OF IT. 



5 fArticles of great value are constantly appearing in 

 "the secular and religious periodicals ; and any one who 

 does not save valuable newspaper matter, is losing a 

 great deal. The words of One wiser than Solomon, 

 are pertinent here: "Gather up the fragments that 

 remain, that nothing be lost." 



But all the methods for preserving newspaper clip- 

 pings, previously in use, have serious defects : — take 

 too much time to Jind them, to fold, re- fold and replace 

 them, and are not handy for rapid reference. Now the 



TOPICAL SCRAP-BOOK SYSTEM 



does away with all these difficulties. With this library 

 any literary person secures (in handsome form, and at 

 his fingers' ends) a systematic classification of all valua- 

 ble newspaper matter. It is not one or two scrap-books 

 filled with all sorts of matter, but 



A SEPARATE SCRAP-BOOK 



for each important subject, made expressly for the 

 purpose, with the title lettered on the back. (See cut 

 above.) 



ITS ADVANTAGES. 



1st. All the matter upon any given subject is collected 

 together, and can be found in a moment. 



2d. It saves time. There is no hunting to be done, 

 or folding, re-folding, or replacing. A touch of muci- 

 lage at the top and bottom of an article, and it is in its 

 place. This permits them to be removed when no 

 longer desired, or parts of them to be cut out for plat- 

 form or other use. 



3d. It is handy for suggestion, as well as for refer- 

 ence, — a feature possessed by no other system, 



4th. It is convenient in size, being no larger than an 

 ordinary hand volume, — 6Jxio inches, — yet large 

 enough to preserve any amount of material, containing 

 120 pages. 



5th. A handsome addition to the book shelves, filling 

 them with a fine set of leather-backed books, looking 



like a finely-bound Encyclopedia, — and they are noth- 

 ing less than that when filled with choice cuttings. 



6th. And cheap beyond example, — a big point, for it 

 enables a man to have a Library of such books instead 

 of the usual one or two, and at a small outlay. 



THE TITLES. 



We put upon the books, any titles you may want. 

 The following titles are suggested: "Illustrations," 

 " Temperance," " Miscellaneous." " Social Ques- 

 tions,'' "Politics," "Education," "Christian Work," 

 " Sermons," " The Bible," " Missions," " The 

 Church," "Christianity," "Personal," "God," "Book 

 Reviews,'' "Isms,"' " Eschatology,'' "Sunday-school; 

 The Young," "The Christ," "Sin and Atonement," 

 " Holy Spirit," " Exegetical," " Devotional," " Homi- 

 letic Notes,'' "Duties and Graces," "Preachers and 

 Preaching," "Biographical," " Revivals," " Health." 



VIEWS OF EMINENT MEN WHO HAVE USED THEM. 

 Hon. Andrew D. White, 



President Cornell University , Ithaca, N. Y. 

 It seems to me that you have hit upon an admirable 

 thing. My only wonder, is that of Columbus's com- 

 panions, in the setting up of the egg, — namely, that no 

 one had done so good and simple a thing before. 



Rev. W. M. Taylor, D.D., LL.D., 



Pastor Broadway Tabernacle, N. Y. 

 I received your specimen copy, and have been so 

 much pleased with it, and with your vi^hole plan, that 

 I beg now to enclose check that you may send me 

 twelve volumes, with the titles indicated below. I have 

 lost a great deal for lack of such a series of books. 



From "The Examiner," N.Y. 

 We have received a specimen of the " Scrap-Book 

 Library " for inspection. It is the cheapest, most con- 

 venient, and best contrived, plan for permanently pre- 

 serving newspaper clippings, that we have ever seen. 

 In its special field, this series of books is without a 

 peer. 



Price. — The volumes are put at the marvelously low price of 75 cts. each, all charges prepaid ; 5 per 

 cent, discount on 6 volumes, 10 per cent, on 12. 



C. VENTON PATTERSON & CO., Rochester, N. Y. 



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