The Colby Oracle 1897

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the p r imary schoo l w h e n we fi rst concei ved the idea, years ago, t hat t h e sclzoolbooks l ying d iscarded a n d d usty o n everybody's shelves, or unfor­ gotten in closets and garrets, ough t to be rescued from premature obl iv ion, and made to con t i n ue their useful ness i n this al ready too expensive world - prolonging their own l ife, and at the same time saving di mes and dollars t o many a needy student. To-day every student and every teacher k no ws, and we want every parent to learn, that no school book should be t h rown a'rny u n til we have been given a chance to appraise it. E veryone knows, too, that we can suppl y pro mptly, and at N e w York prices, a ny school book of any publ isher - probably second-hand if desired ; surely new if we happen to be out of second-hand. M o re than that, we stand the postage or else we prepay the expressage. Swiftness, courtesy, and fair prices make u p our golden rul�, and we bestow the same careful considera­ tion u pon the boy or girl in the remote hamlet who wants one book i n a · :.-1 h ur ry, that we give to the bookseller who has his whole town to suppl y. A n y school board, any school official , any teacher will fi nd it not only to h is conven ience, but to his profi t, to treat with us because we are not o n l y a t t he school book center (N c w York ), but are ou rselves the school book head­ q1ta rters, thus ensuring the t wo great desiderata, discounts and despatch, not to mention the crecli t-a1 lowance on old books consigi1ed to us for exchang..... .

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T h e n , aga i n , we o u rsel ves p u b l i s h o n e h u n d red a n cl t we n t y-fi ve T r a n s l a l i o n s ( t h e L at i n , t h e G reek, G e r m a n , a n d F r e n c h c l ass i c w r i t e rs ) , a n d a d ozen-and-a- h a l f D i c t i on ar ies o f t h e a n c i e n t and modern l a n g u ages, so t h at we h a ve come lo be c o n s i d e red t h e. one s u re c l e a r i n g - h ouse

for a n y t ran s l a t i o n or d ict i o n a ry.

We a lso publ i s h q ue s t i o n - a n d-answer

books, c i v i l-se r v i ce gu i des, speakers, c l ass records, a n d ot h e r spec i a l t ies for teac h e rs, besides t h e t h ree- h u n d red-odd v o l u m es of the U n i ve r s i t y Tutorial Series w h i c h com p r i ses t ex t-books ( w i t h t h e 1mir;11e Tea c h e r s ' Ed i t i ons, separate ) cover i ng t h orough l y G reek, L a t i n, F re n c h , T h ese t h e s c i e n ces, m a t he m a t i cs, m ec h a n i cs, h i story, et h i cs, l og i c, e t c . , e t c. T u L o r i al tex t-books· are designed for s i n cere and t h orough work, and a re t h e prod u c t i o n of English,

s i n ce re men w h ose exd11si11c blfsi11ess h as been and is t o fi t s t u d e n ts fo r t h e severe lests of t h e L o n d o n U n i ve r s i ty. The in ten l i on of t h e pu b l i sh e rs is lo fill the bill, not to r i va l o t h e r Yet m a n y com peten t i n st ru c t o rs t e l l u s t h a t l h e T u t o r i a l books d o s u r pass a l l s e r i es. Complete listjn:e 011 applicatio11. t h e rs, b o t h ed i l o r i a l l y a n d t y pogra p h i ca l l y .

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To a n y o n e m e n t i on i n g t h is ad v e r t i sem e n t we w i l l send fret o u r new and om p l e te nlfhnlh'licrrlly Th i s C a t a l og u e q u otes o u 1 m a i l i ng prices fo r arranged Catal o g u e of t h e school boo k s of all lhi· pu/ilis/1t'rs. l Jo t h n e w a n d J t'u111d-/ta 111/ boo k s , a n d is freq u e n t l y descri bed by e n t h usias t i c custo m e rs as a t r asu re in i tself C o r respon de n ts w h o des i re to sdl schoo l boo k s t o u s , s h o u l d also l le..:ause so com pac t wh i l e so c o m p l ete. N o 1.. h a rge fo r c a t a l ogues f o r y o u rself o r fo r a n y as k for " Hooks \\'an t ed " w h i c h i s our /111yi11A' Catalogue. of y o u r f r i e n d s u pon w h o m y o u m a y wish to confer t h e favor. S e n d us t h e address - - we w i l l do t h e res t.

HINDS & NOBLE

4 Cooper Institute

NEW YORK CITY

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