Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-03-06
Beware Of Boston PIRATES.

some remarkable episodes ia the book
field; none more interesting has occur
ed than that which briggs out the fol-
lowing pungent tmanlfestO' from Alden,
ga famous Boston firm published
some years ago a fine edition OF Gut
cots History of France. 1t was truly a
beautiful work, (priee $3.50 for the
+ set), with lots Of fine pictures, big type
aad snowy binding. bat strange to say
the history ON tied any mention of
the French Revolution, or the wars of
Napoleon Boueparlei No explanation
of the omission has been seen from the
publishers, but it has been suggested
that 1t may have been to make room
for certain steel engravings,' though
on a careful examination of said engra-
wings some have been led to wonder
how a publisher could have been in
duced to steal engravings to insert in a
work which the artist did not design
them to illustrate
However there being a popular de-
mand for an edition of Guizot's France,
in which Napoleon and the French
Revolution had a place, Alden the
pirate Of the Literary Revolution,
published such an edition Co4IPLETE
in volumes, small octave. library
style, gilt tops etc, containing the 427
II &c illustrations Of the English edition
i'm fact, in all important points for
/ general readers it was far superior to
the English edition. For Alden, it was
high-priced work, retailing at IS 40
THE PIRATES COME IN.
incredible as it may seem, consid-
ering the high character of Boston,
there has been lately issued from that
town another edition of Guizot. It does
not bear the imprint of said famous
Boston Firm. and therefore MUST BE a
'pfraticaI edition. The prominent
name in the imprint is ALD,NE'-Ap-
parently further piraticaI attempt to
deceive the innocent into thinking they
are getting the genuine 'ALDEN edition.
/ This edition too, is cut on the same
'bias' as ALDEN's, pattern of cloth and
all, though printed on smaller paper
+ giving narrower margins. 1t contains
also some mention of the great Ma
/ poleon, but the publisher (whoever he
/ Isl failed to steal all engraungs of
Alden's edition-he got only 1872 out of
427 of Alden's; and those ne did get
evidently we're taken in the dark-'look
on this picture and then on that and
/ you viii see it must have been so. As to
price-yOu pay your money and take
your choice-iti is quoted in Boston at
/ $500 retail; in OHIO we hear of it at
500; in South Carolina at 5000
California not heard from. Any pur-
chaser who has paid over $500 should
ask 81 once for rebate, and then shun
all bait from Boston PiratesGr
''Of course. Alden was lonesome when
he was the only Pirate He likes
company. and especially Boston com
pany. AS II is evident that somebody
wants a cheap Guizot, he puts to press
at once new and cheaper edition. 1t
will be cut on the same smaller 'bias'
as the little Boston edition, but printed
on better paper, and viii contain all oil
the 427 fine Illustrations instead Of the
1872 as the little Boston edition. 1t will
I contain also the ELABOTATE IND x
complete, given in Aidens large edi-
ton. That little Bozt n edition has no
indeX-if you wahttJ find in that where
it tells about Charlemague, yau look
for the picture of Charlie; If you want
to know about Joan Of Arc you look for
the picture of the Ark.