The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-29
The Fancy Prices Formerly in '

furnishing good books at half and less
than half
The Fancy Prices Formerly in Vogue.
We have done this for other commo-
dites also, and people who formerly could
get only the necessaries in certain goods,
can now get luxuries at the same cost to
them-think of it, Memphians, and give
credit where due.
Just think Of buying
Chambers's Cyciopcdia for $3.50.
40 large volumes bound in sheep--the
improved ediuon--up TO date. Same in
cloth binding $1,000. A world of infor-
nation in this--half publishers price.
sHAKsPEARE's COMPLETE Works, Sv.,
cloth, only S2.97. Same, half morocco,
$3.50.
PLUTARcu's LIVES, 3 VOLUMES, ONLY
Sl.3G publishers price 1915.
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| day, with their stray bits OF thrice
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or Irving, or poor Goldby, who often grew
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| ers.
At si.37, Dickens's Complete Works,
ID vols; publishers price, $500.
AT S2.95, George Eliots Works, q vols;
publishers price, s.. Same in half mo-
rocco, 81.
Macaulay's Essays, 8 vols, sl.l5' regu-
larry 50.
Chambers's "Papers for the People," 6
vols, SO.
Gilmore sims's Complete Works, IS
vols, 50, 20.
Capt Wayne Reds Works. II vols,
$50.
John Lathrop Moiiey's Histories and
Letters.
Hume's England, half morocco, 3 vols,
$40.
Macaulay's England, hall morocco, o
vols, Si75.
Thackeray's Complete Works, 10 vols
half morocco. Sill; publishers price. S27.
strickland's Queens Of England, only
1919.
Rollins Ancient History, vols, only
S2.25.
John Ruskin's Complete Works, only
SS.75.
Tolstoi's, Cooper's, Bulwer's and Scott q
Complete Works.
Washington Irvings and Hawthorne's
Complete Works.
Carlyle's Complete Works, u vols,
only S67j.
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known and deservcdly popular works.
Wandering Jew, Boccacio's Decammeron,
Monte Cristo, Donovan, Mysteries OF
Paris, Les Miscrablcs, Scarlet Letter,
Notro Dame. Jack Shepherd, NidOcq,
Davenport Dunn. Jack Hinton, jacob
Faithful, Japhet in Search Of His Father
and several others.
Ar 20c-ln this lot YOU can find all the
leading works Of the best authors, ancient
and modern fiction, philosophy, poetry
history, biography. travels and essays
books worth II aud sl.25. We sell them
at 29c.
DoRE's ILLUSTRATED BIBLE. Sl.l5.
DoRE's PARADISE Losr, sl.l5
The above two beautiful works are be-
yond all question the biggest bargain oyei
offered In books.
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MONTHLY MAGAZINES for June: Serb
ner's, lIarper's, Atlantic Monthly. ST
Nicholas. Popular Science, Eclectic, Nine
teenth Century, North American Review
The Forum, Bcliord's, all at less than reg
ular prices.
Two Lines of the Poets.
We will sell the Alligator Poets TO-DAY
for Sl.I0 each-publishcrs' price $3.50
Each volume Is complete. The paper I
good, the type is large and the binding I
handsome. Shakespeare, Milton, Words
! worth. Byron, Shelly, Burns, Moore, Scot
and Others.
/ You must read poetry. twill not do {,
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From Chaucer 10 Tcnnyson zoe.
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r thought il In Memphis few years ago
. before We began 10 sell books7 II you vii
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