Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-12
"SHEPP'S PHOTOGRAPHS
Of THE WORL D."
THE GREATEST BOOK ON EARTH.
COSTING 100000.
New, Novel, Striking.
a Wonderful Collection Of Photo
graphs. Everyone Seeing it Will
Want a Copy

We take great pleasure in calling the
attention OF our readers TO one Of the
most daring, if not the most marvellous
achievement, that has yet been accom-
plished i'll the publishing world. We
refer to new and most valuable publica-
ton, entitled "Shepp's Photographs of
the World, representing renowned pic
turesque scenery, historic castles, views
of cities, avenues, buildings, monu-
ments, copies of celebrated paintings
and artistic statuary, collected from
every corner Of the world.
1t includes every thing of any interest
through Great Britain. from the Blarney
Castle to the Giants Causewav in
Ireland, and from the Hills of Scotland
to the South Coast of England; through
Europe, from Gibraltar anC Italy in
the South to Hammerfest in Norway
the most northern town in the world
and to Constantlnople and the Russian
Mines in Siberia in the far East.
Through Africa, from the SueZ Canal,
Egypt and the Nile in the East to Cape
of Good Hope in the South and life
among the Natives ia the interior,
West and North; through Asia and the
Orient, from the Holy Land, Arabia
and Persia in the West to India, China,
Japan, Australia and the Islands of
the Pacific in the South and East
Through Spanish South America,
from Terra del Fuego to Panama;
through the Central American States
and MeXico-land of the Aztecs;
through Alaska, Greenland, British
North America and Canada.
Through the United States, from the
Golden Gate in the West to the Rocky
Coast of New England in the East, and
from the Lake Cities in the North to
the Cotton States in the South, forming
one of the finest, rarest, wealtLlest,
most beautiful, interesting and historic
collections of Photographs ever seen.
The Photographs representing master
paintings and works of art, taken from
the French Salon, Louvre, Luxembourg
Versailles, Dresden, Uffizi, Pitt and
Vatican Galleries, are direct and
originals. Their value is so great that
the wealth of nations could not buy
them. No collection like this has ever
before been found between the lids of
any book.
Every photograph is carefully ex-
planned in from four to six lines printed
matter, in an accurate, concise and
most Interesting manner. So great has
been the demand for this book already,
that the publishers Immediately trans
lated the English explanations into
Swedish and German, printing the
book in three languages within four
weeks, and we understand that a
Spanish edition is now in course of
preparation.
The work is issued by the Globe
Bible Publishing Co., of Philadelphia,
Penn. The publishers, who are wide
awake, and know how to meet the
wants of the masses, have placed the
retail prices marvelleously low, ranging
from 1925 to 800, according to the
style Of binding, giving every one an
opportunity to purchase copy.
Mrs. L. B. Stowell, is the local
representative for this county, and we
trust that this announcement to our
many readers may prepare every one
to receive her cordially.