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10 NOT Be DECEIVED.
Our Readers Likely to Be Cum
ningly Swindled.
INGENIOUS PLAN FOR DECEPTION.

kvu.v schemers Trying to Sell Inferior
Cvclopedias Under Pretenses That Are
FaIse--"There Is No Vice So Simple but
Assumes Some Mark of Virtue in AIS
Outward Parts."
We clip the following from the At
1anta Constitution in the hope that it
will protect our readers against the
Instrumentation Of any unreliable
book agents who may approach them.
The Constitution is certainly doing an
excellent work in the way of encouraS-
ing methods of home education. And
it Is to be deplored that there are per-
sons so INSCRIPTIONS as to take advan-
t:ge of the great interest which has
thus been aroused and attempt to turn
it 70 their own personal gain.
It would be bad enough if they simply
defrauded The Constitution Of the right
fUl reward for its liberal educational
enterprise, but what is worse, these
pretenders are palming of on aq un fl
p%cting public all sorts OF inferior pub
Eeations, at a price nearly sufficient to
bTiy the genuine new edition Of the En-
c}clopaedia Britannica, now offered at
special introductory rates by TAe Con-
stitution. The Constitution says:
In Wednesdays Constitution the lead
ing editorial was devoted to an expose of
the tnsidious attempt of the jute trust to
deceive cotton shippers This brings us to
the consideration of another matter upon
which the public should be informed
Believing that the wide dissemination
of the new edition of the Encyclopedias
Britannica would be lasting and decided
benefit to the people of this section, Q
special introductory contract was secured
from the Britannica publishers wholly in
the interest Of our readers. The Constr
tuition is not in the book business for any
profit on the sales. 1t is net concerned, i'll
a pecuniary sense, further than the legltl-
mate increase of the number OF subscrlb-
ers to the daily and the weekly Constitu-
ton. The knowledge of the educational
good it is accomplishing through this lib
eral offer would alone be sufficient recon-
pense for the entire undertaking.
This liberal enterprise of The Constltu-
tion has excited the cupidity of certain
persons who have other books to sell.
Taking advantage of our methods for in
PRODUCTION of Britannica into houses not
already provided. they seek to cunningly
impress prospective buyers that they can
offer something practically the same" or
''just as good" This is deceptive, and we
wish our readers to understand that the
new edition of the Encyclopedias Britain
MICA is just off the press; that 1t has never
been offered to the public before in any
section Of the United States, and that it
can be had only from The Constitution or
its authorized representatives. All others
purporting to be the same are so present.
ed for the purpose of deception.
This is a matter to which The Constitu-
ton has been slow to make reference, be-
cause we recognize the right of every man
to advance his own pecuniary interests by
selling any books he may have OF may be
able to obtain. While no reference library
can be found equal to the new edition OF
the Encyclopedia Britannica. yet The Con-
stituti0n recognizes the fact that this co IS
not render other reference libraries value
less; and there may be those who could
not afford to purchase the best even at the
exceptionally low Introductory price now
offered to The Constitution readers. 1t
would be an undoubted blessing to such
to obtain a reference library of any sort
that would come within their means, Tor
all reference books are valuable aids to-
ward self-education.
There can be no objection, therefore, to
other persons offering their books for sale
anywhere and at any time they see mt, so
long as they confne themselves to the
truth, and sell their books at proper prices,
not attempting by deceptive methods. to
obtain for their inferior works "a price
which would enable the purchaser, had
he not been deceived, to obtain the genu-
inc new edition of the Encyclopedias Brit
tanica. 1t would be all well enough il
these inferior works were sold at a price
proportionate, but those who buy should
understand that they are not getting the
new edition. or anything like it. A refer
ence to any modern subject, such as Aus
tralian ballot system. welding iron By slec-
tricity, electrocution, ETC., show how ut
terly inadequate these out-of-date editions
are TO fiji the needs Of a man who wants
up-tO-date information.
Some Of these itinerants have been SO
bold as to use language intended to lead
buyers to believe that they were represen-
tatives of The Constitution. A little care,
however, will uncover this mask, as every
person who is authorized to offer the new
edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica is
provided with letter of Identification
from The Constitution. If not provided
with such letter. which the buyer has a
right to see, purchasers may know be
is not Q representative OF The Constitu-
ton, nor has he the genuine new edition
Of the Encyclopedias Britannica for sale
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