The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-03-02
RELIGIOUS PARLIAMENT.
The News Record OF an Important
Event.


rxv gews is in receipt OF great many
fnou,r, ,, MS TO the "History OF the Parila-
,nent Of Religions" which it is Offering it's
leaders. The auestioners want to know
,Is Il authentic?" "Is it full recordr'
ssIs it official?"
These questions are natural. Iherc ass
other publications, two of these quite
nretentious. which claim to be
rivals OF the work controlled
by THE NEWS. The most important pub
Iication that considers itself n rival to
THE NEWS History sells for S., we believe
or slO In full sheep. THE News History
sefis for az 80 In cloth, and s4.00 in sheep
respectively and THE News gives
months subscription with the book.
The facts are these.
The Parliament Of Religions at the
Worlds Fair was most important occa-
sion i'm the religious history OF the world.
1t brought together for the first time the
leaders of every important faith on earth
and it gave opportunity to them to record
their principle. What theyi said offers
liberal education in the matter Of beliefs.
A reading OF the hundreds OF
addresses will teach the reader
more about the different religions Of the
earth than anything short of life time
of research could afford. Such a record
is indispensable to every student, invslu-
able to every book collection.
Recognizing all this, certain enterprising
and perfectly respectable gentlemen Or
ganized publishing company for the pur-
pose OF publishing record OF this Parlia-
mentwith view TO its sale ebysubscription
at .S5 and upwards. Their plan was
meritorious one from the point OF view OF
the scholar and admirable as business
venture. They would preserve Tor all
time this invaluable record and they
woulu make ioss oi money.
Chicago, however, is hustling town.
Prominent among its big publishing
houses is the concern which bears the
name OF +. Il. Nicely. They, too, recognized
the money to be made in publishing
record of the Parliament of Religions.
1t was business only perhaps, with them.
Being already organized and capital
lied they were first in the
field with their work and instead
OF selling it by subscription and
securing their profit by placing fancy
price on a limited circulation, they
put the work on the market for all the
people and at fair price, being
certain that large returns would result In
making bigger total profits. They per-
mitted several newspapers to take the
work, The Chicago Tribone sold thous-
ands and thousands. on the plan which
The NEWS has adopted. The market
was open and long before the five dollar
publication was off the press the $2.50
volume was i'm the hands OF thousands.
The News has nothing to say about
any publication claiming TO be rival to
the "Parliament of Religions" which IL
offer its readers. 1t can assure
it's readers, however, that its own work In
fully authorized, absolutely authentic
and to the best of its belief more COM
plete and more nearly verbatim record
than the FIVE dollar work. In make up,
binding and wealth of illustrations it
acknowledges no superior Ii is a magniti-
cent volume and should be In every libra
r. to be read and handed down to Dos
terlty.
The price at which il is offered-s2.50 in
cloth and si.O0 in sheep places 1t within
the reach OF every one. THE NEWS
would bo glad To offer 1t TO its
readers at cost but the publisher will not
permit this and THE NEWS is under con-
tract. The NEWS, however can give
something else TO make mp for this inabi-
lity TO discount the price OF the book and
80 months subscription to THE NEWS is
offered i'm lieu OF reducing the price
oi the book. The publisher OF the
Parliament" hes no objection to this so
long as the price OF the book IL
maintained at $780, and as THE
NEws is not in the business Of selling
books for profit, but only uses them for
the interests OF its readers, and to mako
Itself as attractive as possible, this valu-
able book IL, by this arrangement, placed
In the hands OF its readers at considerable