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Our Readers Likely to Be Cum
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INGENIOUS PLAN FOR DECEPTION.

Wiley schemers Trying to Sell Inferior
Cyclopedias Under Pretenses That Are
False-"There Is No Vice So simple but
Assumes Some Mark Of Virtue in His
Outward Parts.
We clip the following from the At
lanta Constitution in the hope that it
viii protect our readers against the
representatio Of any unreliable
book agents who may approach them.
The Constitution is certainly doing an
excellent work in the way Of encourag
ing methods of home education. And
1t Is to be deplored that there are per-
Sons so unscrupulous as to take advan-
tage of the great interest which has
thus been aroused and attempt to turn
it to their own personal gain.
It would be bad enough if they simply
defrauded The Constitution Of the right
full reward for its liberal educational
enterprise, but what is worse, these
pretenders are palming off on an unsus-
pecting public all sorts of inferior pub
locations, at a price nearly sufficient to
buy the genuine new edition of the En-
cyclopaedia Britannica, now offered at
special introductory rates by The Con-
stitution. The Constitution says:
In Wednesdays Constitution the lead
ing editorial was devoted to an expose of
the insidious 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 Encyclopaedia
Britannica would be lasting and decided
benefit to the people of this section, a
special Introductory contract was secured
from the Britannica publishers wholly in
the interest Of our readers. The Consti-
tuition is not in the book business for any
profit on the sales. 1t is not concerned, in
pecuniary sense, further than the legiti-
mate increase of the number of subscribe
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 Constitu-
ton 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
lust as good. This is deceptive, and we
wish our readers to understand that the
new edition of the Encyclopedia Britain
MICA is just off the press; that it has never
been offered to the public before In any
section of the United States, and that 10
can be had only from The Constitution or
its authorized representatives Allothers
purporting TO be the same are so present.
ed for the purpose Of deception.
This is 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 or may be
able to obtain While no reference library
can be found equal to the new edition Of
the Encyclopedias Britannica, yet The Con-
stitution recognizes the fact that this does
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 reference library of any sort
that would come within their means, for
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 fit, so
long as they conline 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 genti.
inc new edition of the Encyclopedias Brit
fanfcA. re would be all wen enough If
Those inferior works were sold at q price
br6norfionate, but those who buy should
Understand that they are not getting the
new edition. or anything like it. Al refer
ehce to any modern subject, such as AUS
traliaf ballot system, Welding IRON ~ cleo
tricity, electrocution, etc, show how ut
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