Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-05-13
Interesting Treatment Of A Great Subject For
 Arizona
Over 1900 Pages, Includ- ing lS0,000 Words
 Of New Matter

Volume VII, of the new edition of tho Copper Handbook, has pust been i0ued by th, author, Horace J. Stev. sAa, of Houghton. Michigan. The book has i,22s pages, octave, brevier type, being materially larger than before. The author apologizes for his inability te revise the book throughout, explain. iAs that fire, sickness and loss of five neaths' time prevented, but the new volume contains about ls0,000 words of new matter. equal in length 10 three ordinary works of fiction, in addition te the matter remaining unchanged from the preceding issue.
 The new edition of the Copper Hand book contains 2j chapters, an increase of nine, treating of copper under the headings of History, Geology, Chem istry, Miueralogy, Mining, Milling, Concentrating. Hydromathallurgy, Pry. omentsllurgy, Electromctallurgy, Al Joys, Brands, Grades, Uses, Substitutes, Tcrminology, Geography, Copper De posits, Copper Mines and Statistics. The treatment given the subject in 1928 pages is encyclopaedia in scope bat the logical and orderly arrangement of the great mass of facts presented, coupled with a table of contents, full iAdex and alphabetical arrangement of sad glossary, render it possible to as certain any given fact with almost as much ease as A word is found in die. tionary. This is A poin, of much value to readers that has been overlooked in many otherwise excellent works of re- ference.
 The Copper Handbood is not intend. ed to replace other works for the use of technical men, but it does supple ment all other technical books on cop. per, while for the average reader it- hundreds of pages devoted to the scicn. tihe and technical features of the sub ject will be found to cover every point of interest. The language is plain throughout, and the layman, whether miner or investor, will find the clear and easily understandable exposition of scientific facts a great aid, as the highly technical language used in many of the best scientific works is serious stumbling block in the path of the man not technically trained, who is forced to read such books with a dictionary st his elbow.
 In whatever light the Copper Hand book is viewed, whether in describing the thousands of different copper mines, in all parts of the world, in the plain descriptions of intricate proces ses of mining milling, smelting and re lining, or in the forty pages of statis ties covering the copper industry of the globe in it's various commercial and fnsncial aspects, the book must stand as monument of patience and labor 1t being the unaided work of a singl, man.
 The book will he found of deep in terest and practical value to every man interested in the subject of cop per, from whatever standpoint, wheth CT he be engaged in the production ol use of the metal, or is an investor ir copper shares. The descriptions of tn, mines are written without fear or fav or, and several hundred mining com panies, some very prominent, are hand led without gloves, and in n manner that would justify no end of libel suit were the author not sure of his facts In view of the exceedingly plain speak ing in this book, in which scores o companies are termed swindlers an, frauds, it seems rather surprising tha tn the seven years of it's publication not one libel suit has been brought in to court, though many have beer threatened In fact the author of tn, Copper Handbook has turned the table on some of his critics by placing fev of them in prison, for their fraud upon the investing public,
 The price of the Copper IIandbool is five dollars, and the selling pla used is absolutely unique in the boo trade. For five years past MT Steven has sent his book, all carriage charge prepaid, without penny in advance to any person in any part of the world on one weeks approval, subject to r' turn if unsatisfactory. It speaks we for the book that only about one cop in thirty has been returned, and we