Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-13
WHOLE STORY TOLD
IN COPPER HANDBOOK
BELATED VOLUME WELCOMED
BY MINING MEN
Popular Encyclopedia of the PRODUCE
ton of the Red Metal and Its
Statistics for Many
Decades

Volume 8 of the new edition of the
Copper Handbook has just been is
sued by the author, Horace ]. Stevens,
of Houghton, Mich. The book has 1925
pages, octave, BREWER type, being ma
teriaily larger than before. The author
apologies for his inability to revise
the book throughout, explaining that
fire, sickness and loss of five months
time prevented, but the new volume
contains about 100000 words of new
matter, equal In length to three or
binary works of fiction, in addition to
the matter remaining unchanged from
the preceding issue.
The new edition of the Copper
Handbook" contains twenty-five chap
ters, an increase of nine. treating of
copper under the headings of History,
Geology, Chemistry, Mineralogy, Min
ing, Milling, Concentrating, Hydrome-
tallurgy, Electrometallurgy, Alloys,
Brands, Grades, Uses, Substitutes Ter
minology, Geography, Copper Deposits,
Copper Mines and Statistics. The treat.
ment given the subject in 1928 pages is
encyclopaedia in scope. but the logical
and orderly arrangement of the great
mass of facts presented, coupled with
table of contents, full index and
alphabetical arrangement of districts,
countries, mines, minerals and CLOS
sary, render it possible to ascertain any
as a word is found in a dictionary.
This is a point of much value to read
ers that has been overlooked in many
otherwise excellent works of reference,
The Copper Handbook" is not in
tended to replace other works for the
use of technical men, but it does sup
plement all other technical books on
copper while for the average reader
it's hundreds of pages devoted to the
scientific and technical features of the
subject 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 ex-
position of scientific facts great aid,
as the highly technical language used
In many of the best scientific works
is a serious stumbling block in the
path of the man not technically
trained, who is forced to read such
books with a dictionary at his elbow.
In whatever light the Copper Hand
book" is viewed, whether In describing
the thousands of different copper mines
in all part of the world, In the plain
descriptions of intricate processes OF
mining, milling smelling and refining,
or in the forty pages of statistics COW
ering the copper industry of the globe
in its various commercial and financial
aspects, the book must stand as a
monument of patience and labor, II
being the unaided work of single
man.
The book will be found of deep in
terest and practical value to every man
interested in the subject of copper
from whatever standpoint. whether he
be engaged in the production or use OF
the metal or is an investor in copper
shares. The descriptions of the mines
are written without fear or favor, and
several hundred mining companies,
some very prominent, are handed
without gloves and in a manner that
would Justify no end of libel suits were
the author not sure of his facts. In
view of the exceedingly plain speaking
In this book, in which scores of COM
panies are termed swindles and FRAUDS,
it seems rather surprising that In the
seven years of it's publication not one
libel suit has been brought into court,
though many have been threatened
In fact the author of the Cooper
Handbook" has turned the tables on
some of his critics by placing Few OF
them in prison for their frauds upon
the investing public.
The price of the Copper Handbook
is IS, and the selling plan used is abso-
lutely unique i'm the book trade. For
five years past Mr. Stevens has sent
his book, all carriage charges prepaid,
without a penny payment in advance
to any person in any part of the world
on one weeks approval subject to re.
turn if unsatisfactory. 1t speaks well
for the book that only about one copy
in thirty has been returned, and well
for the honesty of average human ma
ture that only about one man In thirty
keeping the book has failed to pay for
1t. On these unusual terms anyone in
terested in copper can we'll afford to
send to Mr.. Stevens for a copy of the
new edition of the Cooper Handbook -