Williams news., 1909-05-08
THE COPPER HANDBOOK

Copper Handbook, just issued by the author, MT. Horace J. Stevens, of Houghton, Mich, is at hand. It is an octave volume of 1900 pages, in brevier type, but by slight in creases in the width and height of the printed matter on each page, together with a reduction in the leading. but without using small CT face of type, each page carries one-third more matter than for merly, and the new edition, with only 1900 pages, contains one-half more matter than the preceding edition. which had 1928 pages.
 The principal chapter of the book, devoted to detailed descrip- tions of the copper mines of the globe, has 11S5 pages, describing no less than 6737 copper mines and copper companies in all parts of the world, comparing with 4627 listed in the preceding edition. This long chapter, which was unrevised in Volume VII, owing to fire. accident and illness, has been completely rewritten, even the obituaries of the defunct companies having been improved by the addition of neat verbal tombstones.
 x Copper is considered under a great variety of heads, in the pre- liminary chapters of the book, these giving, in non,technical but correct language, vast amount of infor- nation relating to the geology and mineralogy of copper and copper ores, with chapters devoted to min ing, milling, smelling, teaching and refining, and yet other chapters treating of the history of the meta :, brands, grades, substitutes and uses. The very complete glossary of min ing terms is reprinted from Vol. VII, The final chapter, devoted to statistics, is the most complete and compedious given in any work deal ing with the subject, whether issued officially or privately, and its au- ,t{ioritvs has been recognized off, cially and by the copper trade.
 'The Copper Handbook is prac- ticaIly an encyclopedia of the en- tire subject of. copper, and as such .fs ef equal interest to miner metal lurgist, retiner. producer and con- 'sumer~ To the investor or specu- li T r copper shares 1t Is as near indispensable as a work of refer enre can. become As usual, the Copper Handbook is exceedingly frank in its comments, and the de scriptions of mining considered by the author to be dishonest, are marked by the utmost limit Of plain-speaking.
 The price of the Copper Hand. book is $5, in a strong green buck ram binding, and the selling plan is unique, as the book is sent to anyone ordering it, from any part of the globe, without a penny in advance, the publisher prepaying carriage charges, and allowing the purchaser a weeks inspection, and accepting the return of the book in settlement of the charge if, upon inspection, it does not prove satis- factory. Thatthis plan is success fnl is proven by the fact that it has been followed for. six consecutive years, and that the Copper Hand book now circulates in every coun- try that has postage stamp of it's own, and is claimed, by the pub fisher, without recorded contradic- tion, to enjoy the largest circulation of any mining annual printed in any language. Anyone interested in the subject of copper, or copper shares, can we'll afford to write MT. Stevens, ordering copy of the Copper Handbook, without advance payment, and subject to approval after a weeks inspection.
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