New-York tribune., 1911-12-22
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA
AS A CHRISTMAS PRESENT
should register their orders TODAY
should register their orders TO-DA Y.
Its Usefulness.

IN order to arrive at an estimate OF the Value
and the usefulness OF the new Encyclopedia
Britannica. one would have to calculate the sum
OF all the occasions upon which the possession OF
information is preferable to the lack OF IT,
few instances. gathered from the opinions OF
those who have used the book, must sufhce 10
suggest some OF the directions in which it IS
found to be invaluable.
1t is useful for example. 10 man in his
own special business or occupation 1t has been
welcomed as indispensable by students Of history
on account or the vast field covered by It's ms
toyicaI articles; by men Of scencc because it
presents the co-ordinatcd results of research IN
all the scicuces The Law Journal recommends
it TO IGrycrs as a safe guide in legal matters
while. on account OF It's medicGI articles, he
British Medical Journal recommends it to doc
tDlS. An expert i'll commerce. writing OF the m
dusfridE articles. SAYS of the new edition: IL
ought to find place on the shelves OF every
manager of big works in the English-speakng
world" 1t is evident. indeed, that many have
been attracted to the Encyclopaedia Britannica,
III the first instance as a standard authority upon
the subjects which particularly concern them
2-But il is equally evident that the work is
valued precisely because it is good authority upon
crcrV other subject, and in its pages the reader
can make VOYAGES OF discovery. informing himself
As TO subjects of which he previously knew notn-
inc Moreover if answers the irlnumerable ques-
tions which occur in the course OF reading or dis
cussion. In matters Of health. law, business,
household economy the value OF trustworthy
answer is palpable but in the tar greater num-
Der of cases where the answer to question APP
pears to be no more than the satisfaction Oh
CURIOSITY information is not the less worth ac-
o,,;rino because there is no immediate measure
OF its practical value.
3-Anothcr striking advantage afforded by the
new Encyclopaedia Britannica is the possession
Of a complete library of the best authors Ill the
compass of a small shelf. 1t IS history OF
all Nations, an international Dictionary OF biog-
raphy, a Gazetteer upon an unprecedented scale'
1t is a very full and complete library OF Naturdi
History. and OF all other Sciences; OF Religion.
Philosophy, Law; OF the Arts and MUSIC oi
Engineering and Industries.
At possesses the value, moreover, which one
connects with the idea of library, for ITS ar
,,ces are written to be read, read Systematically
as books are read for study. or read IN deSutory
fashion as chance or fancy direct, merely Tor the
interest which they afford.
b 5-Thc ex-President of Harvard University
in writing to congratulate the Cambridge Oniver-
sitv Press upon its enterprise. says: My OPINION
;s shared bv nv two ndndchidrcH who are now
=, the most indusitive age The remark brings
home point OF no inconslderablc importance III
estimating the usefulness OF the Encyclopedia
britannica II is a book for all classes OF readers
ard for young people and children no less than
for their elders TO grow up with such re-
source at hand is liberal educatlon-an cduca-
tion in which the pupil plays his part win no
sense OF reluctance. and from when nc derives
profit from the first moment when nc turhs oNci
The pages merely for the sake ol the pictures