Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-27
TAKE A TRIP TO
PANAMA CANAL
Magnificent Volume to Be Pre-.
scented to Readers for Mere
Expense of Distribution.
GREATEST OFFER EVER MADE
Beautiful Book of Rare Photographic
Reproductions and Water
Color Studies.

Get ready 70 take trip to the great
Panama canal. This does not mean
that you should pack your travelling
bag, nor will You need to get a new
white serge. The clothes you are
wearing will be sufficient, and just
leave your linens where they are now.
You won't need to make any prepare
tons further than to see that The
Argus is delivered to you daily.
The trip in question is in the shape
of a great big beautiful. book, filed
with word paintings as we'll as water
color paintings which vie with each
other for Hredominance, and yet para
logically harmonic at every angle.
The new illustrated book is called
Panama and the Canal in Picture
and Prose-" and each section of this
title is fully covered. First, it tells
you all about Panama, that crooked
little neck of land which has been
divided so that the entire world may
be more closely united; then it fully
explains all that is of interest relat-
y,
it portrays rare views of the coun-
try and the people in Photographic
reproductions and artistic color plates,
describing them in beautiful word pic
lures that hold the cttention of the
reader to the very end.
The knowledge to be gained by a
close reading of this volume will for
ever after be & valuable asset to every
man, woman and child, for this great
waterway is destined to become an i'm
portant factor in times of peace as well
as in war 1t will revolutionize the
shipping of all the nations of the world
1t will bring about changes in the
trade and commerce of all the eSrth;
| it will open up new avenues of trade
| and establish new relationships be-
tween the various countries of the
globe.
The Argus realizes the unusual edu-
! cational advantages offered in this vol
ume. and has arranged for great dis
| tribution to its readers. While parents
will want the book for themselves, they
also must not lose sight OF the fact
| that the school child of today is the
one that will face the problems pre-
sented by the changed conditions oil
| the future when the canal shall have
become a working factor among the
nations of the earth. So the children
! as we'll as the older members of the
| family should have access to this stand
ard work; should learn of the wonders
of this gigantic engineering achieve
ment; should study the characteristics
of these strange people on the zone;
should know OF the history, purpose
and promise of this mighty interocean
ic waterway.
WORK OF ART
The book itself is indeed a work o.
art. 1t is more than double the dimen
slons of an ordinary novel; is printed
from new type, large and clear, OF
special highly finished paper; bound il
tropical red veiium cloth, with the titlC
stamped in gold and the front cove
inlaid with a beautiful stippled colo
panel showing the famous Culebra cut
1t contains more than 600 magnificen
illustrations, many of which are mad,
from unique water color studies ant
reproduced in their artistic coloring
to full page size. No expense ha
been spared to make this splendid BIZ
volume the standard work on Panama
and the canal
Willis ]. Abbot, the author of thi
book, spent many months in the cana
zone, and his intimate acquaintanc
: with officials in charge of the worl
afforded him every opportunity 70
gathering his facts. The result is
full and complete story of the cana
from its inception to its realization,
story so accurate and comprehensiY
that it will ever be referred to b
those who would know the true histor,
of the grea. problem which has at las
been solved by the skill of moderl
engineering
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