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Vest Pocket Webster Dictionary
25,000 WORDS.
An entirely new and original compilation from the famous Webster's Great Work. Its size and general make-up are such as to render this beautiful little book a "companion for the learned as well as for the unlearned." For ready reference in all matters concerning Spelling, Meanings of Words, Correct Pronounciation, Synonyms, Speeches for all occasions, and Rules of Etiquette, the Vest-Pocket Webster is far ahead of all competitors. Compiled especially for us by a University man. Simple; Practical; Invaluable. It includes the Gazetteer of the World; something new and especially useful.
Cloth, 25c., Indexed
Russia, Full Gilt, Indexed, 50c.
Edison's Encyclopædia
of General Information and Universal Atlas
This book contains 512 pages of closely printed matter. A marvel of completeness. Absolutely thorough and comprehensive. Business Forms, Legal Items, etc., on 2,000 of value to every one in all occupations. It contains over fifty full-page colour maps, and a description of every country in the world. In every department it is the most complete encyclopædia ever published, and cannot fail to interest everybody.
Price, in Limp Cloth, 25c.
In Stiff Cloth, Gold Embossed, 50c.
Conklins Handy Manual and Useful Compendium
Contains 440 pages and 50 maps, and a description of every country in the world; a Reference Encyclopædia, including 1,000,000 facts of practical value. T G. A. R. Department will be found the most complete ever published. The latest Electrical Inventions fully reviewed. The last Census (1890) thoroughly examined, and the most interesting facts and figures given in full, in a crisp, clear manner.
The 1893 edition of CONKLINS MANUAL is practically an entirely new book, a thousand times more interesting than all preceding editions or all other works of the kind.
Limp Cloth, Edition, 25c.
Library Style, Gold Embossed, 50c.
WORLD'S READY RECKONER AND RAPID CALCULATOR
320 Pages. Boards, 25 Cents.
Contains tables of values of the money of all the countries of the world; the rules for practical measuration; the value of all rare U.S. coins; interest tables; table showing the number of days from any day in one month to the same day in any other month; tables of board by the day or week; complete wages for any amount by the hour, day, week, month or year; board, plank, timber, scantling, wood and stone measurement tables; rules for measurement of corn in the ear, bricks, casks and barrels, grain; tables of weights and measures; useful recipes for everybody.
The 4 volumes sent, postpaid, to any address, on receipt of $1.00 for the cloth edition, and $1.75 for the library edition. Address all orders and letters to
LAIRD & LEE, CHICAGO.