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ilflHW THE OOL BOOK OFFE WILL BE Discontinued After Saturday, Mar. 2d, 1912 It had been our in ention to discontinue the offer on Saturday, February 24th, but some misunderstanding of our plans seemed evident so we made the change. HOW TEACHERS SHOULD PROCEED 1 i./AitgwnfiiiaiuMW'X1 i We would advise that all subscriptions be mailed in as soon as convenient. The subscriptions must be mailed so as to be post marked on or before Saturday, March 2d. This gives plenty of time to see everybody. Hail the last subscription Saturday afternoon, Haren 2d. Any Teacher desiring a mailing list of those in his or her neighborhood will be provided with it from this office. Write for one right away. The selection of Books must be made on or before Saturday, March 9th. I Presentation Series. THE OFF Kit. This set will only be Riven as a whole. No parts of it are to be given. This set for 50 new subscriptions or Mi old ones or a pro lata number of each. The following books compose the Heiles: Alice in Wonderland and Through the Look ing glass, Anderson's* Fairy Tales, Arabian Nights, Black lleauty, Qrimm'o Fairy Tales. Gulllvor's Travols, Mother Goose Complete, Pilgrim's Progress, Robinson Crusoe, Swiss Family Robinson, Tom Brown's School Days, Uncle Tom's Cabin. Popular Two Volume Sets. Beaulah. Marcarla. Descent of Man. Origin of Species. English Men of Letters, Vols. I & II. Conquest of Peru, Vol. I & II. Count of Monte Crlsto, Vols. I & II. Idlo Thoughts of an Idle Fellow. Three Men In a Boat. Autocrat of the Breakfast Table Professor at the Breakfast Table. Data of Ethics Education. Emerson's Essays Vols. I & II. French Revolution, Vols. I & II. Los Miserables, Vols. I & 11. Lincoln and His Life and Time, Vols. I & II. Napoleon and His Marshals, Vols. I & II. Washington and His Generals, Vols. I & II. Tom Brown and Oxford Tom Brown's School Days. THE OFFER, Each set of two books boxed will bo given for 4 new subscribers to The Advertiser or for 5 old subscriptions paid in advance. Plutarch's Lives. Plutarch's lives of great and Illustrious Romans and Groeks have proved the Inspira tion of a largo number of groat men of later years. Complete in three volumes, each set in a box and strongly bound in cloth. Value $2.25. THE OFFER. Bring to this office nine new subscribers or twolvo old subscribers paid up in advance to The Advertiser and the set is yours. Nothing easier could be imagined than getting this lit tle set of books. Half Leather Edition of Standard Authors One hundred and five volumes of this beautiful edition. Every hook selected on ac count of its peculiar adaptability to the pses of boys and girls. Clear type, good paper and excellent printing. Bound in line library style, half leather, gilt top, boxed. Price per volume at stores $1.00. Some of the Rooks. Adam Bede Aesop's Fables, Anderson'B Fairy Tales, Arabian Nights, Browings' (Both) Poetical Works, Count of Monte Cristo, .David Copperfield, , Emerson's Essays, in His Steps, lvanhoe, Les Miserables, Little Minister, Napoleon and his Marshalls, Pilgrims Progress, Stepping Heavenward, Vicar of Wakefleld, Whltticr's Poetical Works, Scott's Waverly. Age of Fable. Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table. Bacon's Essays. Barnaby Rudge. Beulah. Black Beauty. Black Rock. Bond man. Bracebridge Hall. Bride of Lammermoor. Burns' Poetical Works. Byron's Poetical Works. California and Oregon Trail. ' Gary. Alice and Phoebe, Poetical Works. Child's History of England. Conduct of Life. Confessions of an English Opium-Enter. Conquest of Peru. Cranford. Daniel Doronda. Data of Ethics. Descent of Men. Dombcy and Son. Education. Egyptian Princess. Elsie Vornor. English Traits. Fair Maid of Perth. Familiar Quotations. Felix Holt. First Violin. Great Expectations. Grimm's Fairy Tales. Hunchbacl of Notre Dame. Hypatia. Ischael; or, In the Depths. .lane Byre. .lohn Halifax. Ken il worth. Koran of Mohammed. Lamplighter. Last Days of Pomeil. Last of the Mohicans. Longfellow's Poetical Works. Lorna Doone. Maculay's Speeches. Marble Faun. Meadow Brook. Middlemarch. Mill on the Floss. Minister's Wooing. The. Mosses from an Old Manse. Old Curiosity Shop. Oliver Twist. Origin of Species. Other Worlds than Ours. Plckwicl Plutarch Lives. Poo's Prose Tales. Prince of the House of David. Professor at the Breakfast-Table. Prue and I. Quo Vadls. Representative Men. Robinson Crusoe. Rob Roy. Romola. St. Elmo. Scarlet Letter. Solf-Ra.sed. Sketch Book. Soldiers Three and Plain Tales from the Hills Swiss Family Robinson. Talc of Two Cities. Tales from Shakespeare. Tennyson's Poems. Thelma. Tom Brown at Oxford. Tom Brown's School Days. Twice-Told Tales. Uncle Tom's Cabin. Under Two Flags Vanity Fair. "ashington and His Generals. eek on the Concord and Merrimao Rivers. Wide, With- World. This selection is such a largo one that we will make special inducements on any part of thorn. For those who do not get up the re quired number, we will deliver thorn singly on a basis of five old subscribers or four new ones, or for 75 cents in cash and ten coupons taken from this paper. But holow is the offer we wi?li to stress. THE OFFER. This beautiful edition of well selected books for 500 old subscribers or 400 new sub 5-( rlbers or pro rata number of each. Shakespeare's Works Do not forget the Gollancz Edition of Shakespeare, which' is offered for 25 New Subscribers or for 30 Old Ones This is a set of Books that the Teachers and Children should have as references at all times. Alger and Henty Sets. Strive and Succeed Series. Sink or Swim. Strong and Steady. Strive and Succeed. Adrift in New York. Brave and Hold Series. Brave end Bold, .lack s Ward. Shifting for Himself. Wall and Hope. New World Scries. In a New World. Driven from Home. Young Adventurer. Young Outlaw. Start in Life Scries. Tom, the Bootblack. Bob Burton. Young Miner. Luke Walton. Slow and Sure Scries. Slow and Sure. Paul, the Peddler. Phil, the Fiddler. Julius, the Street Boy. Do and Dare Series. Do and Dare. Sam's Chance. Telegraph Boy. Young Salesman. Making His Way Series. Making His Way. Facing the World. Jed, the Poor House Boy. Cash Boy. Hound to Rise Series. Bound ' to Rise, Try and Trust. R! en from the Ranks. Hi hert Carter's Legacy. Helping Himself Series. Helping Himself. Grit. Brie Train Boy. Joe's Link. Rough and ady Series. Tony. ; h<> Ti n ? ? i Paul P?'c;?cotfCharge. Store Bov. eheste, Rand. Bravest of the 11 rave Series. Bravest of th< Bravo, The. By Pike and Dyke. By Right of Conquest. By Sheer Pluck. True to the Old Flair Series. Captain Rnyloy's Heir. True to the Old Flag. With Lee In Virginia. With Wolfe in Canada. THE OFFER, These books will either he given away in single sets or In a whole set. For six new subscribers to The Advertiser or eight old subscriptions renewed we will give any of th< single sets. Or for 70 new subscribers lo The Advertiser of for 90 old subscribers, we will give the entire set. or for a pro rata number of each. I 4 just one prize: To put some zest and enthusiasm into this campaign, we are going to offer just one prize. It is going to be a beautiful heavy crushed leather bound volume of the poems of one of the world's famous poets. This book is going to be g;ven to the first, school library or individual that brings in the largest amount of subscription money. It will be thus seen that the prize winner will be tl one who does the most consistent work. The poet is to be selected by the winner of the prize. While this offer is made to appeal more directly to school teachers, any public library, private individual who is ambitious for books, any Sunday School or any other organization is at liberty to take advantage of it. As we do not intend ordering out a large quantity of the books at once, the winners of the prizes will be able to make their selection from this office and have the books ordered as wanted. Do not delay but start out at once. Where Desired, We will be Glad to Substitute In any of the Above Offers The Laurens Advertiser t j TP. A TEACHERS! Do not be content without a Library. Laurens, South Carolina The Bible Study Questions arc alone worth Ibe ?ubscrip?of! price. Urge It. X