| Show REVIEW OF THE COPPER HANDBOOK VOL IX A the ninth annual edition of the copper handbook edited and published by horace J Stev stevens ells houghton michigan is just received this work which has become a standard authority on the subject for the entire gobe globe has in its latest edition 1628 octavo pages contain containing ind considerably more than a million words and in addition to the miscellaneous chapters lists and describes no less than copper mines and copper mining companies in all parts of the world descriptions ranging from two or three lines in the case of companies that have died recently to sixteen pages in the case of one of the largest mines a mine by the way that employs some seven thousand men and has paid dividends of considerably more than a hundred million dollars the mine descriptions are the same as in the pieced preceding ng volume except that upwards of eight hundred new titles have been added covering descriptions not contained in any previous edition the chapter of statistics containing upwards of forty tables treating of copper from almost every conceivable standpoint has been fully revised and brought as nearly as possible to date the miscellaneous chapters of the book twenty four in number treat of the subject of copper from a great variety of viewpoints including the history chemistry mineralogy metallurgy and uses of the metal and this section of the book also has chapters devoted to substitutes alloys brands and grades and a copious glossary the plan on which the book is sold remains the same as for seven years past the publisher sending the book by mail fully prepaid pre paid to any address ordered without advance payment of any sort and subject to approval after a weeks inspection the price is 5 that this unusually liberal plan has proven successful is showed by the statement of the publisher that net losses through returned copies and defaulted payments are less than 4 per cent anyone interested te in the subject of copper as pro ducer consumer or investor in shares should write to mr stevens for a copy of the copper handbook on the unusually liberal terms noted |
