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Show BOOKSTAND 'sENT BY MAIL Contains Forty Volumes, of Shakespeare, Shakes-peare, Dut Whole Package Weighs Only Pound and a Half. A revolving bookstand, six Inches high, containing tho completo works of Shakespeare In forty volumes, tho wholo weighing only ono and one-half one-half pounds, was tho unlquo package which passed through tho registry division di-vision of tho postofuco yesterday Tho tiny volumes themselves measured meas-ured two and one-half Inches, and woro nhout ono-olghth of nn Inch In thickness. Although tho print wns extremely fine, It could bo easily read. v Tho case was surmounted with n small marblo bUBt of tho Avon bard, and was addressed to Longvlow, Tex., from Olnpgow, Englnnd. Tho parcel was opened by Hans Glntta, special customs examiner of mall Importations, who Is Inclined to bollovo tho oxprcsscd vnluatlon of tho publlflher, $11.50. Is too low, nnd a now appraisement will bo made, Tho miniature books were bound nnd printed In every detail after the fashion of editions of ordinary size, with gilt print nnd lenther binding. Tho nrtlcles nttrncted so much attention at-tention thnt Henry Smith. In charge of tho registry division, exhibited It to tho corps of women, under Mrs. T. J. Atkins, who wore selling Hospital tags In tho postofflre. Ti. device wns thereupon declared "Just too cuto" no less than fifty times. St Louis Globe-Democrat |
