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Show ' treating of tho history of the metal, ' brands, grades, substitutes and uses. The very complete glossary of mining terms is reprinted from Vol. VII. The final chapter, devoted to statistics, Is the most complete and compendious given in any work dealing with the eubject, whether issued officially or privately, and Its authority has been recognized officially and by the copper trade. f .. It Is rarely that a slngl work is found of such general Importance to such a great diversity of Interests as Is the Copper Handbook, which is practically an encyclopedia of the entire en-tire subject of copper, and as such is of equal interest to miner, metallurgist, metallur-gist, refiner, producer and consumer. iu me iutcoiui vi jjt:tuiLur in cup ' per shares, it is as nearly lndlspcneible as a work of reference can become. As usual, the Copper Handbook Is exceedingly ex-ceedingly frank in Its comments, and the descriptions of mining, companies considered by the author to bo dishonest, dis-honest, are marked by the utmost limit of plain-speaking. That seven preceding editions, embodying language lan-guage of the same tartness, have appeared ap-peared without a single libel suit being be-ing brought Into court, though many going companies arc branded as swindles, is evidence that Mr. Stevens, Stev-ens, notwithstanding the fact that ho denounces several hundred companies as frauds. Is sure of his ground in making such rcathlng arraignments as are contained In this and the past editions of his book. The prlco of tho Copper Handbook Is five dollars, In a strong green buckram buck-ram binding, and the selling plan Is unique, as the book is sent to anyone ordering It, from any part of the globe, without a penny jn advance, tho publisher pub-lisher prepaying carrlago charges, and allowing the purchaser a week's Inspection, In-spection, and accepting the return of the book In settlement of tho charge if, upon inspection, It does not prove satisfactory. That this plan Is successful suc-cessful is proven by the fact that it has been followed for six consecutive years, and that tho Copper Handbook now circulates in every country that has a postage stamp of Its own. and Is claimed, by the publisher, without recorded re-corded contradiction, to enjoy the larg est circulation of any mining annual printed in any language. Anyone interested In copper, or copper cop-per shares, can well afford to write Mr. Stevens, ordering a copy of the Copper Handbook, without advance pa ment, and subject to approval after a week's Inspection. REVIEW OF THE COPPER HANDBOOK. HAND-BOOK. The eighth annual edition of the Copper Handbook, just issued by tho author, Mr. Horace J. Stevens, of Houghton, Michigan, Is at hand. It is an octavo volume of 1,500 pages, In brevier type, but by slight increases In the width and height of the printed matter on each page, together with a reduction in the leading, but without using a smaller face of type, each page carries one-third more matter than formerly, and the new edition, with only 1.500 pages, contains one-half moro matter than the preceding edition, edi-tion, which had 1.22S pages. The principal chapter of the book, devoted to detailed descriptions of tho copper mines of the globe, has 1,183 pages, describing no less than 6.7C7 copper mines aud copper companies, in all parts o the world, comparing with 4,627 listed In the preceding edition edi-tion This long chapter. Which was unrevlsed in olumc VII, owing to Ore accident and illness, has beeji completely com-pletely rewritten, even the obituaries of the defunct companies having been improved by the addition of neat verbal ver-bal tombstones. Copper Is considered under a great variety of beada, In the preliminary chapters of the book, these giving, hi non technical but correct language, a vast amount of Information relating to the geology and mineralogy of copper Iand copper ores, with chapters devoted to mining, milling, smelting, leaching and refining, and yet other chapters |