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H H' i y H fev D IfvipiHglffllMiJjiqjli t? MM The Commoner VOLUME 8, NUMBKB H w. J if-nr"-" """ NAPOLEON'S name fills more pages in the world's solemn history than that of any other mortal. The advance of his Grand Army into Russia is the turning po.nt in his career r.nd marks the begirn ng of his downfall. The picture shown herewith from Ridpath's history, the original of which was displayed at the worlds fair at Chicago, marks but one event out of thousands wh ch are fully described and illustrated in the world-famed publication. THE WORL lliflTI 7-1 I? Cl ATM w3C if?KM fVv m K CD E til V A. w rS Eft P'Jl hJv tPv VAar nioiunv THE PUBLISHER'S FAILURE placed In our hands the entire unsold edition of this monumental work. BRAND NEW, down to dote, beautifully bound In Half-Morocco, which we must sell Immediately. We are offering the remaining sets At LESS Than Even DAMAGED SETS Were Ever Sold Wo llltltl llUV (lulckly soiling theso few r o will imino our price only in direct letters to those sending the coupon below. Tear oft' the coupon, write name and address plainly and w before you forget it. Dr. Ridpath's family derive their income from his History, and to print our price broadcast for the sake of more Hollinir thcBO few sets would cause great injury to future sales. Send Counon Todav. Sf l President William MeKlnley said:. "I am familiar with tho merits of Ridpath's History of the World, and cordially commend it to tho scholar as well as to tho plain pcoplo generally." lell'erson Davis said: "I esteem Ridpath's llltni'V rf Hlr Tf1il lF irltir ri.inf inilxn n ,. A 3...vwW w n.v. ,,. vi ii-ij tiv,Lb villus, auu hopo It will find a place generally in the lit i,,n r .... i i ii . uuiuiii'a ui uur suuuuia, us won as upon uie shelves of readers in ovory walk cf life." rroi. liong, supi. ruuiic Schools, St. Louis, said: "1 unhesitatingly commend Dr. Rid path's History of the World as the ablest work on that subject which 1 have ever ex amined." The Christian Herald said: "No other work of Its kind has over supplied a history so woll suited to tho needs of all classes and conditions of men. Wo cheerfully commend I uub most popular and complete of all world histories to our readers." r IM,. 1 wTiV,!?"0..?.?!1"0""8 n" .h'st0'-""' is due to his wonderfully U.res tho groat hl.torK.1 wta a.lSSSgTtC iTppenlne'ootoro" your eyes; ho carries vou with him t l?l WA? uap.penl.ns. Deloie kings and nuoons afi wnrrir VI X l" "ilLlLes 0l oir " meet march asainst Sai,u n, X'.;;, ', ,1U u? Roman Senate; to k southern seas with i . i. T't "nca .101 l0ra to sail the , Magellan; to watch Sat t .bin "Sat thQ gl0tJe wlt havoc With the Poml i;-"-? worlc L to know Wnmw ::,". ,.!""" uo ueia 0I Marathon; miVArV;;; ,;' "r."u KUOW "ooseveit. K a tonoVoiS 1"? Z&3S'!" world's heroes; you can 0rn TTTk.. .S trrrVaIier,:ih'ch;n.0!? free no more? You o ,; ,I"r ?,,c'rat?' tt0 loftiest genius .-tK! . - 25 k on v:r-rV".?"Bl0U! ?edqm. you ri&, I"rv r Lllu Hurxo or .Lincoln," the mn, " "7"" "t.aii, ,L1" .lue gentlest 4,000 double column pnerea. 2,000 superb Illustrations. 1 '- n 19 n k. COUPON WESTERN NEWS . - . . w -, PAPER ASSOCIATION U4UcnrbornStChlcap 1M..8 lllllll WUliOHt com. I( Mil". Mllllllln llilirno . ... imlh lll m-. ..r ii.. .... .mum! ni.. in;. a:. .""'" r?11- UH.MIHll3,,.HnI. .' .Y"..1 ni' mas .it o.:nii,w'vr:"'Vi"'.rK.v n iiiorUP . lhn.!v..",',l-'i'''.ui.v tun iMiti i-iiiiiis. V;. "" """ Wrlt0 0 N V M K Ainni:ss. a!rUCr nttf W" J,"t " " Pon or copy on pi,., .n, THE COMMONER Qg memory of our world." It is ennohling n irmiimin n.it-i. ii. .... """fc rir; ,V5mwlt" uieso cniidrqn of l,v-oll".t' io ue assoclRtfl win, great men and events is tn i. great one's self and you will mu lu your store of knowl- bu which is power, and to lho rienness of your life. C .. I null. M Send Coupon Today te IJIDPATH takes you back to the dawn of history, long before the i- ma l syPt were uilt; down through the romantic ?nhvi!S?i ?LChaldea's Srandeur and Assyria's magnificence; of Sa; weal,tih and luxury; of Grecian and Roman splendor; of nnfi? ? ?n cu,lture and refinement; of French elegance and British vpS,!,,?, Arnierican Patriotism and religious freedom, to the dawn of vm 2L,,; i ,C0VieFs cvery racc' ovcry natin, every time, and holds you Spellbound bv his wnnrtorfnl Alnnimnna MMiio. V. i absorbing and inspiring was ever written by man. nmPATH throws the mantle of personality over the old heroes of his- crownlnS ti.A iexand7 Jf th.ere; Patriot warrior, statesman, diplomat, 2 Di f Slory of Grecian history. Xerxes, from his mountain mahS;Sq,?GSlisoces with three hndred and fifty Greek ships laguaKo in th nS ?e,et f VGr a ?0nd sail, and help to mould the Kreitoi nnttlB paragrap7 is writt. Rome perches Nero upon Btand Sr nn J?ne on.far,tl1' and so sets up a poor madman's name to llhwftnentiea af the synonym of sava cruelty;- Napo brfSro3!01 rdyo.uriVeJy , and reels . lZm7ln FlF -roentdadS Kranc'e1. TT4 Jf ntfilng with grfm disdain at France whih 7 .v V1 ,?amg wltn srlm disdain thorn ur ' wuicu says You shall not." Washington is - tiiUV't 200,000 Americans Own and Love Ridpath ! 1 Brings Complete Set. Balance Small Sums Monthly. !TlTH Laii'lwtJirij'inm.iLi. 1 U M "MBBIiJllB''lTWrTTrTTnTmi mwi mm uaa