Word: departmental
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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The gain in the book department has not been so large as it has been in other departments because last year even, the Society had already nearly all the book trade it could handle.
It is extremely difficult to keep the present large stock of books on hand as the stock depreciates rapidly, and with present imperfect system of getting information about the number of books to be used, (implying a chance of oversupply or a lack of sufficient copies for the students of...
Special bargains are offered in this department every day.
A great increase of business has occurred in the furnishing department. This is due to the fact that the Society is now able to carry a large stock, whereas when this department was first opened its stock was fair sized in a few lines only. It is also largely due...
The Society now buys direct from the best American manufacturers or imports through the special agents of the leading foreign producers without difficulty; and a close examination of the stock in the department will convince anyone that excellent goods are offered at low rates and that the department has come...