This work is of great importance to us, no matter how little there is to be done in your neighborhood. We pay for it _all the money there is_; we pay in such a way as to make it more to you than it is to us, especially if you happen to live where good new things are hard to get, where the stores are stocked with things that are going out of use instead of with things that are coming into use. [Sidenote: The best things in the list] We put in the List the best we can get and the best we can get for the money: some things because it is worth your while to know about them; others to answer wants we know exist—we put in nothing to be ashamed of. Some things are commonplace; not all are new or hard to get; but those we emphasize are worthy of careful study. To be in the List at all is commendation. To be described is high commendation. [Sidenote: When premiums are due] Premiums are due when the names and money are here, and may be taken at any time thereafter, the sooner the better for us. You can have them right along as you earn them, or wait a little and have more together and save a part of the cost of transportation; but the sooner you take them the surer you are of getting them. Some will be gone by and by. [Sidenote: Who pays for transportation] All costs for freight, express and postage are paid by receiver, except postage on books, magazines and a few small things on which the postage is only a cent or two. The postage on mailable things is stated in the List except as above. [When the postage is not stated: if the thing weighs only an ounce or two, we pay the postage; but, if heavier, it must go by express.] It is often true that mailable things go for less by express. We send the cheapest way, if we know it. Some things are sent direct from the makers to save expense. Everything over four pounds, too big for the mail, or for any reason unmailable, goes by express; and you pay the freight on receipt. [Sidenote: How much the cost of a package is by express] You can generally find out about how much by guessing the size and weight and inquiring at your express office. You can economize freights to some extent by having several things in one package. [Sidenote: Who is responsible] We pack with care and deliver to carrier in good condition. That is all we can do. Beyond that the risk is yours. We register packages going by mail if you send the registry fee, ten cents a package, in addition to postage. [Sidenote: What is a new subscription] We pay for new subscriptions; not for renewals. What is the difference? A new one is that of a family not on our list before.