, 1873-12-06

goiug out and coming IN, willie tho oi,lco-vorl
goos h'onsiils OIL 10 far M now topics arc con.
cermot oyoiy ons Ia encouraged 10 HuRgoat tllon
vestlgattn,s; but thu eslitoru finally decide
| whether they nro to bo ndmlttoi or not.
lilo sccrctury las eltarKo of lilo Rreat mass ol
! copy wlhle it In IN couruo Of propara.
ton, rocoiyng tho articles M faHt aH tlloy nro
proparcd. Al snon AZ tho material tluteon, fron
tho yarloun writer's IN eotlaccutycly complete 1t
gonH througL. tho sororo operation OF editorial
reviaion. Tho !lrse part Of t!lla work Is Divided
between Mr. { Carter M al'a DR.. uuornuoy VIM read
corrcettona III asatonscnt or exprosson ~ they
hoe fit, md ourtating or modifying wlorcyor It
u demanded. Tlaoy, aro couasnnty verifying
doubtful ntaton,onts. looking up facts s,,d datos,
no uncommon thing for tllom to find all article
quito unsatisfactory, and to aond it bnuls to lilo
unnc or another wster to ho improved, or ove1,
entirely dono over Mr. Ripley and alr. Dana
are all this while koopins an oyo to this copy.
looking over art!cleH, mailing suggestions. and
iooking out tor flnwa and imperfeotions. Final
ly, Mr.: Toall takes tito matter III hand, and pro-
pares It FOR tho printer. flo settlcs all mattors
oi orthograpl'y, punetuation, &c.. aud exercises
statee 81 tho nrticlos. Aftor lis eautigation MI IL
coml'lo'o, 1t goea to THO printing. offico.
Presently 1t rotnTnB iii galloy-proofs," which
Mr.. 1call rceoiyos md corroots. Ihcso arc tuon
sent to Alr. Hefrin. WHO makes MI hs revision
broad margins with changes and corrections,
ovcu after tho matter l,ag been through no many
competent hands III copy. hlr. Carter and tho
chief editors aHo look over tho proofs to guard
asaianst i,e possibility Of an error Kattag be;
corrections sud cLauges, aro thon sent oyor to
tho print,ug-ofllco nnd tho correotious 1nado In
type. Frosl, proufs aro thon sont back for fur
thor improvemeuts, and again returned lilo
matter II then 'nso up nto pagos, and ps go
f1rDn}l " tnI{nn nt HHnt tn fhn hfftfura
after tho pages hnve beon cast Into platos, Htll
nnothcr aot of proofs are taken, which arc sent
to tho oflico md pasted into large folios for
reference. Still tho book Is open fur cur
rectloli Or improvement up to tho lust moment
bnforo being put to prcss. II my naw event of
importance uccnts. or now and valuable material
cooA to light, tl,oro IL no hesitation III Destroy
l'lt; plates and having this HOW matter illcorpo-
rated. An MT instance, tbs first volume uas Ill
ready for tho press, when tho first nows Of tic
Io!arla Expedition was received; ou! Tho work
upon 1t WAS stopped at III oyder tll:t Tho ra-
sut OF Capt. Hafrs investigalion might bo om-
bodied in the article Oh Arctic Discovery. Again.
tho latest statiatics obtainabio woro thoso Of
1879. short time ago TIC figures Of 1873 catno
ont. aud, though thu article lad long before
passed into the closod-up plates. It was ro-
opened, the now statistics introduced, aud tho
pages rcadjusted.
During all this process, from the Limo tho old
pngcs are taken III hand ill tho now onca arc
put to press, tho cloHost scrutiny IL exercised
over tl!o work, and tho most rigid attention to
every detail ID oxacted. Tho amount of matter
undergoing tho transformation Al oAce IL more
than tltoe volumes of The work.
rRodnEss MADE.
At this moment the aslvauco-guard Of general
who aro vol King OH tho miEcellaneonB
1tlccs lclt, utter nil ipcclalttcg arc taken out,
nre q i''.sr IN tho eleventh volume, down III tho
tho letter I'M" Tho work Of special writer's is
nj oh #
ceding four volumes. Tho editorial rcviscrs
l'ayo in hand uatscr belonging to thu soyenth
and eighth Volumes Wllon I last visited tho
aaa,etun. 4 day or two ago, copy lad boon sent
to the prin:ing-oicc to THO word +" Forgery"
vol along i'll tho seventh volume Ealloy-proofa
bud been received to Fischer" early in the
samc volume; pago-prools to Falmouth"
noar tho beginning Of that volume ; aud plato
proofs to " Europe" which Ia near tue close Of
.he sx1h Volume; vonms; T. nnd M arc sub,
about the 1st OF January. Tao others will fol-
low Al intervals Of two or three montla.
IMPORTANT GRANGER.
Tho transformation Of tue Gyclopedin, after
under going this process ig complete, aid jusIl-
los thls casaa that it IL SUBSTANTIALLY now work.
Ec., wc!, wcre oi liitlo Significance are omitted,
ALL ternla nlarc!y requiring dehution, SUCH as 1t
ID the function OF dictionary to givo, aro sup
pressed. EyorYfhing iH retained which ia
w ~ w ~ oAc1alt lutllc4tt W tue hcNolhE
5r tho seeker for information i'll any ]lna to in
luce such porson to resort to 4 cyelopedia, for
light upon 1t. Many OF the old articles wllich
went unnecessarily into detail, or wose unduly
9lahosasod i'll Htylo or construction, are con
1enacd.
II ~ principle rigialy sdherad to.in this odi'
:,on LINZ eAsfe shalt oe 20 waste OF s,aco , Nc
outward no:lsl'ca of style are tolerated. What
= required IL c!e&r concise, a1al fosc!blo state,
nont OK gu tue iacts worth statlng. Vigor aud
,loga"co III a!tscloa which admit Of these luall-
'.oa sro appreciated. but no olaorescenco Of
angua9e. ...
Not only il thero vast amount OF later infor-
nation Incorporated into tl,s articles, bringing
hcnl down aa nearly Al possible 10 tho present
moment, but tho changes OF tho Inst fifteen
'oars havo brought largo number Of nav sub
ccts iuto prominence, III history, geography,
biography. and Acionco. Tho Confederate
,tases /" il u now title, occupying much space |
md flat uamo suggesta u host of others to come
IL III their propsr llases. Thu articlos on
American Wiues,' "Alashn, ~" Fish-Culturo,"
md scores OF oshora, aro now. Tho title 81 Bank
nd all suhjccts pertaining to commercial and |
intetesta, arc mich moro freely treat
ID than in this old edition aud ali statistical in.
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