, 1873-12-06

| NE correspondent Of tho 7ri1iAs Mt Washington
For long timo and subsequently oditol I,asII.
paGor nj hacheatcr. I4attcrly llo haa boon VOL
ntltl fnvorab!y known nj tho cIitor Of Ambitions
aouy1al: i, llo, too. mny bo ppokcn Of ns VEN
erni'lo @ without oaenae. OF rllort Stature aud
inll habt Of body, with r,b!otnl faco. adorned
ny fl" gray beard. anl surrounded by rathnr
long md ,'itra.nlelcd locks, llo IL tho picture OF
liteiury santa CtsNs. In tis work l,c ID auiot
alltl niostohshtiouH. but clcar-s,shtod aud ao-
curatp. N "
n: llellfrin i# tho walh'ng Cyulopedia Of tho
csthblBhment. llo IL or q Polish fnmiIy OF
scholars. ana was himself tic rrivato Secretary
OF Aosslltn whom TINT PATRIOTS atar was IN tho
aseouaant lits erds'nn especially In natsora
philology. ts something astonishing, md oxtonda
70 Tho mnntcst details. Ho In ono Of the beat
iisoiew sc.o'ars a|ive, and ia acquainted with
oshes oitonta' tongues, bcsilos boing perfectly
~ lion1o IN nearly every language Of ancient anil
modern Europe Ho writea aud HpoakB With
eaAe no less tGan twelve 1T these ]anglages. 1fo
LAS Of late Ind charge OF tho iiterarv roylowa of
Tho the A.iion. Eye Every paKs Of ~ eho Cyelopelia IL
untnercf1ll correction.
hlr. Alfred II. guo17,soy has Ind groat OK
perienco IN periodical and other literary work.
having been n tho employ OF lbu ltarpers for
ppno twenty ycara. t'o,r long Time lo VAS cii-
tor Of tlleir NaYuzne. Att! did tho principal nor
tion nl their historical work IN ti,a War Ut tho
] Eehelhon. liz IL constaHly employed ii, M eli-
torlat revision Of tha copy Furnished by ether
atr. Francis 4. TeaIl's training aud oxporlonco
make him au Invaluable man. lIo was y prac.
tcaI printer, and for n,any years proof roalcr;
Az nnu those wlo arc familiar With tho dutiea of
that poas ion kncW nhat d vast amount of de-
tailed information ls gathered by All Intelligent
aud faithful Man III performing iss functions,
! Mr. Tcalls arc tho lust handa through which tho
copy goes before loaylng for the rrinting-oillco,
| and tho tl'st to receive tho proofs Tho fnal
| aysten'ntic cast'sation, which is expected to
emi.ste croyy b|under III urthograrhy, l,unctua-
tlo, t'se Of language, or of facta, H administered
| ny ln1 though tho general supervision OF tho
| foro tho world.
GENERAL nEyIRE1ls.
,Thcn thero il sian Of resiscrs. sevoral Of
whom are devoted to special lines Of work, for
whiel, they hayo aleeial qualifications. For In
or nnd q distinguished physician IN Boston; III,
vol Us tho author OF aeyora medical works, han
! general supervision of tho nrtic1os on motllcnl
snt]octa, many Of Which 10 writea hinsoif. Tho
Hon. 7. H. Cooloy, LII. D., Of Ann Arbor.
Mich. who is one Of tho aoundest constitutional
lnwyers iii tho country, and is about to publsil
work On Constitutional Law, exercises similar
supervision over tho loyal articles. Prof. Dalton
also writes medical articlos. Eaton s. Drouc.
n. A., hun charge Of tho ttlos OIL American
geography, puch as the Stases, couns;eH, cities
rlvers, mountains, osc., besides othors requiring;
special statistical infornation, such AZ those OH
He is indofatigabio in collecting all tic
Of tho globe for lis special work,
And careful in lIs notliod OF working It up. Dr..
1Iogeboom doyotos hin'self 10 articles pertaining
to the mechanic ar:H, such as browing, blasting,
&c. Prof. L. Story Hunt, Of tho Boston Insti-
tuto Of Technology. loo&a after subjects In
natural history. Fsuf. Joy, OF Columbia Col-
lege, las chargo Of tho Titles Oil chelnistry.
Prof. j. a. Spencer looks attor mattorB relating
to classical llietory anl literature. The Raw.
Bernard O'Rcilly, Mt eminent Clergyman Of tho
Catholic Churca i'll thie city, prepares tho nrti-
cloh gu subjects Pertaining to tho history and
lngamo, who il Tho eou Of tho late Hon. Anson
Bnrliusame has general charyo OF tho depart
rscut Of illustrations but nlEo gives much time
to writing. lfo il . guol deal employed urou
n'nct. of AiH time is employed in ombodyilg the
latest current Information III articles which
lad boen fully completed w.ekn, aud !
lsaa perhaps months, I'a lolore tho information
% Il y naa aoas mostly or vsi w g ored otGG s
jects *li eoso requiring familiarity with Syy-
ac. Arabic. and other Eastern tongues. Dr.. I
snoa dcals with anything pertaining to tho
AM Amsrcal ,.t Indians subject u which ho has
was formerly Consul General at Smyrna, and is
iamiliar with several European lalisua3os, de-
votca llin'se!f cl.ioiy to European biography,
gcoss.!Ey, aud history. Prof. Alexander s;hoal
il distinguished for his knowledge OF European
mich io naH constantly hal,d. Prof. Richard
a. Proctor. Tho Ensll4la astronomer, il q re.unr
reyiser III thu branch or sc;onco il, which he in
distinguished; a:,d ,I,ors Of tic regular stan nf
rcviscln have special casses Ut topics TO Which
they CHIEFLY eo.iIino their labars. Ihoso are,
however. several who dosuts Their entire attou-
tion to tho large class, OF 1n!acollauoouy subocta
which are left wlsn all tho ppcclal.ies have teon
taaun ont. llieEo are Invariably men OF high
culture aud intellectual attainmcntH and of rnn.
siderable literary experience,
Ar. John Miner, tho Secretary, should not bo
forgotten, who has charge of tito great u.ass of
booEa ullu documentary and ma.uacrIpt ma
tcyialy, aS we'll ~ of tho COPY and proofo Of tbe
,latter which III III proro5u of preparation. IIo
is no NOVICE, but = gray y-haired md srny-1ca,dcl
veteran, mud III accurate ana 1nctIIoIical Az y
machine. Ho Keeps q complete record Of oyorr.
thing that il gong on. lIe hnB Of. record tho
nnmu OF every writer, tho matter TINT each bss
returned, and tno exact amount writton ~
revised BIZ each. The coming in of nroofr ia
also recorded by him anda by tnrn}nv n bia
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