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oil study, freshness of trestuont and snE.
nclent 1ullness for every practicable pur-
pose. We may be assured of this because
each contributor understands when he
puts his name to an article, that loose or
slipshod statements are ruinous to a pro-
fessional reputation. Such a man as
Charles OCOnor writes Democracy n
Clarence Cook, the Art Critic, describes
Central Park Hon. Robert G. Winthrop
writes the biography of Edward Everett,
and Joseph P. Bradley, of the o. S. Su-
preme Court, that of Salmon P. Chase.
President Morton furnishes the article on
Electricity, which is illustrated with over
thirty diagrams and engrsvings. Six
pages are devoted to GalVanism, and at
the end of the article we find the name
of Rev. DR.. Hodge. Also Armenianism
is prepared by DR.. Whedon, the repre-
sentative Armenian in the United States.
Who will ask for better authority on
these subjects =? And when we find the
name of Americas Prodigy" Prof Ed
ward D. Cope. of the Philadelphia Acad
emy of Sciences, appended to Comparative
Anatomy, or Henry Hartshorn's to EYo-
lution-where else shall we look for
thorough work if not to such names?
Other important subjects are treated
by specialists in their own field. This is
our idea of such a book. Let each sub-
ject be presented by a representative man
of that way of thinking, and we know
what TO depend on, and have no allow
ances to make. Darwinlsm is not written
by a polemieal theoIogian, who can see
nothing true or beautiful in It, but By
one who has sufficient sympathy with his
subject to present his matter en- rapport.
Neither is opposition TO Darwinism to be
given toyou by Darw1nian, but by one
who is willing to brave the lion in his
den, and who knows what it will be to
fail in the contest. Thus the names of
the writers inspire confidence in their az
ticles, because they write from original
knowledge, and are not mere compilers.
Special attention is paid to geographic
al notices, of which there are eighteen
hundred in the first volume. The means
which have been employed To ascertain
with exactness, the statistics Ct towns.
villages, public works and public institu-
tions, and TO gather facts of local history
and personal interest, have been, proba-
bly,, without example in the conduct OF
any similar enterprise. Geographical ar
ticles are written by residents-nesrly
five hundred gentlemen connected with
the newspaper press having furnished
clear and succinct accounts OF the history
and peculiarities of their respective Sec
tions. For instance, we find the city of
Cleveland written up by one of the edi-
tors of the Cleveland Leader; Erie, our
lake port. is described F. A. Crandall, ed
itOr of the Gazette, and our own town will
be looked after by some gentleman who
is conversant with its great and growing
industries. The work, therefore. is =
complete gazetteer-the best ever made,
at least so far as the United States are
concerned. Such plan ensures more
accurate information than any other of
which we can conceive.
This Cyclop@dia may be said to be
condensation and boiling down ofaI 9TH
er CYelopRdias kRoEn to have been pub
lIshed in this country, in England, or on
the continent of Europe, within the last
twenty years, with the addition of a vast
amount of new and original matter 70
which no reference whatever is made in
other works. Special attention seems to
be given to subjects which are distinctly
American. Compilation, so far as it is
practiced, is from the greatest authorities
known, but it is only to a limited extent
that the work Is q compilation. The bulk
ofthe matter is original. The controlling
purpose has been to make this book the
work of specialists, and the greatest spe-
cialists living. The man who, through
the study and investigation of q lifetime,
has become the acknowledged and IN
questioned authority on any topic, is the
man who has treated thai subject for this
book.
This volume before Us is illustrated
with over one thousand engraTings. The
material, ETC., for the entire work cost the
publishers about $225, 900 before printing
and binding began, and Jet il is offered
to subscribers for one third the price Of
similar works, thus bringing il within
the means Of those who have heretofore
found all cyclopedias beyond their
reach. The saving of few cents day,
or the price of a cigar, would pay for
complete set of the eyclOpSdia by the
time OF its completion, and then there
would be something saved worth having
ia universal library of information
Ignorance, hereafter, will be more mex
cusable than ever.
The work is warmly commended all
over the country, and even in Eurppe, by
thoughtful, judieious men, whose judg-
ment carries weight Gen. Alexis Brazil
mont, distinguished military writer Of
Belgium, says, II do not think that there
has been published in any language, nor
in any country, a work containing in one
so compact volume, so great 4 number
of interesting subjects, arranged with 50
much order and method Hon. p. Cal
land, OF Holland, observes, Il do not be-
lieve that we have in Europe, any WORK
of this kind as useful, as universal, as
eomplete. and of such beautiful execu-
ton. as ,JoAns0A's Usipersal CgcioPGdiG."
Prof NJ. w. Jscobus, D. D., IL. D., Of
the Theological Seminary at Allegheny
CITY, Pa, after a most critical examins-
ton of the first volume, says, "COmpaF-
ing it with Appleton's last edition on our
shelves, we find thirty additional geo
graphical items on one page Of this work.
taken at random, and on the next page
eight additional iiems-historical, geo
graphical and bOlanioal-between tNo
words. And as yet, We have iopou No
item in ApplelOns not found IN mus
though there may be SUCH "''S
This ss mar, Of our testimony to the very
v.Inable and wonderfully complete ms
,or;oI 10 be found in this CyclOpediA, jus
Tfving the epithet of universal" No
less enthusiastic is the opinion Of John
G. whittier, who says, "0ne Is appalled,