The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1875-12-30
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aud reliable source Of Information up.
on any and al subjects to winch their
attention may he directed are totally
unable either to own, or even to hare
access to library embracing sc;en-
tiEc, literary. legal. historical, geo.
graphical aud biographical lore. Such
an one would be worth thousands of
dollars. fill shelves on shelves oi room,
and eeen If placed ready IN the hand
of the average seeker for know ledge
would he of little practical use TO him
from its very immensely. Hence it
was that the great need for CYCLIC
pedia-a work that should presen,
in condensed aud convenient form
an epitome of oil this Information
became manifest. Repeated attempts
have been made to supply this nee.
essity. and with greater or less de.
gree Of success. Some Of the resiilt
ing cyclopedias were too volnmnons,
others 100 brief and scanty; hut now,
profiting by all that has gone before,
we have in Johnson's "UStsFRsAL
CycLopEDIA," The first two volumes
of which were yesterday laid before
us for examination, "a apparently
perfect work.
The Inception oil Johnsou's CYCLIC
pedia was on this wise: Five years
ago this month, Horace Greeley was
driving in the Central Park, New
York, with his friend, A. J. Johnson,
the y ell known publisher Of "John-
sons Atlas and many other valuable
books. Said Mr.. Greeley, in the
course Of that dive: 81 want just
s.three books constantly at hand
"Johnson's Atlas of the World, Web
SISTERS Dictionary and complete
encyclopedia Of not more than four
"volumes."
This remark was seed in the pub
fishers mind and the book before US
is the fruit. The talent employed in
its production has been the highest
and the most extensive ever collected
to aid single literary project. Pres
ident A. p. G. Barnard, of Columbia
College, and Prof. Arnold Gnyot, of
Princeton, are the Editors .ih-Chief.
Associated with these are thirty OH
err editors in charge OF special depart
ments. The names of some OF these,
and their respective departments, are
AS follows: Ex-Pres. Woolsev of
Yale College, Public Loc, Inter
course of Nations. etc; Pres. A. l.
Chaplin Of Beloit College, Social Sci
eace; Horace Greeley, (heg,in by
him and continued since his death BY
Ak. H. Stevens), 4merican History;
Gen. Barnard, L. S. A., Engineering;
Prof. Trow bridge Of, Yale Mechanics;
and so forth and SO on. Ia addition
to these, five dis 'inguished scholars
are acting as assistant Editors"
preparing and arranging much If
the miscellaneous matter. while
hundreds Of contributors on excep-
tional topics have been secured both
in this country and Europe.
But space will not permit further
description of the work Of this char
acter. II is well named "A Scien-
tifc and Popular Treasury of usefal
knowledge" and Is profasely Illus
trated with maps, plans and engrav-
ings. The first volume, for instance.
comprises words in five letters, from
A to + inclusive. 1t contains 1896
pages, and about 10000 words for
each of which the derivation, pronun-
citation and Specification ar. made
equally plain.
4 comparison Of this Cyclopedia
with any other, aud especially with
the best known in this country, Ip-
pleton's, is highly favorable to the
work under consideration. Ii costs
less than half as much; it is comprised
in four volumes instead of sixteen to
twenty; and it actually contains
wider scope OF subjects equally we'll
and some Of them better treated and
coming up to a very much later date.
In biographies it especially excels,
nearly 1000 being given in the first
volume. Ii is complete gazetteer,
and as evidence Of the fidelity and
energy OF its publishers an quote the
following from contcmpo'aneons
notice OF the work:
Turning, for instance, almost a, ran.
81, a. A., Srl
the statistical reports of that State Civ
en- up to and including Dec. q, 1879,
while the civil history is brought up to
the close of 1874 Thence, turning to
the German Empire we see the topics
up to the opening OF the pres
ent year, and dates of laws a. late as
May, 1874 Similar facts as 10 Great
Britain" on which subject the official ,
reports are given for and including the ,
year 1874 Cnder the head Of Iowa" /
We find the statistics of railroads as Civ |
en- BY "Poor's Railroad Manual Tor Is. |
"A ), while the fact Of the election of !
Governor Klrkwood, only last October, |
is duly recorded, So, too, under the
head of "Indianola, Texas, we find sue
cinct statement OF the destruction of
that town by the devastating storm and
food of September ), 1875. These are
examples of the latensss Of the date TO
which the work is completed
So many imp 3rtant SUBJ scts treat
by johnson are either entirely omit
ted or briefly passed by other cyclope-
dias, that after careful comparison, the
same editor quoted above says, and
so far as we have been able to go, we
can fully bear him out, that:
We rise from the task, profoundly con
yince1 that In Johnson's Cyclopedia We
| have a look Of reference immeasurahy
| superior TO any that we have yet seen
In comparison with that, neither Cham
hers nor Applcton's, or both, are worth
the mention, useful a. both of those may
be, and are, for supplementary reference
by the student or photographer.
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