The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-05

wAnt perfect encyclopedia can sse that
You ANGUISH for IL. And have the article
for which your soul has bssn, ~ II wefs.
out. IL Ia Appleton's 4pbssfve
tho qualifying adieetive Applston's Ne,e
edition. You hare Applston's work alfsadyY
NY dear cir, you are mistaken you haueat
Years age. when the business was I'll tts In
fancy we got out nh edition purpofttng to
be an Encyclopedias. II WAS the best of Its
kind In existence at that time-=m,leh the best
but, Lordl It's there drlva assure you
abaolut imbeeility compared TO the revised,
eofnplstad, enlarged. amended and finished
production ! am now representing. Why,
sir. there never was. never will br. never cat,
be such work ~ this. Now understand
that there ID n poor, misguided old man
wandering about here pretending tn canvass
for book called the Eaovolupedla Hrltannica
"a Rood enough old mah of eotfse, but
weak minded. besotted, you know Tho idea
Why. this great work OF mne sir. treats al
least ph.po0 SUBJECTS ts,at the britannica
doesn't even refer no. Besides the Britain.
nlca "a all wrong, Ill mixed up. you knew.
and then II Isn't published yet, anyhow. the
whole thing II joke y CHASTITY joke. don't
like 10 run down y fellow creature. In fact /
never do H.; but love the truth aud this old
man is ftaud."
And then our heautifnl and dazzling visitor
spread himself eat over shout four hours OF
unbroken discourse ana finally departed,
leaving us crushed and epsecbIesH. and PRONE
lalng 10 call agatn whet, he had more time
Next morning, just ~ the monarch Of the
skies was bouading upward on his course;
while the birds we're singing In the trees. aud
The cetton floats were beuinalus TO wing
their flight. sasd all nature seemed 10
thrill With life aud motion, All elderly gentle-
man. 81 clerical cast of countananea.
walked Into the room bearing leather par
col under his arm. He Deposited somewhat
din and hoary beaver On the table, cleared
his throat. and Hst his reverend chin LII lno-
tlon, substantially tD this effect: II SEQ that
am talking 10 intellectual tnen, 80 need only
mention that asn rep esenting the greatest
work that ever etna cd from human effort
and human brains i efer 10 the New Enjoy
elopedia britannica. There Ii D work
81 this name already In existence,
but that work. although Infinitely su-
perior to any other Encyclopedia on
earth. II mere ehilds play compared
10 this. regret to hear that there Ia u shall
low and frivolous young man Hosihg about
town In the intereHta Of a pispostsrouH affair
which he calls Applston's Encyclopedia. Mine
Ia charitable and airaetiouate nature. aentle-
men, and | don't like 10 say anything harsh
about \ fellow creature. but the fact ls clear
that his book Ii miserable humbt,g, and that
~ In ~
ID palm u or upon generous and oontldlpg
public IL ~ only necessary to compare the
Appleton with the Britannica to 900 that the
latter IL the only work that can my claims to
being cyclopedla without committing nh
impertinehee. Why, Hlr, We
treat at least d. 600 subjects Of lively and on
crossing interest which the Appleton does
not seem to have ever heard of. VIZ give tho
most complete, exhaustive. elaborate, rella-
ble''
And then ne mopped his streaming brow and
to spread himself over about five
hours Of steady conversation. wlthouta waver
or break.
This ID what we call trouble. Both Of these
persons hre coming back. There rs
not al hour IN the day when we feel safe.
Every footstsp III the hall starts cold
shiver down the back aud leaves bad taste
III thu mouth. II we thought We could nako
Nh appointment and bring them together
here some day and lot them clutch each other
In II dealt struggle before our grateful eyes.
we should b. comparatively contsnted That
were 4 spectacle worth living for; but II Ia
Improbable. Az the matter stands we prefer
10 die. Weprefer 10 be- led away into some
remote and unfreduentad spot aud mike I'M
end Of II. These two encyclopedias are more
thsn we can bear.