The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-23
BOOK THAT SHOULD Be IN AMERICAN HOME.
The Family gycIopadia Of Useful Knowledge

This Is unqresonably one Of the most interesting
universal educator for every member of the family
CIRCLE filled with useful information from beginning to
and pleasing way that the book quite entertaining
tits instructive threats of hundreds of subjects of which
afford to be ignorant yet of which the people
entirely unlearned contains or substance Of
and useful books famy can have in the house living
man 50 well informed that he may not learn c from PM oo
and will be read with pleasure and profit by all 1t VIII
The book prousely elegantly illustrated and is
venienty divided into departments partial summary OF
Biography.-In this department given interesting
biographies seoO%panied by handsome port Of George
Byron, William Penn benjamin Franklin Patrick Henry John
Robert Fulton Jackson Henry Clay Daniel Webster
Peabody Edward Everett James Fenimoe Cooper Wash
ingon Irving Abraham Lincoln Horace Greeley Fhurow Weed
Phillips Henry Ward Beecher, Charles Dickens William
G. Whittier Alfred Tennyso Herbert spencer VIM F. Gladstone,
oliver Wendell Holmes James Russell Lowell Peter cGoTg, James
ALLEN g. Thurman John Sherman William d. EHaT Thomas
Grover Cleveland aud Thomas A. Hendricks.
istoryEThis department contains graphic ans
the Spanish nquisition the Reign Terror IN Paris Brad
S Ds The Plague % rom s so Ten 81 e
Natural HstOry.Under this heading Is given interesting
BIRDS reptiles fishes insects Much curious information
gns and HABITS 5 and the ar e o S be
Travels, Manners aud Customs, Etc-ln this depart
FORMS fes aud the Chinese japanese people
India Africa Madagascar Palestine, Iceland, Borneo Burmsh
Tun Arabs Turks, Mexicans South Americans American
Indians Egyptians Siamese, Abynians Swiss, Norwesans
spanards Italians Greeks Russians Sberans, Aghans, Per.
SLAMS Moslems Australians, Bulgaans Sicilans
The World Illustrntcd.-This department contains &c
scrponS accompanied by beautiful illustrations of Niagara Falls
Rapids st; Lawrence the White Mountains Watkins
Catsk Trenton Falls Barthod Statue Hudson River,
Allegheny River Natural Bridge Mammoth Cave Silver Springs
the Missouri Yellowstone Park Yosemite VALLEY, Sierra Nevada
Karne Edinburgh Castle Melrose Abbey the
Alps, Paris, vesuvus, Venice, etc.
Useful Arts and Mnnufactures-This department de.
scrbe the and OF printing
tipping boobndng wood engraving copperpate printing ho
eraphy photography calico printing making
porcelain specscles peumery leather starch maple
wall paper urpentne esn tar paper money postal cards. post
gloves acks brass sulphur pencils rubber boots thmbs
crackers shoe seaskn matches mirrors combs
soda nglas lace amber celuod clothes pins whale
Trees Plants Fruits, Etc.n this department are de-
illustrated the culture growth and preparation for
Coffee chocolate cocoa cotton fax, hemp
tobacco peppermint rice nutmegs Cloves ginger
cinnamon alspc Almonds aprico, oocoanuts pine
apples dates rasns, 6gs oranges lemons,
rutta pechs cork, camphor, DREADFUL beenu palm aud
bamboo OIL apioea and ivory plants the
tree goanng tree whisng taOw tree
singing tree, mahogany rosewood, etc., etc.
Only small portion Of the contents Of this truly vau,
usefu and entertaining Neutrality-suspicious. oil
artistic makeup beauty and excellence of illustration,
any nothing more appropriate or acceptable could pos
sTHE FAMILY CYCLOPlBDIA OF USEFUL KNOWLEDGE is
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