The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-02-21
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A BOOK THAT SHOULD BE EVERY AMERICAN HOME.
The Family GycIopadia Of Useful Knowledge

This is unqrestionably one Of the most interesting
entertaining and instructive books ever IL IS
circle, filed with useful information from beginning 70
and pleasing way that the book quite entertaining
1t instructive threats ofhundredS of OF which
afford to be Ignorant yet which of people are
entirely unearned 1t contains the cream or substance Of
and useful books family have in the house. Noving
So m HT "a an ch and
and will be read with pleasure and profit by ALL II VIII
The book IS ppofuseiy and elegantly illustrated and con-
yenently divided into departments partial summary OF
sBiosrapSy.gIn this department given interesting
sopSyar William shSkepeae LoS
Byron William Penn Benjamin Franklin Patrick rick Henry John
Robert Fulton Andrew Jackson Henry Cy Daniel
pSon Irving Abraham Lincoln Horace Greeley Thufow Weed,
Wendell Philips Henry Ward Beecher Charles Dickens William
G. Whittier Alfred Tenny Herbert spencer VIM Gladstone
A. GARFIELD Ulysses s. Grant samuel Tden Geo F. Edmuuds
Allen @. Thurman John sherman William Eyarts Thomas F.
Grover Cleveland and Thomas A. Hendricks.
arrnSs ~ the Battle Of WNeTSO the Massacre Of ST. Bafthoc
new the Spanish Inquso the Reign Of Terror In Paris Brad
ohro1oogica history Of America from The year ss to the
descriptions accompanied by Illustrations beasts
birds, reptiles fishes and insects Much curious Information re-
found one Othe entertaining aud Instructive in the book
u aSe wen aesoen U The he manne1s customs peculiar
FORMS rites and ceremonies Chinese the people
the Sandwich Islands Serva Kaaria Tarary Cashmere and
Tuns Arabs Turks Mexcans South Americans, American
Indians Egyptians sGmesc Abyssnians SWISS NorwegSns
Spaniads italians Creeks Russians Sherans, Afghans Per-
slams Mosems, Australians Bugarians Sicilans etc. etc.
The World Observation-Disclosures department contains de-
ucpions accompanied by beautiful Illustrations, of Niagara Falls
Rapids ST. the White Mountains Watkins Glen
Caki Mountains Trenton Falls Barthod Statue Hudson River
Allegheny River Natural Bridge Mammoth Cave Silver Springs
a ST. Anhonys Falls Grand Canon Of the Colorado Falls o.
the Missouri Yellowstone Park Yosemite Valley Sierra Nevada
Mountains Loeb Kane Edinburgh Castle, Merose Abbey the
app Useful Arts and MSnufactures-Ths department de.
bes and illustrates the arts and processes OF printing seo-
yping book binding wood engraving copepae printing ho.
graphy photography calico printing chmakng panomakng
making the manufacture osk ron Steel glass china
porcelain specaces perume leather starch maple sugar
wall urpentne ren tar paper money postal cards post;
gloves sulphur slate pencils rubber boots himbes
crackers pegs, sean Matches mirrors combs
Soda ngas lace amber oeulod clothes pins screws whale
bone spoo pins musk shot gum arabic putty buttons etc.
Trees, Plants Fruits, Etc.-ln this department are de-
scribed and illustrated tho culture growth and preparation fol
coffee chocolate cotton, fax, hemp sugar
tobacco peppermint Of RICE cloves ginger
alspce pepper Almonds aprcots cocoanus pine
apples, bananas dates rasns Gg prune oranges lemons
pecha cork, camphOr, bread.fut betenut palm and
bamboo the OIL apioca and ivory plants the bgree
OF California the tree soap plant laughing plant fountain
goanng whing tree banyar tree taow tree paper
tree singing tree, mahogany rosewood, etc., etc.
Only small portion of the contents Of this truly valu
useful and entertaining one
language. No cycl0peda ever heretofore published
artistic makeup beauty and excellence of Illustration
any nothing appropriate acceptable could pos
THE FAMILY CYCLoP.BDIA OF USEFUL KNOWLEDGE Is
fine paper and elegantly bound in CLOTH embeished
book will he sent by mail tpad upon receipt of price
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