Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-06-19
InE NEW JOHNSON cYclOrRDlA.

HE NEN JOHNSON JNJlOl EOlA.
u. Appleton q CO., the New York
publlshcu, have Just completed the
issur Of new cyi1l II lin, which comes
out IN eight handsome vo'umCs Of
about 900 pages each. In this country
the two leading American cycloTw Has
have been Appleton's and J9hnu0n's,
both Of them being standard Guthoti.
ties aud works Of merit. They have
been rivals 10 the same holJ,
which was also shared by other
similar publications.. Three year,
ago, wheu Il wu decided 10
issue a new revision Of Johnson's Uni.
versal CYCLIC IL lia, Appleton & Com.
pany became interested IN the project,
with the result that there was no at
tempted revision OF the old Appleton
work, but the company secured a con.
trolling intoTestin the johnson publ.
cation. ami the efforts were combined
TO make Ii n work superior TO anything
Of the kind heretofore issuud.
With the recent istuo Il may be-
said that 10 many respects At
least the aim Of the publish.
ets has been attained. Charles
Kendall Adams, president Of the uni.
vetsI,y OF Wisconsin, was selected as
eiitor.in.chie'. aud was given as a.
sistants thiriy.six eminent scholars
who hllsd the place Of department
editors. THIS arrangement ma pos.
slble the preparation aud publication
| Of the work In n comparatively bflei
period, 90 that tue frs, volume had net
become ancient history when the Last
was Issued, ~ IL commonly the case
with enoyoloIm iias. la the new
publication the whole field IL
virtually brought up to within
the period covered by two yoar-
1894 5-it II therefore an up.to.il,o
work. Further than this, the range u
suit ecls was extended, AMI from about
10000 headings rs usually contained
h. these publications, about $4,000
topics are treated, ana the essays Of
technical character arc made con.
else to give room for the new matter,
without destroying their value. 10
accomplishing this work, some 5000
wrIlefs have been engaged.
In the sui ools considered, all ofihose
! which form tue bAsia OF tho usual Cy.
clopcdla arc handled, and recent eco.
monte And other questions receive
special notice. On topics where there
IL q difference Of opinion, representa-.
tives Of both sides have been permitted
| 10 present their case IN an nutn0flta.
tive manner. On the silyer.coiuugp
question, for instance, -COngTessmsn
Bland OF Missouri ami Pot MayC.
smith OF Columbia college each gives
the view Of his school ana on monetary
standards Horace White, editor OF the
New York Evening Post, ani Prosi.
lcut hndtows, ut Brown university,
represent the opposing We've Every
article IN the publication was specially
written Tor the present edition,
Ina one form or another Utah receives
soveral notices In the revision. The
/ utah" article Is most txceuen,
! ruper tyH Utah man, aud presents the
subject IN comprehensive form. The
description aud msp give the most
recent county organizations, ETC., and
the ymr covered aprr5zimalcs o.
tho admission Of UAn 90 Hateho o,
tho Issuance OF the volume containing
this Information being too early to Civ.
any facts u tho State organization.
The az icle ON Salt Lake city Is writ.
ten by a well known resident who had
| special facilities Tor Atcuuainiug the
resources sHI conditions Of the oifyln
c.mmrT,i,l way, The article on thu
Morm0ns &. also by well known
uAh wur,y and while there
are some Inaccuracies which Will
be recognized by memburs Of the
| Church, there are none VI specially
serious nature, and he whole bears an
vl1.ul I.'gallon, b9.h ON Ilo part OF
,lr writer aud Of the Publishers Of She
work, 10 be emiseu,ly fair ami nc.
Cur.te,
Taking the cycloTw ia asa whole, q
10 a work Of great value Tor reference
and study. The typographical feature
iaoxcelent She le,ierIrsss being clear
and clean throughout The maps and
Illustrations also are In the best style,
! ana the bindings substantial