Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-23
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF AMERICAN COM.
MERGE Edited by Chauhcey NJ. Depew, LID,
In two volumes. New York: D. o. Haynes &

MERGE Edited by Chauhcey NJ. Depew, LID,
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This is history of American commerce
by one hundred Americans issued in COM
lnemoration of the completion Of this first
century OF American commercial progress.
Dr. Depew in his editorial preface says
tEat this production illustrates the dig
nifty OF labor, the beaeficence of liberty,
ana the trlumphs Of invention. 1t is an
epic on the marvels Of Intelligent work"
In his article on '"The Next One Hundred
years Dr. Depew sums. up what must be
the consensus Of popular opinion when he
states that such a review of our remark
| able century can be found owhere else.
Assistance has been sought not among
literary men and professional writer's but
from the experts in each department of
INDUSTRY. The encyclopedia Is largely pro-
lesslohal work. This is purely practical.
uehtlemen absorbed in the management Of
me enterprises which are the growth Of
VIC century have stepped aside from their
ehsFoSSlnS duties and cares to put into
enduring form, each for hims elf, a plain,
tteai ana lucid staten mt Of the section of
'he material world with which he is IA
nliiar, and in which he has won his DO
sltlon' his fortune and his fame. No one
an rise from perusal of these papers
W. having an increased admiration
III me nineteenth century and most
holefui view Of the twentieth The stories
OF Dattle and of conquest, Of the founding
ot OF aynasties and the dissolvng of empires,
or the sieges of cities and the subduing
OIL peoples. which constitute the BODY of
written history from the be ginning of re-
cofded time, are in CHASTITY contrast to this
most glorious, bcnefi2ent and humanitarian
| picture of the achiev .ments Of the nine
teenth century"
among the hundred capt Aus of industry
Wiz give 10 the world interesting and in
structlse essays on one hundred varieties
o. usefulness are Levi r. Morton Gen.
Horace Porter, Charles r. Flint, Stuyvesant
flsh, Senator James Mcmillan, Charles III.
tramp, Gen: Thomas T. Eckert, Gen.
tnarIeS III; Iaylor, Senator Redtield Proc
Tor, John e. Searles, Charles A. Pillsbury
warner Miller, John w. Harper Theodore
-. DE Winnie, Philip d. Armour, Fred.
Ianst, Pierre Lorllard and Albert A. Pope.
'diuaple contributions American labor,
imports and exports, and interstate com
merce-three chapters-are, respectively, by
Sarroll D. Wright, LID, Worthington c.
FORD and Edward A Moseley, all promi
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worthy handy place in any library this
book must ultimately be regarded as
standard. For reference purposes it is
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desired
WAsTINGToN AND THE '' nISri,rT OF OF co 70
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MISS Helena Mccarthy and Mr. William
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these names will be accepted as vouchers
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KINGS HANDBOOK OF new YORK CITY. An
u 'a History and Description of the Amer
Illustrations from Photographs Made Expressly
t Tor ms ihs Work Planned Edited and Published
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dwellings OF prominent persons. In con-
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possible up to date. A useful appendix to
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PAPERS OF The PRESIDENTS l7s9-iS,7.
Published by authority of Cong1,ss by James
State Of ye from the
Government Printing Office.
The Star has described the principal
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readers of American public literature
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aid. This volume-the frst-brings us down
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term as President.
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Text of tho Copyright Law Of the United
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