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sons for Forty Years Past.
| The history Of the origin and growth Of
the Encyclopedias is long reaching from
the Hermetic books, a compilation of hu-
man knowledge as developed by the an
| cient Egyptians, down through the works
of Aristotle and other philosophers of an
| cient Greece and Ringelberg, in Basel
| Genth century, A. D.)-the first work to
| be called an "Encyclopa edia" Q541)-to the
modern high development exemplified in
| the New Chambers Encyclopaedia QS95
| edition).
This work, deservedly popular since its
| first number was issued IN 1860, has AL
ways been considered a standard for ref
| erence purpose, and 1t is not strange that,
| through all these forty years since its
inception, it should have grown daily
| more indispensable to the English-speak-
| ing world until at the present day, and
| in its present form, 1t is regarded as oc-
| cupying the very pinnacle of excellence
among the numerous other works of ref
! erence published in the English language.
| This success is due to the breadth, con-
venience and authenticity of the work.
! 1t Is a condensation of human knowledge
! into compact and comparatively port
| able form, leaving out all unimportant de-
! tails, and presenting only such informa-
! ton as will tend to a thorough compre-
| hension of the subject.
| The editors realize that, to the human
| race in general, readily accessible in
formation on many topics would be of
great benefit and each article has head
| ing Of it's own. One, therefore, looks at
| once for information on the Eye, for eX-
! ample under e, instead of referring to
| the article on Physiology. That this is an
| advantage to any one, the student as
we'll as the school child cannot deny, and
serves as an example of the logical way
in which this Encyclopedia has been de-
! Veloped
In choosing the contributors for a book
| of this kind the publishers, realizing that
| intellect, like patriotism, has no nation
atty, determined to select for the work
| the best Of all countries. To choose any
one but James Geil1le to write on Geology
| would be as ill-advised as the selection
| Of any one but Thomas Edison on the
| Photograph and kindred subjects.
Again, DR.. David Patrick, a distin-
| guished scholar. has been the editor Of
this revised edition, being the logical sue
| cessor Of DR.. Andrew Findlater, the edi-
itor of the original edition. With DR..
| Patrick and his assistant, Mr. w, s.
| Washburn. Of Philadelphia, Pa, have
been associated such minds as Edward
| Charming, PHI D., of Harvard university;
4 W "a. d.
College, Edinburgh university James
Geikie, LII. D., f. R. S., professor of
geology in Edinburgh university; A. R.
| Spofford, assistant librarian of United
! States congress; N. s. Shaler, professor
| of paleontology in Harvard university;
| Charles w. Greene, M. D., of Brown uni
versity; Friedrich MaX-Muller, LII. D.,
professor Of comparative philology, Ok
| ford university; Robert Ellis Thompson,
II ~ 7 .,G l.
| English literature, University Of Penn
| sylvania, and the venerable William Far
rar, D. D., f. r. s., archdeacon of West
| minister, ETC.: all men of international
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of course, but a few selected at random
to show the scope of the authorship en-
ployed in this work, and in no other is
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oughly international in reputation, the
result Of which is a library of universal
| knowledge, combining accuracy of infor-
nation with the highest scholarly ex-
cellence.
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present year, we have all that Is best
since the dawn of civilization, which has
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of future record. In addition to this we
find every new and progressive subject
carefully treated, with accounts of men
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names high on the roll of fame in these
closing days Of the century
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events. This new edition thus becomes
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Ventions, etc.. have been so crowding the
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