The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-27


nearing completion. The title is "bir al
| Records of the Union and Confederate Ar
| mics in the War of the Rebellion More
than a hundred volumes have so far APP
| peared and in a year or two more the ful
| work will be ready.
| Almost equaling the Official Records
| in voluminousness is the "DictonHrN OF
| National Biography" begun under the ed
| itorial direction of Leslie Stephen and con-
| tinued under that of Sidney Lee. The
| name of this work is unfortunate and con-
| fusing, it includes only the names Of
those who have been British subjects No
! biogra phes, moreover, are given of living
| personages. and the enterprise has
| been in preparation for upwards of ii
| years, many names of much interest will
| he looked for in vain But within its
| scope the dictionary has not rival. 1t is
the first book to consult for reliable intor-
| nation about a vast number of men and
wcmen who have achieved prominence in
the fields of literature. science art. phi
losophy and in civil and military history.
F'ifty-seven volumes have so far appeared
| and the alphabet is now completed
| through the letter T.
| When one consults a cyclopaedia he
| generally wants one where he will find
| the greatest variety of information within
| the smallest space. In such cases the first
| book to consult is "Harpers Book of
Embracing Science Literature and Art"
compiled by Joseph II. Willsey and edited
| by Charlton 7. Lewis. The work is in one
| compact, though extensive volume, and is
| a thorough revision but with many addi-
tons. of the wellknown Haydns Die
| tionary of Dates
The american College and Public
| School Directory for 1892 contains full
list of institutions of higher education
| and of public and private school ofiicia s.
brought well down to date.
strong prejudice has always existed
| against that class of publications called
public documents This is partly because
| people have the impression that they are
| largely confined to endless reiterations of
| the proceedings of congress and partly
| because il has been so difficult to find the
| information on very many topics which
| the publications of the government have
| really contained. The former idea is ii
msconCeption. While routine reports of
| the various political departments and the
| records Of congressional proceedings fill
| great number of volumes, much larger
| number have been devoted to most prac-
| teal SUBJECTS from the analysis of the
| common foods of the people to the invest-
| CATION of the markets of the world and
| the conditions of life among various ma
| lions. But that this practlcal information
| has been contained under confusing titles
| s;e - H'N!iV"'
| 1870. t - ~. 80 -. CIV
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| respects. Many of the volumes published
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