Waterbury Democrat., 1901-11-19
AppLEToN's cYCLoPEDIA.
An Outlay of Over s1.ooo, ,ooo to Make

An Outlay of Over $1,0OO,O00 to Make This Cyclopedia Standard Authority. So long as the world moves, it's ;ll-
 telligent' population must move with it, and those with whom thinking i,ud reading form a part of daily life must
 have books of reference that tell tlie
 story of to-day as well as the history
 of yesterday. A good cyclopedia has come to be a necessity not only III
 every public library and every editorl-
 al room, but also in the home of every intelligent family. Good cyclopedias have been made at various times and
 in various forms, but cyclopedia,
 like q human being, begins to die the
 year 1t is born. The intelligent pub-
 fisher recognizes this fact, and gives
 new life to his books of reference by frequent and careful revision The latest and best of these appears i'll AD-
 pIeton's Universal Cyclopedia and At-
 las.- of which Il revised edition is Ge- fore us. The United States census. Of 1900 and the British census of 1901
 make large and important part of
 every encyclopedia, which without these figures is now ten years old.
 In this revision the population fig
 ures and statistical matter developed
 in the United States census have been separated into proper sections and
 placed in the articles where the read-
 er will naturally and properly look Tor them. Thus, every article on state
 or territory has the population Dy
 counties, and also the new statistics on
 agricultural products. minerals. educa- ton, finances. banking. etc. Every ;'r- ticle on city or village in our country has received it's new census figures,
 and the articles on 125 cities have been thoroughly revised or rewritten. each
 by some person in the city named. A
 similar revision is evident in the arti-
 cles on foreign countries. and especial ly have the statistics of the British
 census. industrial as well as vital. so
 far as they have been compiled and
 issued. been inserted in these articles.
 The articles on South Africa. China,
 Cuban and flie Philippines have ail
 been brought HD to date. which re-
 quired practically a rewriting. We
 observe also that articles on what
 may be called progressive subjects. or
 industries. sciences and games that
 change from year to year, have re-
 ceived proper attention. Among
 these we may mention accident insur-
 ance. cycling and golf. The biograph- ica1 articles. which are very numerous.
 have been brought down to date. and
 many articles on men who have come
 into prominence within the past few
 years have been inserted. The won
 derful story of William McIlin1ev's
 career. from birth to death is told
 i'll several freshly written pages: and there is also an extended article, such
 as the reader would naturally look for. on President Roosevelt. The col ored maps. which number one hun- drad and thirty. more than i'll any other work of fhp kind. have all been carefully revised and changed where necessary. and in some instances en- tirely new plates have been made. as well as additional new ones inserted. We also observe some new colored plates. noticeahlv brilliant one which ilprnsents several species of humming birds.
 This is the only general cyclopedia made i'll this country and now in 1 print. produced nv an organized body
 of scholars. writers and 1itteratelirs
 each selected for his special fitness an1 acni1aintance with the subject assign ed to him and it treats of more than
 70.WW subjects. while mora than 301n0
 Of the articles are signed by their authors. On controvertnd subjects if gives both views. furnished by ac-
 knowledgad authorities; and in this resnact it stands alone.
 k This work was aditad originally by l President Charles Kendall Adams. with a larga staff of assistants and contributors. the list Of which fS givan in the first volume The revision has been made under the direction of Rossiter Johnson.