The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-27
A GREAT ENCYCLOPEDIA
The New International Is Attract
o.. ing Much Attention.

'The New International Encyclopedia,
the first three volumes Of which have re-
Gently appeared, seems to warrant an I'M
qualified commentator. 1t Is an encyclo-
pedfa of truly international scope, yet
written from the American view point and
for the American public. It bears on
every page the marks of painstaking care
and expert knowledge, while it is written
throughout In language suited to the uses
Of the average reader. In the number of
interest. 1t has strong claim upon the
favor Of the general public. It is copi
ously and usefully illustrated.
The editors Of this monumental work
are Daniel Colt Gilman Of Johns Hopkins
and the Carnegie Institute, Harry Thurs
ton Peck of Columbia University and
Frank Moore Colby of New York university.
They have had the assistance Of several
hundred specialists from all parts Of the
country and from every department of
knowledge. 1t is not necessary to name
any of them here, though many have
national regulations and not a few hail
from western institutions. r..
The work Is as easy to use as a diction-
airy. This fact, coupled with the accuracy
of the text and it's freedom from needless
technicalities, constitutes the strongest
reason for recommending it to the general
public. - t:>. -
1.-THE New International Encyclopedia"
national zCycldbedia." It has been planned
and executed as a wholly independent UNI
dertaking, and the editors have devoted
four years to the labor Of compilation.
They have sought to make it more COM
prehensiye, than any other, while embody-
ing in it the good points Of all its prede-
cesors in Europe or America. A null
titude Of absolutely new interests in al
most every department Of human activ-
ity has called for treatment. The latest
changes and discoveries in geography are
handled with especial fullness and are ad-
mirably supplemented with good maps.
The work is strong la the departments of
mechanical arts, military and naval sci
ence, sociology and biography. In the
number of It's biographies this encyclo-
pedia is without e. rival. It includes a
large number Of living men and women,
and the facts are brought down to the
present year The editors are to be con-
graduated upon their success in avoiding
| the dry -as-dust style Of the Iproverbial
encyclopedia. The volumes are remark
ably easy to read, with short, crisp SEN
fences, full Of verbal vitality. They are
also ito be felicitated upon their. excel
lent sense Of the relative values OF sub
| jects, as shown in the length or brief
ness Of the various articles. Finally a
word must be said on behalf of the illus
trations, the value Of which may be gath
| cred from the fact that there are more
than 700 separate pages Of pictures, many
of them in colors, and about 200 specially
engraved maps. ..... H.. =. q. ~.
The first three volumes contain about
800 double column pages each, Of royal
octave size, coming down the alphabet
as far as Canada" There are to be sew
enteen volumes, and they are to appear
at the rate of one a, month. The regular
price is to be IS a volume in cloth or So
in half morocco, but the publishers offer
a discount Of some kind to early sub
scribers. The work is in every respect
worthy the attention of the American pub
| lie. It is issued by the subscription de-
partment Of Dodd, Mead & Co., New York,
and Minneapolis. # =: