The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-08

right Of way. Nor does the magnitude
destroy the proportion and symmetry;
the perspective Is good; the essentials
stand out boldly in the foreground; the
non essentials are, properly subordinated;:
and with some merciful ha1f-tones ana
shadows there Enthusiastically Is revealed
tho touch Of an artist.
The title, consolidated Encyclopedia
Library" as I have already indicated,
came not by chance but was chosen Tor It's
II I have succeeded In MAX
Ing YOU understand the work as an or
ganized unity, then you understand the
first principles of consolidation. It Is en-
cyclopedic, but it is more than an en-
cyclopedia It is like an encyclopedia In
that it treats many topics and discusses
many subjects, but differs from an en-
cyclopedia in that the topics are judicious-
ly chosen. It is like an encyclopedias In
that the range Of information Is wide
but differs again In that the range Is
limited to the useful and practical, to the
modern and up to date. It. Is abridged
as to ali that is obsolete and useless It
is like an encyclopedia in that they are
books Of information and reference" UNI
like It In that the style is attractive and
Interesting from first to last; the tone
IS elevated and thruout the purpose Is
manifestly not merely to add to the read
er's knowledge, but to cultivate as well
a taste for good literature and the best
kind of thinking and living, which Is char
acter building. Add to these exalted quail
tiles range Of thought that touches upon
every essential and vital point in life,
from the morn of birth to the sunset Of
old age and the result needs must be
what 1t is--in and of itself a library, a
library which will make the home which
or the Individual who possesses it richer
in the treasure that moth and rust doth
not corrupt Such library, my friend,
am fortunate enough to call my own.
Here they are, around and before me.
fresh from the press-stlll fragrant with
the smell of new-made books-warm with
the personality and palpitating with the
life from which they took their source.
Yes, know all this time you've been
eager to know who the distinguished au.
thor of such a work may be. Had giver
you time to think you would remember
that God has never given to any one al
the talents. So 1t came to pass tina
American modern talent was levied upor
and leach working in his own, favorite
STAR has made the many sidedness thai
produced the well-rounded work. A
glance at the list Of contributors assures
you at once of. the quality Of the content:
and satisfies that every paragraph Will bt
readable and profitable. : There you FIND
represented the young and strenuous O.
which the nations chief executive is tn,
type; and the rich. matured cIaracte Xix,
our Js4erable DR.. Edward Everett Hale
the silver-tongued orators, like Chaunce!
M. Depew. Albert J. Beveridge and Newell
Dwight Hills; or noted preachers Of thl
gospel like Frank w. Gunsaulus and Bish
op Hurst; and the children's writers Xix,
Hezekiah Butterworth and Ernest Thomp
| son Seton; and geniuses Of finance lik
Lyman Gage and Andrew Carnegie; ant
wizards Of invention like Edison; or swee
singers like Margaret Sangster; and score
and scores Of others who are making
American life In all Its muHiform phase
and activities what It is.
| Surely, when suoh an august compan.
assemble on paper and are bound togethe
| in one purpose. there IS but one inevitably
result consolidated encyclopedia libra
~, library profitable in the study Q
the learned statesman. yet simple enough
for the humblest home where lives a.
American schoolboy. =
Ruskin has said that the greatest ma
is he who sustains the greatest humble
of relations to life. BY this high stand
ard this work Is justly classified anon
the Books the Great; and 1t is this qualit
Of establishing and sustaining right rela
tons in life that justifies the title.
1t was in casually picking 1t up for TIL
spare moment readings that discovere
this marvellous many -sidedness. Openin
at any place, 1t will touch upon some vita
phase Of life and make an interestin
point Of contact which. In turn, become
q point Of departure that lures on wit
fascination, but always with the same re
sult-information and inspiration. de
termined to find its beginning If coult
tho it seemed. like Mother Nature, neve
to be found In beginning or an ending
but always in a process where each ste
seems the parent Of the next. nattt
myself. however. that at last found Il