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men. Many of the papers deserve especial commendation, as presenting the latest developments in their various departments of research.—National Intelligencer, Washington, D. C.
Our own country has never before been so fairly or fully represented in any Cyclopædia. America, her resources, her literature, her politics, and her representative men receive in this work, at least, their full share of attention.—Post, Boston, Mass.
To enumerate one half of its excellences would require far more space than newspaper columns afford. To the professional man and the laborer, the citizen and the farmer, it is invaluable as an epitome of all useful knowledge.—Leader, Cleveland, O.
There is no conceivable topic which is not here discussed as fully as most persons would care to find it.—American Agriculturist.
It should be in every family, for in no other shape can so much useful information be obtained as cheaply. As a book of reference, it is invaluable.—Indiana Sentinel.
It is, without doubt, the most complete work of the kind ever published. To prepare it, the publishers have called into requisition the talent of some of the best men our country affords.—Pennsylvanian, Philadelphia, Pa.
There can be no doubt that, at least for the use of American readers, and in some respects wherever the English language is spoken, the Cyclopædia will greatly surpass, in its value as a reference book, any similar compilation that has yet been issued on either side of the Atlantic—North American Review.
Take it all in all—for the strict purposes of an Encyclopædia; for a clear survey of all the departments of human knowledge; for embracing every important topic in this vast range; for lucid and orderly treatment; for statements condensed yet clear; for its portable size—not being too large or too small; for convenience of reference, and for practical utility, especially to American readers; it is incomparally the best work in the English language.—N. Y. Evangelist.
It is a most extraordinary effort of genial scholarship and of multum in parvo erudition. We commend it as a book which the world has long wanted, and which will exert an incalculable influence in Europe as regards creating respect for solid American learning.—Telegraph, Harrisburgh, Pa.
It has been truly said that almost every man of note who ever lived and died, of whom there is record, has in it a place; every country, province race, and tribe; every sea, river, lake and island; every science, religion and, in short, almost every noun in the language, is descriptively illustrated in the most complete shape in which the information could be condensed.—Blade, Toledo, O.
The various subjects are not treated according to the mere routine of technical details, or in the settled formularies of professional science, but, while the information is full, thorough, and accurate, it is given in a genial and attractive
style.—Tribune, Mobile, Ala.
