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( The central idea which has been embodied in "THE CENTURY" -was the 2-An Encyclopaedia of Common Things, with 7.6*7B.illustrations of birds, & The aim of the editor, was to bring the fulness of the collected knowledge compilation of an entirely new work, which should not copy the blunders of its animals, plants buildings, tools, machines, musical instruments, statues, etc., similar publication, -me teuton. -_ .__•_ p«.i i-g cry. j»c«, o _ g therefore, tlie response of scholarship H predecessors, but should be new from beggining to end and along entirely original exquisitely engraved. 17—A Cyclopaedia of Architecture. Tell? of all famous buildings, the Coliseum, th _ demands of an age requiring dull, complete and instant information on 1 lines. Most works of reference hitherto published have been in large measure 8— A Magnificent and Complete Atlas of the World. 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"A perfect treLure-houae of omdens.d and accurate infer- «m editors always kept m '»»•/«*. k_l ■ «h_S?StS h^_Sr Then, too, the. aim of the editors was a produce a work which would be «_» n_- e _tefir of the World Cities towns, rivers, mountains, count.ics. mation.»-C. A. Young, Professor of Astronomy and Physics at Princeton. „ which should not copy the blunders of Us predecessors, but which "bouM «J "** k eonallv full in every line condensins. as far a« nossibV all _n_wk>ilm ° A » aze " ee , r 1 01 me „""?'_, lues » lonn3 i ">ers, moun.jius, loudui.s, _•• . / ' from begmning to end and >vn -original lines. Most works of reference heretofore of dS_S nt We t" '°TT' i ?m\ \ '"?? f r a n a . P _ i, ♦« ra . ,_«-., 49 C^ 10 P* dla « *™\% hel P to ™ than l caa «P«-.-- publishel havf been in large compiled from preceding works, even copylns . nest person*, or never before contained in any book) into one work which should *~ k Handbook of Historical Information and Dates, battles, wars polu|pal Btra Boelcelman, Musical Director. errors and transmitting knowledge long out of date. Several .udicroU- cases ww» . . answer the questions and meet the needs of every one-a work, in fact which parties, congresses, treaties, councils, with exact dates, and the results oßhe 2 0-A Treasury of Quotations, familiar and unfamiliar; about 300,000. "Tho discovered in which a mere typographical error had been transmitted from reference -| should sum up all existing knowledge in art, science, literature, and the'trades, latest census. • Dictionary might easily be used as a book of familiar (and unfamiliar) quotations book to reference book for over a century. 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"Its theological definitions have all the merit of absolute fairness and historical 26-A Standard Dictionary of Techn leal and MechanlctJ Terms, measures, have distinguished our generation, are given in their proper acope. . -'. nmnp „_«.__.„.. „ . . , ~ , , _~• i. , t.•_ - _ » d t. rr ~ irr . coins, tools. mtGhines, etc., richly illustrated. It nas taken the place of all THE CENTURY is not on y the most comprehensive ever publwhad, but it is hecuracy. -Rev. Dr. Va ide Water. other'imilir reference booke in the office of the United States Patent Offico. — • : 1 rthe only one that covers the whole language from the earliest times to the present, 12—A Cycopffid aof Medic ne,' Surgery, Physoogy, Anatomy. "As a work „_ _ „ .. , _... . r-._. ti.. _.-..;»_. ,i_»^„fi»„.» n n _.<---. _^«--_-_ n '■_•_- . 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