Abstract
IT is intended that the work of which this is the opening volume shall serve as “a convenient work of reference for readers of all classes-comprehensive in scope, handy in size, moderate in price, and generally adapted to the needs of the day.”Of course no one who may want to obtain a thorough knowledge of any subject will think of seeking for it in such a work as this; but the editor does not place before himself too high an object of ambition when he expresses a hope that the new Cyclopaedia may prove useful to persons who have little time for acquiring information from books in general, though they take an interest in many topics lying outside their own pursuits. The present volume deals with words beginning with the letter A, and with many of those beginning with B. The articles are short but clear, and, so far as they go, accurate. Especial attention has been given to matters which are of living interest in our own day, and we are glad to see that many scientific articles have been written or revised by specialists. The volume contains some good maps and many interesting pictorial illustrations.
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