| Show KMVtMUEtllA 1 IIHITASMCl Snpimic nf the IMitlon Note DRrrtd to lie Kfalfr ot the lln triO Venn The ooc > clopo < lla has long been rec I I ognltrd an a unlvcrilty in prim It maybe may-be a first class Initilulion thorough and comprehentlve or It m ly have the su lerficlal and perfunctory iiullllea uhlch Ixtern unlvcrilty men ore wont to charge against the fresh water colleges liven the cheap Aflilri have their hone tidal function The college which mete little better than academies In their early days furnUheo lo thine uho could owibly obtain there I he i lino thin has i been true ul the cheap em clupcihas until the latest step brought the lust pro lucllun wlihln the tech ol inudcino means Hie 1 rnccupedi llillannici has long stood at Ilic examptar of the Ihorouch coniprrhcnsive and exhaustive work LeailuiK olf m that tioiltion I uith Iti first 1 ir III its 1 JldI j tMur it I attained Its mint undisputed supremacy in the ninth edit o i the pub I Iknllun nl r which ua < completed only file year ago It wH made up of the conmmilinniol 1300 water Cecil the icccimwl nulhorlly In ho subject tit uU ol It lOiticil the entire Held of hunmn LntmleilKV When II came out H < iiiiirtniaiy wu undisputed and to nay Its I unrivaled I i excellence is un rtiuMluira1 Uul u lit all Ihese Imposing qualities the ordinal ninth edition ol fun ICY cloprdiH lltilaimlci has three ilra back > vie + iU In Ills Hilit ol n popular educator Ille first ollhaa I il lUSt A price of fi0 10 fiyi aos the Inevitable result o tnt unpailnu exprnse mending tbo publication ot the original edition but H made IK I Ireasuiei ol inloimilion the you teatun ul thu prosperous the rec und d Into b tck U the upliliy with wh ih time panes stud evtnli lake place I It look tueKe > tare to prepare the ninth edition of the Incyclopedia Hinannca When ill last uitun < w as publnhoU in 18114 the advance silence had canle I niiny subjects irvatcd In In earlier vol units boo 0 the Idol unent t ol lit ant bn J ties The Until 1 1 drawback was u rUtil adherence lo the uilr similar lothe one that ue must not irect munuments to liking men or cltiiiK ro biographies except ex-cept of the dead 1 here should be ex criiluns in all lutes The need ol exceptions that about encyclopedia liiuniplikH u lmun hyjome unlsilnni In the original ninth editlimol he I fin lnlC Imh aro olnllllt amonng Quee Vleurl hal etalIsh 1l h r lulu I the Wioiian nje lnuitror Wil lianl I J 1 ul toe rntaay r had ridden uith Ilench troops into 1atli lit 1114 His march UI lad Ilon Dan I Pedro Uraul idle tnlan Whiitier and Holmes had nude hl > > tory mul literature belore this cdiilon was published Hat lUcy 01111 many others lIre excluded Irom bi uttraphlcal notlcv bccaus though ihclr cnrins ucre ntatillthctl their lives were not actually cndcil Clearly murder suppl the full need tor au tiMCioicdU whICh should boll Ilicll the true and pupulir extension ex-tension luilncr work Haineedtd Tnciu leading luiuuements wire demanded Ilrsl the highest standard of compre 1 nsitcnesi accuracy I and Ilterary I and tltiitiric character second Irehnros Indo In-do records of events ol history tclcnllhc and Iiidti9lriil plo rcii nua < Mailitic1 mfurmallun tilt n moderato rather than pr lubtive prue 101 I he ncjilopcdii I Ilrllinnlca luinlsh ed the lust and perhaps the most 1 cssen I III till 1 Hllyn t no other lk a to n could do but each ya mad h moru deficient in the second quality and il uas entirely betund Iho reach ol ordin nri means 1 tic obvious course ol 111tu tv J tore using that great lurk as a hums und niodiling u ulth a view to the other qu ililics has been attempted 1 in oilier ilinoni in this counlr Hut the it tempt lo listen the cost led lo iuiliuk and condensing and 1 wlicn 4 naiiurc hand tncs to bull dUll n 1rolcskur Ulfyal e trealUu uu ilccirlcil ui IrultMor ltwis urllcle un 1t bltrt turn the outcome is uniortiiiiale Ilia 1 true plan has been rtachrtl m Ito cdilluii now ollertil llo the ieadtr ol Iho Nuns That Is I to exactly itprodiico the anti l nil ninili uditum 1 t ol I the lint miiica Huh all us plates nules and marginal reler tlicen and to supplement each olume auh reuttous ot adllll1oll now neaps and AiiRikin tupriltrd unulei In the lilirar > addition the new cdi lion is < hdICIII > > lIe I br moiiunuiital lack of tile original in t hiuuraplncs ol grout nun bin been bIlled in the revinoii by au ooo biograpinw in whicn the leI trs nave nut deemed r it ncces wry to van until uu eminent man h i dead before rnuguuiiiK tnat he his lunl Ihe t uplcmuit ol inapt in c ud1 lit the uised ed lion is the moat ritcnl and lompreltentue collcc nun txtunt hem I are many striking lustrations I bush of the Hat impuiiatice thus ringing ring-ing me tiiciiueuii up to date and ul the uiKuing inh of events that is I con slanii > taking place No mote strikm illustration need be titled than in the mijiii uf electricity The original lrinse by Irutessur Uir > til of lUm burgli n exliaiiitue and I scientific but it leas written In i0 7S It thus Itaics the nadir at the threshold of tho mrtl nurvilous develop tubc1110 of the chic debut age I its a loittally remrdlyd bt IroicsHur j J A I mugs article on I itcincil Iractiun I m a later tolumi llui blur court ol the original iiiiiioii liluaa nu ell HOIU as a telephone od ciectnuil lighting 1s largely terra IIIcII gnu I Without Ihu treatise m the retnuns and additions lully describing the wondeilul progress in electric Illu iiinuiioii telephones and elvclio moiive uiihiiis that hu been mauo In the last ilccauc this lucid ol process would l he nxncnjiii3 which as regards I ilecinc ily is u c > Ue behind the age Uf course the subjects higher up I the alpliihit uhlch come III the tolumcs published in the early bus lurn Ih i tho most signal Instance Uf Ali > Li the lint ulume can tell nutlinig later than purcliase by tile United biato in 1818 lor the very good reason that there was nothing more to tell uheu that olume was sucd The addition < furnished by thu editUi have to tell of Its resources In furs and l minerals and Us geography as iieloped In late years fao with regstJ 10 Africa The same volume Hop with the finding of 1lvlngst lIe by blank while the great I discoveries subsequent made by Stan ley the finding the t ongo Free I Stales and the new map ol that great territory are reserved for the supplement I arM regard lo purely American sub teas this additional information Is I of constant occurrence Alabama for Instance In-stance was disposed of by the original edition In the 7os wllh a population of rfi ooo by the census ol 1870 I while the revision lets the reader know that In IV It had a poprlatlon of r 1513000 dlII III r Iennsylvania l I and Ilttiburg stitlillcs ant up to 1M4 In the Ldmbnrgh edition uhlle the revision brings the census hguicsupto liJ I 1 hs characteristic runs through the Inlotmillon concerning concern-ing all the stales and tides ul 1 the coun try These Illustration could le multiplied multi-plied liidchnlltlv Those given serve to show the value of the original articles arti-cles reinforced with whatever Is I neces nary to bring them even v lth the advance ad-vance of lime lit foituw I inc I out this plan the ullllon ollered lo the readers he News hat been made ai thorough In liteiary and scicntdic ercellence as the r tglnil ninth edition which It reproducer produce and us fresh In Its Information ti n hand of I this decade With its low cost It itandi at the moil poetical complete und popular means of efieclinK Ihe purpose if unlvcnlly cxltnsion |
