Show EXCELLENT AND USEFUL WE have been requested to express an opinion of Apple tons cyclopedia of american biography published in 1888 it consists of six volumes of over pages each mechanically the work leaves scarcely anything to be desired being in clear type and systematically arranged the matter is necessarily compendious the facts being stated tersely andeer aad perspicuously the number of sketches embraced is as large as could be embodied in a work of its size with out undue cram cramping p ing it is splendidly and perfectly illustrated the full page engravings being highly meritorious specimens of art while the smaller ones have all t the appearance of being consistent representatives of the subjects the data is neither too full nor too meagre being sf sufficiently elaborate to relieve it from the imputation of being dry the life narratives are nicely graded in dimensions according to the importance or eminence of the subject treated being the latest work of the kind issued it leads all others of its class for reference purposes we obtained the volumes successively as soon as th they ey left appleton co Is a bindery and can therefore speak understandingly of their utility our opinion of the work is in brief that ita its excellent in ID every particular a valuable component of every library where it has a place |