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THE AUTHORIZED OFFICIAL HISTORY 



OF THE 



World's Columbian Exposition. 



Four Volumes, Royal 8vo. 



PUBLISHED FOR THE COMMITTEE ON HISTORY 

 APPOINTED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 



THE 

 Dir 



[E Board of 

 Hrectors de- 

 t e r m i n e d 

 that when the 

 buildings that 

 constituted the 

 world - famed 

 "White City" 

 should disappear 

 from Jackson Park, 

 the great spectacle 

 should not likewise 

 disappear from his- 

 tory, and they ap- 

 pointed three of 

 their number — 



Messrs. Harlow N. Higinbotham, Edwin Walker, and Lyman J. Gage— a committee to 

 prepare a complete history of its inception, growth, and achievements. This committee 

 selected Dr. Rossiter Johnson, of New York, as editor, and Messrs. D. Appleton and 

 Company as publishers, and the work is now completed, some three years having been 

 occupied in the preparation of its text and illustrations. It is the only history cf the 

 Exposition that has been authorized by the Directors, and has been prepared under the 

 constant supervision of the History Committee. 



In addition to the story of the Fair told by those who made it, each volume closes 

 with a critical and descriptive article by an expert. These four articles are entitled 

 "The Fair as a Spectacle," " The Fair as a Work of Art," " Science and the Fair," and 

 " The Moral and Educational Value of the Fair." 



The work is issued in four royal octavo volumes of over five hundred pages each. 

 It is printed on heavily calendered paper, and is handsomely and substantially bound in 

 various styles. 



STREETS AND CANALS IN VENICE, 



And in the Islands of the Lagoon. 



Containing One Hundred Photo-Mezzotints, with accompanying in- 

 troduction and notes. Handsomely bound in one volume. Price, 

 $50.00. Limited Edition. 



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