THE NEW AMERICAN CYCLOPEDIA. 



OPINIONS OF THE PRESS MD DISTIXGOSHED MEN. 



In setting fortli what the Press think of the New American 

 Oyclopsedia, we hardly know where to begin, so numerous and 

 flattering are the notices it has received. "We can only give 

 here and there a brief extract from the leading Reviews and 

 Journals, and letters from distinguished men, bearing for the 

 most part on special features of the work. 



The work itself no longer needs commendation at our hands, or at any hands. It 

 has long since established its worth; and, if there be in it any considerable 

 defect, much search will be required to find it. — North American, Philadel- 

 phia, Pa. 



The great arts of condensation, of clear perception, and striking exposition of the 

 essential parts of their subject have been fully attained ; and will give the 

 reader a library of universal knowledge in a convenient compass, arranged for 

 ready use, and attractively presented in the concise and perspicuous style ap- 

 propriate to such a work. — Letter from the late Eon. Thos. H. Benton. 



This work, instead of being a mere dictionary — a stupid epitome of dry facts and 

 dates — is made up of attractive and readable matter; scholarly and sparkling 

 essays; fresh biographies of living and dead celebrities; records of important 

 discoveries and inventions ; and information on every subject that has attract- 

 ed the attention of man up to the present period. — Examiner, Poughkeepsie, 

 N. Y. 



I feel quite sure that it will be marked by distinguished ability, and that, when 

 concluded, it will be a vast storehouse of late and very important information 

 —such a work as almost every intelligent person will be glad to have always 

 near him for reference. I can only express the hope that so lar<'e an under- 

 taking may be duly sustained, and crowned with ultimate success.— Letter 

 f)'om the Rt. Rev. Hobatio Potter, (^Prot. Epis.) Bishop of N. Y. 



The editors have done their duty with justice, fairness, and liberality. We see 

 no instance of partisanship or partiality, and, as yet, no proofs of that hostile 

 sectionality of which we have hitherto had reason, in all such publications, to 

 complain.— i/ercwry, Charleston, S. C. 



We esteem it the best and most comprehensive Cyclopjedia that has yet been is- 



sued from the press of this or any other country.— iV^eu-s, Savannah, Ga. 

 When completed, this Cyclopaedia will be the most completelibrary of knowledge 



which has ever been given to the world in the same space since the art of 



printing was discovered.— Union, Rochester, K Y. 

 Its freshness and general thoroughness give it a decided advantage over any 



other Cyclopaedia of its class hitherto issued on either side of the Atlantic — 



Daily Times, N. Y. 



It is a perfect treasury of knowledge. In all branches of the arts and sciences, i»- 

 literature, history, biography, and geography.— PiZo^, Boston, Mass. 



