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some of the more elaborate European Maps, but nothing impor- 

 tant to the general reader seems to have been omitted ; and it 

 certainly is worthy of strong commendation in its delineation of 

 the Eastern Hemisphere. We have seen no American Atlas 

 that can rival it in this department. 



" As to the Western Hemisphere, and particularly North 

 America, it is decidedly (in our view) superior to any thing yet 

 produced. In the department of the United States it is exceed- 

 ingly minute and accurate. No pains have been spared to make 

 it so. All former Maps, personal explorations, a very extensive 

 correspondence, a thorough examination of the original Docu- 

 ments, Maps, and Reports in the offices of the General Grovern- 

 ment, books of travels, etc., have been resorted to, to make the 

 work what it should be. 



" The result has been the best Atlas of the United States ever 

 yet published, and one which may be safely resorted to by the 

 geographers of the other hemisphere. There will be found 

 county boundaries and towns in all the States of the Confeder- 

 acy, post towns, railroads completed, projected, and in progress 

 up to this time, and plans of most of the larger cities and towns. 



" To this part of the work the Committee would particularly 

 refer with pride, as affording evidence of the progress we are 

 making in geographical science, and of the artistic skill which 

 our country possesses in map engraving and printing. 



"We can not, in conclusion, do less than say that, on the 

 whole, this is by much the best Atlas our country has yet pro- 

 duced, and does credit to the zeal, public spirit, and intelligence 

 of our fellow-member, by whom it has, at so much cost, been 

 prepared. We trust his countrymen will so appreciate his work 

 that he will be remunerated for his labors." 



The large Mural Map of the United States, originally prepar- 

 ed by Messrs. Sherman & Smith, but now belonging to Mr. Col- 

 ton, is decidedly the best, most highly finished, most accurate, 

 and contains a larger amount of the details of the geography of 

 the United States than any other published map. Besides its 

 usefulness as a map, it forms a handsome ornament for any hall 

 or public room. 

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