THE AUTHORIZED OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE 



-s^ World's Columbian Exposition «• 



Four Volumes, Royal 8vo. 



Published for the Committee on History appointed by the Board of Directors. 



THE Board of Directors determined that when the buildings that con- 

 stituted the world-lamed "White City" should disappear from 

 Jackson Park, the great spectacle should not likewise disappear from 

 history, and they appointed three of their number — Messrs. Harlow N. 

 Higinbotham, Edwin Walker, and Lyman J. Gage — a committee to pre- 

 pare 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 five years having been occupied in the preparation of 

 its text and illustrations, it is the only history of the Exposition that has 

 been authorized by the Directors, and has been prepared under the con- 

 stant 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, is handsomely and 

 substantially bound in various styles, and is sold only by subscription. 



-^STKEETS AND CANALS IN VENICE^ 



And in the Islands o! the Lagoon. 



Containing One Hundred Photo-Mezzotints, with accompanying introduc- 

 tion and notes. Handsomely bound in one volume. Price, $50.00. 

 Limited Edition. 



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