THK 



CENTURY BOOK OF FACTS 



A HANDBOOK OF READY REFERENCE 



EMBRACING 



HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY, GOVERNMENT, LAW, LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, 



INVENTION, SCIENCE, DOMESTIC ECONOMY, INDUSTRY, 



FINANCE, ART, RELIGION, EDUCATION, HYGIENE, 



AND USEFUL MISCELLANY. 



. 



COLLATED AND EDITED 



BY 



HENRY W. RUOFF, MsA., D.C.L., 



Sometime Professor in Pennsylvania State College ; 

 Author of "The Origin of the Family," "Home and State," etc. 



AUTHENTIC, COMPREHENSIVE, UP-TO-DATE. 



The King-Richardson Company, 



SPRINGFIELD, MASS. 



CHICAGO. INDIANAPOLIS. SAN FRANCISCO. TORONTO. 



1902. 



