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intention to continue this regularly hereafter. The article on the " Recent 

 Growth of American Cities " describes thirty-six. The special religious articles 

 include " Labor Church," " Parliament of Religions," " Sunday Rest,'' " Theoso- 

 phy," and one on the " Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day 

 Saints," which is the non polygamous branch of the Mormons. This last is 

 written by a presiding elder, and is illustrated with a portrait of Joseph Smith, 

 the head of the Church. The new Temple in Salt Lake City was finished in 

 1893, and a description of it will be found in the article " Utah," with two illus- 

 trations, showing both the present costly Temple and the humble one that was 

 erected in Kirtland, Ohio, half a century ago. 



The death roll of 1893 includes many eminent men. Among them are 

 James G. Elaine, Edwin Booth, Phillips Brooks, Gounod, the composer, Ruther- 

 ford B. Hayes, Carter Harrison, Marshal MacMahon, Francis Pftrkman, and 

 John Tyndall ; while those of lesser note include the artists J. H. Beard, F. M. 

 Brown, Buttre, Casilear, Vicat Cole, Dodge, Gould, Pettie, and Wellstood ; the 

 authors Bynner, Dwight, C. C. Jones, Knatchbull-Hugessen (Lord Brabourne), 

 Lucy Larcom, Liibke, Maupassant, Merivale, Symonds, Taine, Towle, and 

 Zorilla ; the clergymen Deems, Giles, Kip, and Thwing ; the inventors Berdan, 

 Densmore, Francis, and Harvey ; the jurists Billings, Blatchford, Bond, Come- 

 gys, Frazer, Lamar, Larremore, and Macomber ; the scholars Jowett, Nettleship, 

 and Schaff; the scientists Bartlett, Genth, Goebel, Hosford, Lupton, and Seaton ; 

 the soldiers Beauregard, Carroll, Corse, Crittenden, Doubleday, Ingalls, Miribel, 

 Kirby Smith, and Townsend ; the naval officers Bridge, Jenkins, Queen, and 

 Melancton Smith ; the statesmen Earl of Derby, Jules Ferry, Hamilton Fish, 

 Gait, Saulsbury, and Schmerling ; the actress and author Fanny Kemble ; the 

 pioneer William T. Coleman ; Margaret Fox Kane ; and the reformers Abby 

 Hopper Gibbons, Sallie Holley, and Lucy Stone Blackwell. Of all these and 

 numerous others the reader will find sketches in this volume, many being illus- 

 trated with portraits, and in these lives is briefly told a large part of the story 

 of the generation that is now passing away. 



To get an idea of the growth of our own country in the past } 7 ear, the reader 

 should look first at the article " United States," then at the one on the national 

 finances, then at " Commerce and Navigation," then at the " Financial Review," 

 then at the articles on the States and Territories, then at those under " Cities, 

 Growth of," and finally at those on the religious denominations. 



The illustrations, as usual, include three portraits on steel, the subjects this 

 year being the clergyman Phillips Brooks, the actor Edwin Booth, and the 

 scientist John Tyndall. The colored plates are four views at the World's Fair 

 and two maps (Bering Sea and Brazil), engraved especially for this volume. 

 The engravings in the text number nearly a hundred and include many fine 

 vignette portraits. 



The volume closes with an index to the entire series, which enables the 

 reader to find the record of almost any important occurrence of the past eighteen 

 years. 



NEW YORK, April 13 t 1894. 



