The following are a few of the notices which have been taken of the present edition . 



" IF completed on its present plan, it will bo one of the 

 most useful works of reference that persons who have not 

 time lor deep sliids can rrtjuire." Atlicna'um. 



" \\'E have looked over ihc iuo numbers already pub- 

 lished. They rontain much useful and intercom!; know- 

 ledge in a small compass ; and the possession of this work, 

 when completed, will preclude tl>e necessity of relVnin^ 

 to scientific and biographical dictionaries, whose ofiice it 

 is well fitted to fulfill." Scottidi Guardian. 



" IT appears to us to be the best Encyclopedia that has 

 \ it liccii projected or oilered tn the people of this country. 

 It is heiiuiitully printc<l, the illustrations are in a superi- 

 or stjlc, while tin- arrangements of the work are simple 

 and correct, and we feel cunfidmt, that in recommending 

 the Popular Knc\clopcdiu to the attention of the public, 

 we are doing nothing more than our duty." (ilasgow 

 Free Prc*s. 



" IN our opinion, the ' Conversations Lexicon' is by 

 far (he most useful and complete work of the kind which 

 has ever been given to the world. It is concise and plain, 

 without liein^ imperfect or superficial. The edition be- 

 fore us is enriched by numerous additions, and in point of 

 typography, &c. is altogether calculated to secure for tin- 

 work, in this country, even a higher degree of success 

 than it has met with elsewhere.** Edinburgh Evening 

 Post. 



" THIS work is well calculated to supply an important 

 desideratum in the literature of the country, namely, a 

 condensed family library; and as it comes within the 

 range of almost every man's means, wo doubt not it will 

 be purchased with avidity." Greenoch Intelligencer. 



" IT would be a work of supererogation at this time of 

 day to attempt to praise the general plan and execu- 

 tion of this celebrated Dictionary * * * In this era of 

 cheap publication, it would be unfair to close our notice 

 without stating what are the pretensions of -the ' Popular 

 Encyclopedia in this respect. It is got up in a hand- 

 some style, and must prove an ornament, extrinsically, 

 to a gentleman's library, being well printed, on good 

 paper, in royal octavo, and yet so economical in point of 

 price, as to be easily within the reach of the largest and 

 most important class of our population, to whom the 

 knowledge it communicates may be invaluable. The es- 

 sential addition, in such works, of illustrative engravings, 

 is also supplied, though wanting in former editions; and 

 we know of nothing which the spirited publishers have 

 left undone to merit approbation, and the highest suc- 

 cess of which their undertaking is susceptible." Gree- 

 nock Advertiser. 



" AN undertaking like this cannot fail to meet with 

 the most ample encouragement, and if the publishers 

 proceed as they have begun, the Popular Encyclopedia 

 will he an indispensable requisite in every family where 

 the English language is understood, and the value of ra- 

 tional learning is duly appreciated. Liberator. 



" A PART of this publication now lies before us, and 

 whether we speak of the clear and er.lighteningdescrip- 

 tive matter which it contains, or notice the beauty and 

 elegance of the plates, two of which are given with each 

 Part, we cannot too much extol the spirit and ability of 

 the conductors of it, nor loo warmly recommend the work 

 to the public as one of the best and cheapest Encyclope- 

 dias which has yet appeared. A complete and very su- 

 perior family library may thus be obtained for the small 

 sum of six pounds. This is worthy the consideration of 

 evei y literary man. " York Herald. 



" THIS Popular Encyclopedia is now submitted to the 

 public, in a cheaper form than any former edition of it. 

 Every body may now possess himself of one of the best 

 Encyclopedias ever published." Montrose Review. 



"OF Encyclopedias it has been justly remarked, that 

 they are generally too scientific for the unlearned reader, 

 and not enough so for the learned : this characteristic, 

 however, does not attach itself to the present Popular 

 Encyclopedia, which has had conferred upon it the flat- 

 tering, but just distinction of ' World-Renowned.' " 

 Aberdeen Journal. 



" THIS is the reprint in Scotland of a valuable work, 

 originally published in Germany, under the title of Con- 



versations Lexicon,' and which obtained great fame in 

 that and in other countries of Europe. This part is ele- 

 gantly got up, the t}pography is (dear, the engravings 

 lAc.-lli-nt, and the articles generally of a high order of 

 merit." I. ceils Mercury. 



' WE consider our city honoured by the reproduction 

 of a work of so much utility, in a style of extreme neat- 

 ness, and at a cheap price. Unlike other Encyclope- 

 dia--, it does not pay a rtisproportioned attention to the 

 sciences and their technicalities, but disposes of euch and 

 all its subjects according to their relative importance. 

 In Biography, History, Geography, Statistics, Com- 

 merce, and the Fine Arts, it is particularly complete; 

 and it abounds in articles upon familiar and fireside 

 subjects, which nre not to be found trcuted of elsewhere, 

 and which bestow upon the work a particular charm and 

 interest. We have examined these numbers with some 

 care, and they appear to us to contain ample evidence of 

 the redemption of the publishers' pledge of revisions and 

 additions. If the work, inshort, progresses as it has begun, 

 it deserves, and will, we hope, meet with success adequate 

 to the enterprise of its spirited publishers." Scots Times. 



" WE have looked through the articles carefully, and 

 we find those treated exactly in the manner that a per- 

 son seeking for information would wish, of course every 

 subject as it is brought upon the tapis is not exhausted. 

 As a book merely of reference, it is invaluable as it is 

 amusing. The accompanying engravings are clearly 

 cut, and are equal to the letter-press that they so beauti- 

 fully elucidate. I f this enterprise do not prove success- 

 ful, we certainly shall think that in England good taste 

 has retrograded, and that even the progress of civilization 

 has nic;de something like a pause. Metropolitan Mag. 



" For a book of reference we know of none equal to 

 it. We are sure that it must win its way to popular- 

 ity." Metropolitan Mag. (Second notice. ) 



" It must provean excellent standard book." Tail's Mag. 



4< THIS is a reprint from the American Edition of the 

 ' Conversations Lexicon,' with such additions aud cor- 

 rections as bring it down to the latest period, and render 

 it suitable to this country. It has two new features the 

 introduction of plates and diagrams, and the addition of 

 a series of original Dissertations on Science, Literature, 

 and the Fine Arts.< On SCIENCE, from the pen of Dr 

 Thomson, the distinguished Professor of Chemistry, in 

 the University of Glasgow. ON THE RISE AND PRO- 

 GRESS OF LITERATURE, by Sir Daniel K. Sandford, 

 Professor of Greek in the same University. Such names 

 w-ould stamp any work as 'sterling.' * * * The first 

 three parts of the ' Popular Encyclopedia' are before us. 

 They are carefully edited, and very neatly printed. Be- 

 sides wood cuts and diagrams there are expensive steel 

 engravings illustrative of Architecture, Astronomy, 

 Aeronautics, Anatomy, Amphitheatre, Agriculture, and 

 Aqueduct. These articles struck us as being extremely 

 well written. particularly Architecture, on which there 

 is an elaborate essay. We are also much pleased with 

 the notices of Africa, (including Lander's discoveries, 

 and the colony of Liberia) Academy, Emperor Alexan- 

 der, Angling (the best remarks on this head we ever 

 met), Arabian Literature, and Sir Richard Arkwright. 

 These three parts comprise from A to Augereau, occu- 

 pying 334 pages.. In conclusion, we must say that this 

 is one of the best Encyclopedias ever published, and at a 

 price so low that nothing but a very great sale can repay 

 the publishers." Chesterfield Gazelle. 



" WITH this Number of the Conversations Lexicon is 

 presented the commencement of a Discourse on the Pro- 

 gress of Physical Science by Professor Thomson of Glas- 

 gow. So far as it has yet proceeded, we must pronounce 

 it at once an able and comprehensive treatise on the in- 

 teresting subject to which the professor has directed his 

 studies. 1 1 is written in a plain and popular manner, and 

 while it conveys ample scientific details, it cannot fail to 

 be intelligible to the general reader at the same time. 

 Indeed it is composed precisely in the style which ought 

 to characterize all the articles of a Popular Encyclopedia.' 

 Edinburgh Evening Post, (fkcond notice.) 



