THE NEW AMERICAN CYCLOPAEDIA. 



OPINIONS OF THE PRESS AND DISTINGUISHED MEN. 



In setting forth what the Press think of the New American 

 Cyclopaedia, we hardly know where to begin, so numerous and 

 flattering are the notices it has received. "We can only give 

 here and there a hrief extract from the leading Reviews and 

 Journals, and letters from distinguished men, bearing for the 

 most part on special features of the work. 



The work itself no longer needs commendation at our hands, or at any hands. It 

 has long since established its worth; and, if there be in it any considerable 

 defect, tnuch search will be required to find it. North American, Philadel- 

 phia, Pa. 



The great arts of condensation, of clear perception, and striking exposition of the 

 essential parts of their subject have been fully attained; and will give the 

 reader a library of universal knowledge in a convenient compass, arranged for 

 ready use, and attractively presented in the concise and perspicuous style ap- 

 propriate to such a work. Letter from the late Hon. Tnos. H. BENTON. 



This work, instead of being a mere dictionary a stupid epitome of dry facts and 

 dates is made up of attractive and readable matter; scholarly and sparkling 

 essays; fresh biographies of living and dead celebrities; records of important 

 discoveries and inventions; and information on every subject that has attract- 

 ed the attention of man up to the present period. Examiner, Poughkeepsie, 

 N. Y. 



I feel quite sure that it will be marked by distinguished ability, and that, when 

 concluded, it will be a vast storehouse of late and very important information 

 such a work as almost every intelligent person will be glad to have always 

 near him for reference. I can only express the hope that so large an under- 

 taking may be duly sustained, and crowned with ultimate success. Letter 

 from the Rt. Rev. HORATIO POTTER, (Prot. Epis.~) Bishop of N. Y. 



The editors have done their duty with justice, fairness, and liberality. We see 

 no instance of partisanship or partiality, and, as yet, no proofs of that hostile 

 sectionality of which we have hitherto had reason, in all such publications, to 

 complain. Mercury, Charleston, S. C. 



We esteem it the best and most comprehensive Cyclopedia that has yet been is- 

 sued from the press of this or any other country. News, Savannah, Ga. 



When completed, this Cyclopaedia will be the most complete library of knowledge 

 which has ever been given to the world in the same space since the art of 

 printing was discovered. Union, Rochester, N. Y. 



Its freshness and general thoroughness give it a decided advantase over any 

 other Cyclopaedia of its class hitherto issued on either side of the Atlantic 

 Daily Times, N. Y. 



It is a perfect treasury of knowledge. In all branches of the arts and sciences, i 

 literature, history, biography, and geography. Pilot, Boston, Mass. 



