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...most extraordinary literary enterprises of the age is Alden's Manifold Cyclopedia of Knowledge and Language. It is much more than a "Cyclopedia of Universal Knowledge." It is also a dictionary of the English language, including every word which has a just claim to a place in the language...
...CRIMSON is in receipt of the prospectus and a specimen selection of Alden's Manifold Cyclopedia. This work is in process of preparation, one volume having already been published. There will be thirty or more volumes of this work, each volume containing about six hundred and fifty pages. The work will be profusely illustrated, and its articles will be written by well known authors. It will be more than a "Cyclopedia of Universal Knowledge," as it will embody a complete dictionary of the English language. It will give more than mere definitions of words, as it will offer general knowledge...
...Laolr's Cyclopedia II., 85; Appleton's Cyclopedia (2d ed.) VI. 571; Kapp on Immigration 151; Carnegies' Triumphant Democracy, 23-46; Congressional Record...
...Lalor'. Cyclopedia II., 85; Appleton's Cyclopedia (2d ed.) VI., 571; Congressional Record XVI, 1788-89; Laughlin's Mill's Political Economy Charts XVIII...
...place of any systematic course of reading, a general rummage among all writers who come favorably to one's notice. When the interest has been aroused by an allusion to an author whom one knows only by name, do not be satisfied with the account of a cyclopedia, nor with selected extracts, but get access to the author's complete works, read a bit here and a bit there, get some idea of what he has written. By this process the reader will be attracted by what best pleases him, and will at length learn to appreciate the qualities which...