ARTS, SCIENCES, HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY, GEOGRAPHY, STATISTICS, AND GENERAL KNOWLEDGE WITH THOUSANDS OF ENGRAVINGS, COLORED MAPS AND CHARTS PREPARED UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF JOHN CLARK RIDPATH, LL.D. ASSISTED BY A LARGE CORPS OF EDITORS AND OVER ONE HUNDRED WRITERS VOL. I PUBLISHED BY THE ENCYCLOPEDIA PUBLISHING COMPANY 156 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK 1897 |