COMPANION VOLUMES TO THIS: THE YOUNG FOLKS' CYCLOPÆDIA. By JOHN D. CHAMPLIN, Jr., Late Associate Editor of the American Cyclopædic. VOL. I.-OF COMMON THINGS, LARGE 12мo, 690 PP., $2.50 VOL. II.- OF PERSONS AND PLACES, LARGE 12мO, 956 PP., $2.50. From A Report of the CONNECTICUT BOARD OF EDUCATION: "The Young Folks' Cyclopædia should be in every Juvenile Library," From A Report of the RECENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK STATE: "The Young Folks' Cyclopædia will prove attractive and raluable to the younger class of pupils, who would be repelled by a larger cyclopædia." From the CINCINNATI COMMERCIAL: "Not alone for children either, but families and students who cannot afford the expensive set of encyclopædias will find in this a most excellent substitute in many things,” From the HARTFORD COURANT: "Although it is professedly for the young, we are much mistaken if it does not become a favorite book with all in the household. It is well for young folks to ask questions, especially if they can be trained to hunt up the answers for themselves. This is particularly true of questions which arise in general reading. The chief obstacles in the way of young readers forming this habit are that works of reference are generally expensive and made up of topics and written in ways which have little interest for the young. The present work attempts to remove these obstacles. The first volume treats in simple language, aided by pictorial illustrations, of things in nature, science, and the arts which are apt to awaken a child's curiosity, or to be referred to in his reading. Special attention has been given to the things in nature which most immediately affect human happiness-such as air, light, heat, and electricity—to those parts of the human body whose health is very obviously influenced by our habits, to manufactured articles in common use, and to familiar and curious animals. The second volume, devoted to noted persons and places, both real and fabulous, supplements the first volume, and with it covers the usual range of cyclopaedic knowledge. Care has been taken to avoid illustrations common in geographies and histories; and prominence has been given to some notable restorations of classic scenes and famous buildings. |