The century reference library of universal knowledge

With numerous appendixes invaluable for reference in all departments of industrial life. With the pronunciation and orthography conformed to Webster's international dictionary

Originally edited by W. H. de Puy, LL.D., asisted by the following editorial staff: [...] and one hundred special contributors. Containing also three thousand five hundred illustrations and three hundred maps and charts. The latte delineating every portion of the known world. The work thus including a complete and indexed atlas