The wonders of the world in nature, art and mind

Comprising a complete library of useful and entertaining knowledge

Illustrated with several hundred engravings. Consisting of views of cities, celebrated edifices, and other great works of architecture, monuments, mechanical inventions, ruins, illustrations of the man ners and costumes of different nations, volcanoes, cat aracts, earthquakes, caverns, curiosities, trees, beasts, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc. Carefully compiled by Robert Sears