A BIOGRAPHICAL AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY OF THE
World's Most EMINENT AUTHORS, INCLUDING THE
CHOICEST EXTRACTS AND MASTERPIECES FROM
THEIR WRITINGS, COMPRISING THE BEST
FEATURES OF MANY CELEBRATED

COMPILATIONS, NOTABLY .
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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

JOHN CLARK RIDPATH; *A.M., LL.D.
EDITOR OF THE ARENA, AUTHOR OF “RIDPATH'S HISTORY OF THE UNITED
STATES," CYCLOPEDIA OF UNIVERSAL HISTORY," "GREAT

RACES OF MANKIND,” ETC., ETC.