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The tables will be found a valuable supplement especially to cyclopædias, as a source of daily to all historical and geographical works, and reference for the student and scholar as well as to business men and every newspaper reader. It is issued in oblong book form, bound in neat The press has been unanimous in its commendaboards, for handy reference. Price, 50 cents. tions, as may be seen from the following extracts from leading journals: “The compiler has brought his own high personal authority to the preparation of the work, combined with an intelligent use of the series of reports concerning the government, most recent sources of information, forming a population, and commerce of the different countries of the world, together with a variety of miscellaneous statistical facts, which can hardly be found elsewhere in so narrow a compass or with so little expense of time and money."-N. Y. Tribune. As a work of reference for writers, politicians, and others, most valuable."-N. Y. Evening Post. "It is a masterpiece of condensation and clearness, and deserves the most liberal support."-Christian Union, N. Y. There is no other publication so convenient and trustworthy for the general statistics of all countries."-Boston Advertiser. "Gives the facts and figures of the world's affairs boiled down even to the point of desiccation."-Popular Science Monthly. PROF. HENRY KIDDLE, City Superintendent of the New-York Public Schools, writes: "I have examined a chart of the Statistics of the World,' by Prof. Schem, and consider it a highly valuable compilation. As a supplement to the different geographical text-books in use, it could not fail to prove of great importance to the teachers of our Grammar Schools, each of which should be supplied with a copy of the work." |