Triumphs and Wonders OF THE 19th Century
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THE TRUE MIRROR OF A PHENOMENAL ERA
A VOLUME OF ORIGINAL, ENTERTAINING AND INSTRUCTIVE HISTORIC AND DESCRIPTIVE WRITINGS, SHOWING THE MANY AND MARVELLOUS ACHIEVEMENTS WHICH DISTINGUISH AN HUNDRED YEARS OF Material, Intellectual, Social and Moral Progress EMBRACING AS SUBJECTS ALL THOSE WHICH BEST TYPE THE GENIUS, SPIRIT AND ENERGY OF THE AGE, AND SERVE TO BRING INTO BRIGHTEST RELIEF THE GRAND MARCH OF IMPROVEMENT IN THE VARIOUS DOMAINS OF HUMAN ACTIVITY.
BY JAMES P. BOYD, A.M., L.B., Assisted by a Corps of Thirty-Two Eminent and Specially Qualified Authors.
Copiously and Magnificently Illustrated.
PHILADELPHIA A. J. HOLMAN & CO.
Copyright, 1899, by W. H. Isbister. All Rights Reserved.
Copyright, 1901, by W. H. Isbister.