APPLETONS' CYCLOPÆDIA OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY, edited by General JAMES GRANT WILSON, President of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, and Professor JOHN FISKE, formerly of Harvard University, assisted by over two hundred special contributors, contains a biographical sketch of every person eminent in American civil and military history, in law and politics, in divinity, in literature and art, in science and in invention. Its plan embraces all the countries of North and South America, and includes distinguished persons born abroad, but related to American history. As events are always connected with persons, it affords a complete compendium of American history in every branch of human achievement. An exhaustive topical and analytical Index enables the reader to follow the history of any subject with great readiness. "It is the most complete volume that exists on the subject. The tone and guiding spirit of the book are certainly very fair, and show a mind bent on a discriminate, just, and proper treatment of its subject."--_From the_ Hon. GEORGE BANCROFT. "The portraits are remarkably good. To anyone interested in American history or literature, the Cyclopædia will be indispensable."--_From the_ Hon. JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. "The selection of names seems to be liberal and just. The portraits, so far as I can judge, are faithful, and the biographies trustworthy."--_From_ NOAH PORTER, D. D., LL. D., _ex-President of Yale College_. "A most valuable and interesting work."--_From the_ Hon. WM. E. GLADSTONE. "I have examined it with great interest and great gratification. It is a noble work, and does enviable credit to its editors and publishers."--_From the_ Hon. ROBERT C. WINTHROP. "I have carefully examined 'Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography,' and do not hesitate to commend it to favor. It is admirably adapted to use in the family and the schools, and is so cheap as to come within the reach of all classes of readers and students."--_From_ J. B. FORAKER, _ex-Governor of Ohio_. "This book of American biography has come to me with a most unusual charm. It sets before us the faces of great Americans, both men and women, and gives us a perspective view of their lives. Where so many noble and great have lived and wrought, one is encouraged to believe the soil from which they sprang, the air they breathed, and the sky over their heads, to be the best this world affords, and one says, 'Thank God, I also am an American!' We have many books of biography, but I have seen none so ample, so clear-cut, and breathing so strongly the best spirit of our native land. No young man or woman can fail to find among these ample pages some model worthy of imitation."--_From_ FRANCES E. WILLARD, _President N. W. C. T. U._ "I congratulate you on the beauty of the volume, and the thoroughness of the work."--_From the_ Rev. PHILLIPS BROOKS, D. D.