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From Washington Post. Sept. [21?], 1891.

American Biographical Cyclopedia.

The National Cyclopedia of American Biography, now in course of preparation, by James T. White & Co., New York city, bids fair to be one of the large literary enterprises of the century. The plan of its preparation, as indicated by the publishers, must commend itself to every one. Nominating and advisory editors are appointed in the various States, who indicate those who are entitled o representation, and who act as sponsors for their worthiness. Instead of devoting the greater portion of the work to pre-Revolutionary times, it is intended to make this a live cyclopedia, which, while preserving all that is valuable in the past, will embrace the men and women who are doing the work and molding the thought of to-day. While literary workers are given ample representation, it is thought that the great forces of to-day wich contribute to the largest growth of the country are in its industrial and commercial pursuits, which deserve and command fuller recognition than heretofore been accorded them in works of this character. It is aimed as far as possible to have every biography embellished with a portait, which shows at one glance the man and his work. In a cyclopedia where space is necessarily limited, biography is much more intelligible whe acompanied by a portrait. Carried out upon such lines the work must prove invaluable to the busy worker, and particularly to the editors of the public press.