Appletons Annual Cyclopaedia And Register Of Important Events Of The Year 1893 Vol 23 PDF Download

Excerpt from Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events of the Year 1893, Vol. 23: Embracing Political, Military, and Ecclesiastical Affairs; Public Documents; Biography, Statistics, Commerce, Finance, Literature, Science, Agriculture, and Mechanical Industry The year 1893, a history of which is presented in this volume, was chiefly memorable in the United States for the wonderful exposition at Chicago, by far the finest world's fair that has ever been held since Prince Albert invented world's fairs in 1851. Our volumes for 1891 and 1892 contained current and partial accounts, which are supplemented in this volume by the closing article of the series, which is chiefly devoted to the results of the exposition, and, like the others, is freely illustrated. Another incident of the year, sadly memorable, was the financial panic. This suggests the general subject, and the veteran financial writer, James P. Carey, has furnished an account of all the panics in the United States during the present century, explaining their causes, and sketching their course and extent. On our western border, the two topics of interest were Hawaii and the Bering Sea controversy. Both of these are treated fully and illustrated, the latter with a colored map. With the new administration of President Cleveland came in a new Cabinet, and a brief Sketch of each member of it, with a portrait, will be found in the article on the United States. Beyond our own country, the most exciting incidents were those of the revolt in Brazil, the story of which is told in the article on that country, and we give also a new colored map of Brazil. The Canadian articles this year are unusually full, and that on the Dominion of Canada is illustrated with a portrait of the new governor-general, the Earl of Aberdeen. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.