Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 July 1895 — The United States of To-day. [ARTICLE]

The United States of To-day.

A young man called at our office a few days ago and showed us a work which is being introduced in this country, with a n quest that we examine it. We consider this book, entitled the “Handbook of the United States,’’the best book of the kind ever issued from the pr< ss. It is not a history, but a description of cur country as it is to-day, the result of four centuries of progress. History deals with the past, while this deals with the present. We have never before seen anything like it, or its equal in quality of paper or character of illustrations for the price asked for it. It is published by the Matthews Northup Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Every family needs just such a woik, and every young man and young woman ought to possess a copy. We have ordered a copy for ourselves, and we should be glad to know that every person m the country who Is trying to improve himself, or the minds of his family, has done the same.