“TRIUMPHS AND WONDERS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.”
This picture explains and is symbolic of the most progressive one hundred years in history. In the center stands the beautiful female figure typifying Industry.To the right are the goddesses of Music, Electricity, Literature and Art. Navigation is noted in the anchor and chain leaning against the capstan; the Railroad,in the rails and cross-ties; Machinery, in the cog-wheels, steam governor, etc.; Labor, in the brawny smiths at the anvil; Pottery, in the ornamentedvase; Architecture, in the magnificent Roman columns; Science, in the figure with quill in hand. In the back of picture are suggestions of the progress anddevelopment of our wonderful navy. Above all hovers the angel of Fame ready to crown victorious Genius and Labor with the laurel wreaths of Success.
Triumphs and Wonders
OF THE
19th Century
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.
Measuring epochs, or eras, by spaces of a hundred years each, that whichembraces the nineteenth century stands out in sublime and encouragingcontrast with any that has preceded it. As the legatee of all prior centuries,it has enlarged and ennobled