The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . ergy, diligence andcircumspection, made the busi-ness the largest of its kind inAmerica, over 200 men beingemployed in his productions have been award-ed the firs
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . ergy, diligence andcircumspection, made the busi-ness the largest of its kind inAmerica, over 200 men beingemployed in his productions have been award-ed the first prize wherever theyhave been exhibited, so that is in possession of eightfirst-class medals, granted in rec-ognition of his achievements. His native talentfor the fine arts, and his unusual technical andpractical knowledge have combined to open tohim fields before unknown to the profession; thesehe has cultivated with favorable results. His intro-duction of the galvano-plastic process, which it wasformerly supposed could not be used in this line ofwork, is worthy of mention, inasmuch as it has pro-duced a thousand and one artistic articles for homedecoration, which are offered at a price enablingeven tlie poorer classes to possess them. Particu-larly worthy of mention is the fact that the estab-lishment of Mr. Ringler is the only one in Americawhich plates with steel, thus obtaining an unusually. OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. 107 hard surface, and enabliug many thousand impres-sions to be taken therefrom without a renewal of theplate. The important position which Mr. Eingleroccupies in relation to the hook trade is apparentfrom the large number of illustrated works whichhave been printed from his plates. Among themare: Masterpieces of German Art, Masterpiecesof Italian Art, Women and French Art, andAmerican Art. Newspaper readers have won-dered, no doubt, how it is possible for the daily pressto illustrate facts which are not twelve hours old;the evening journal frequent
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