COPYRIGHT, 1903

BY

FREDERICK CONVERSE BEACH

SPECIAL NOTICE.-The signed articles in this Encyclopedia have been written especially for
this work, and are fully protected by copyright as published. The unsigned articles have also been
originally prepared by the various department experts, and are fully protected by copyright as
issued. All rights are reserved, and privilege of publication of any portion of the Encyclopedia
Americana is expressly reserved by the publishers.

A FEW OF THE

LEADING ARTICLES

IN VOLUME THREE

Written and Signed by Specialists

BLIND, EDUCATION OF THE

BOILER.

BOOK OF THE DEAD

BOOKKEEPING..

BOOTS AND SHOES..

BOSTON

EDWARD ELLIS ALLEN

Principal Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind

A. D. RISTEEN

Hartford Steam Boiler Insp. and Ins. Co.

SAMUEL A. BINION

Author of 'Ancient Egypt or Mizraim'

EDGAR M. BARBER

BOTANICAL GARDENS..

BOTANY

Expert Accountant, U. S. Appraiser's Office

FREDERICK D. HULL

Vice-President The Shoe Retailer,' New York and Boston

BRAIN AND BRAIN DISEASES.

BRAZIL..

BREAD AND BREAD-MAKING..

BREATHING AND HEALTH.

BREEDING, PLANT

BREWING AND MALTING

M. A. DEWOLFE HOWE

Author of Boston: The Place and the People'

D. T. MACDOUGAL

Director of Laboratories, New York Botanical Garden

FREDERICK V. COVILLE

BREWING INDUSTRY IN AMERICA

BRIDGE

Chief Botanist, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture

SMITH ELY JELLIFFE, M.D.

Editor Journal of Nervous and Mental Diseases'

MARRION WILCOX

Authority on Latin-America

HARRY SNYDER

Chemist, University of Minnesota

FRANK HERBERT TUBBS

Editor Music Life'

LUTHER BURBANK

Expert Breeder of Plants, Santa Rosa, California

ROBERT WAHL

Wahl-Henius Institute of Fermentology

... FRED PABST

President Pabst Brewing Company

JOHN STERLING DEANS