Excerpt from Dictionary of American Biography, Vol. 20: Werden-Zunser Another exposition of the principles on which Dr. Johnson conducted his work is to be found in his introduction to that first volume. It is not superfluous to quote here a paragraph from that introduction which sets forth a trait which any steady reader of the Dictionary will hardly have failed to observe, the catholicity with which its range has been extended, beyond the limits observable in most European repertories of the sort, to the inclusion of all the varied human elements that have made this composite America. 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.

Contains six indexes to the ten-volume edition and supplements one through ten of the "Dictionary of American Biography" including subjects of biographies, contributors, birthplaces, schools and colleges, occupations, and topics.