Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 25, 1894, Page 19

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: INDAX, MARCH 1891—-TWENTY PAGES THE 00K OF i BUILDERS THE CHICAGO FAIR STANDS AS THE GREATEST EXPOSITION IN THE WORLD'S HISTORY. T FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT HE Fair is not only a success, but a triumph,—an American triumph. When it closes, we “can think rightfully and gratefully of the men who made it such. They would be knighted in England or Germany; but perhaps all they can expect in free, democratic America is that the newspapers and peopile, who knew all along and in everything a better way, shall admit that, on the whole, it was well they were not in the management. Benjamin Harrison. IT HAS BEEN THE first « gathering together of all nations and peoples and tongues upon the earth;” the first successful attempt to take the bearings of human progress, and determine by exact observation the relative position of every art, science, and craft, as practiced by every race and nation on this threshold of the twentieth century, The World’s Fair is now finished, so far as the actual Exposition 18 concerned, but unless its lessons are crystallized into permanent form, its work is no more complete than would have been the protest of the Colonies against Great Britain without the Declaration of Independence. THE WORLD’S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION HAS A TREMENDOUS WORK YET TO DO And it must be done on a gigantic scale, with an expenditure of money, thiought, and skill commensurate with the greatness of the undertaking, The Exposition is over, but sone great chronic’e of its existence is necessary. HIS GREAT LITERARY WORK has at last been undertaken. Its scope is tremendous, It is intended that it shall be an artistic achievement equalled by nothing ever before attempted in America. Fully two years will be required for the completion of the work. TEE NAMES OF THE ARTISTS, CON- tributors and collaborators who will together create this ‘“Book of the Builders,” would fill the entire space occupied by this first announcament, Full and complete detalls will be given to the pub- licin a shcrt time, and more extended reference will then be made to the character of the work, its scope, and the probable time in which it canbe carried to completion, For the present, however, 1!1?proper' to announce that the many interests in- volved in the undertaking have at last all been united In an association chartered by the State of Illinois as the COLUMBIAN MEMORIAL PUBLICA- TION SOCIETY, . and under proper Boards of Government, Officials, and Committees, the work has been ultimately systematized and carried forward, HE chief executive officers of the Society in whose hands have been placed the active complilation of this most valuable historical and educational work, are D. H. BURNHAM, . “Dircotor of Works” at the World's Golumbian Exposition, and F. D. MILLET, “Direotor of Decoration” at the World's Cclumbian Exposition, HE decorations and embellishments which willilluminate the work will be designed by a corps of sixty-five artists, carefully selected by a committee, as representing the men and women Justly entitied to be called the LEADING ARTISTS OF AMERICA. HE illustrations will be entirely from designs by these artists, made trom original sketches, made expressly for the ‘‘ Book of the Builders,” and never before shown to the public, It will be the greatest exhibition of American art ever com* prised in a single work, HILE every published view of the Fair has become familiar througa constant presenta- tion, these designs by the greatest artists in Amer- ifca, working wholly from original sketches, will be shown to the world only in this Memorial His- tory. THE BEES BORUIL AR EDITION OF Will be published by the CoLumBIAN MEMORIAL PUBLICATION SOCIETY. THAT WORK IS, TO REBUILD THE FAIR FOR THE PAGES OF HISTORY. It must be the World's Faiv complele in story and sketch, a magnificent litevary monwiient in the form of a history, built by the same men who built the Fair, built in the same spivit of achicvemeut, fov glory rather than jfor gain. WORLD’S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION. “THE BOOK OF THE BUILDERS BEING THE CHRONICLE OF THE ORIGIN AND PLAN OF THE WORLD'S FAIR; OF THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE BUILDINGS AND LANDSCAPE; OF THE WORK OF CON- STRUCTION; OF THE DECORATIONS AND EMBELLISHMENTS, AND OF THE OPERA- TION, BY DANIEL HUDSON BURNHAM CHIEF OF CONSTRUCTION AND DIRECTOR OF WORKS AND FRANCIS DAVIS MILLET DIRECTOR OF DECORATION Or [ CHICAGO, ILL.,, AND SPRINGFIELD, O, COLUMBIAN MEMORIAL PUBLICATION SOCIETY MDCCCLXXXXIIII been fixed at ITH EVERY DETAIL OF THE MECHANICAL WORK especial precautions will be tak:n. The entire typography will be under the critical over= sight of experts retained solely for this work, The letter-press accompanying the engravings will be subject to the artistic suparvision of a well-known critic, and in this connection no ex= pense will be gpared. Specimen pages have al- ready been submitted by the leading typographers of the country. HE llustrations in black and white and the de- signs in color will be approved by a Board of Directors, selected by the Society. O\ NOUGH has been said to indicate the charac~ ter of this important undertaking. 1t will undoubtedly be THE MOST REMARKABLE BOOK ever publishead in this country or this age, if not in the world and in all time, II'\HE cost of the work will be very great, EACH COPY PROBABLY EXCEEDING $1,000; and its final completion can scarcely be realized by anythiag short of two years of constant, energetio labor, BEING ANXIOUS THAT THE READERS OF ¢“THE BEE"” should be permitted to see some of the interesting engravings of this work, and have access to much valuable historical and educational matter, we have endeavored to devise a plan whereby this may be accomplished, We are pleased to ane nounce the complete success of THE BEE'S efforts, AS A result of DIRECT NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE BOARD OF EXECUTIVE CONTROL, in whose hands the management of the Society is vested, arrangements have been made for a special edition of the ‘“Book of the Builders,"” coma piled and published especially for THE BEE read= ers. It will be published in TWENTY-FIVE PARTS, APPEARING SEMI-MONTHLY DURING A PERIOD OF TWELVE MONTHS. IT WILL contain the most interesting engravlnqu‘ and the most valuable historical features, The entire work will be printed on finast plate paper with special linish, STPHE BOOK OF TRHE BLILDERS? OQuwners of this edition are not expected to pay more than the actual cost of the work, which has O Y TAWENTY-FIVE CENTS A PART, By NIAE: THIRTY -CENTS. THE BEE proposes ilself to pay the publishing cost, including the Soctety's charges, voyalties to authors, ete. of the Builders,” AT ANY FRICE, except to bona-fide purchasers of TIHE BEE, Copies can now be seen at THE BEE office. On the other hand, it will sell no copies or parts of the “Book Don't fail to ask to see a copy.