Text: C. F. Briggs (?), Literary, Broadway Journal (New York), May 31, 1845, vol. 1, no. 22, p. ??

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The Pictorial History of the World, by John Frost, L L D. Nos. 1,2, 3, 4. Walker and Gillis. Philadelphia.

This is among the very best of the numerous illustrated books that are daily issuing from our press; the cuts, with but few exceptions, are admirably executed front designs selected with great taste and judgment. Our only regret in respect to them is that they are not original drawings, but their intrinsic value is not a whit diminished by their being copied from other works which are not accessible to the masses.