Central Park

2 of the 7 encyclopedias on this shelf carry an entry for Central Park. Both are reproduced below, so you can see where they agree and where they differ.

Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)

2026 Editor's Note: This page uses language about race that was commonplace when the book was published and is offensive by today's standards. The text has been left exactly as it was printed, rather than cut or softened, so that the historical record — including how ordinary such language once was — is preserved. (Ed: ET 2026-07-22) the most noted park in New York City. It contains 840 acres and extends from 59th street to 110th street, and from Fifth avenue to Eighth avenue. It was laid out by Messrs. Olmsted and Vaux, and contains 88° 90° 92° C A B S.Antonio Bacalar Komhuaz Candelaria Concepcion Coгoba B.Elena Palizada S.Isidro C R. del Caribe Sateneja o Pucteh S. Isabel S.Felipe Chichanha Estepan RHondo onuta ( ize Walk Balancon New PO Catasaja Chuntuqur Santa Santa- Rita Tenosiqu St. Martin Palenque Valbae Cre-BEL San Miguel suma R. S. Pedro B.Rito Siby Sabana orvenin Rif S. Andreb O Manatee Chilon Lorillard yo S. Jose L. 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Desolado asaya Granada Acovapa Bluefields TELEGRAPH Ran Zapatero V La Pleara Monkey Pt. ten Lake S.Juan del Sur La Virgin Tortugas SOLENTINAMEJ. Bana Casares Pt. Monquibel B. Alta Gracias Miguelito Colon to Gibralto/4818 Mues OMETEPE 1. 5 Matino B. Pt Nicara Prica San Juan del Norte Castile . Castulo (Greytown) S.Carlos Salinas & Elena B. Orost Mouth of the Colorado.R. Elena V.Rincon de Parasmina Min Reventazon BATIS. Ola Vieja R. Port Culebra Pt. lberla Muelle nerto Bello S. Feline) Manzanilla Pt Gordo Velas R. Pacuar C. bardina . Puerto Escribano S.Blas Pt. Salt Creek Village Blanco Pt. Baga 10 R. Matina MOSQUIT Rods Panama to Acapulco 1437 Miles HOLLANDES CAYS MULETAS ARCHIPELAGO Cristobal B ajuelaeredia Castes Colon (Aspinwall) Gulf of S. Bias V.Irazu Nombre de Dida Sa Cruz GULF OF RATON CAYS Coalta Pt. Filibustero Pt. DARIEN coya UL AN JOSH Carreta Pt. G Pt. de Mosquitos Pisyon Chico Gulonos Pt. Sierra S. Miguel de la Borda as S. Nicoya Peninsula R. Tiliri Drago COLUMBUS Cartag R. Tilorio Brdel 1.(1.GALVEZ) Chiriqui Bay I Almirante St. Christopher B. B. PROVISION R. de Oro Lagarto Gulf of Nicoya C.Blanco Puerto Herradura Judas Caledonia B. Escoces Carreto Rincon Pt. Pt Salud . Pt.Garibana R. Pirris ta B.del Tigre) PLANTAIN CAYS SESCUDO VERAGUA P. F Ujum P. Quepos Pt. R.Naranjo R Chepo Chepo DE C. Tiburon Pt. Uvíta SUBMARINE Catalina DAN Palmaro Gra CHEPILLO Cojum Chorrera Mt.$ Gulf of Traba V. Chiriqul Chame R. Chiman Mt. Santiago Pt.Violino Calder Ch Veragua Mts Gepigana OTOQUE CANO PEARL IS. S. Miguel B. Sto D MIGUEL S Carlos Pt. Llorena GONZALES I T REY 1.) Charging B. Aguablanca Pt. Salsipuedes Santiago d C. Matapace of Dul enzo Tuv Banco Pt 8 Dao Veragua Gulf Pateng Pt. an TELEGRAPH Pt. Burico S.JOSE Bay of David lios Parita B SEVILLA I PARIDA Pay éblonuer R-Baleas R.S Garcchin Pt Morros OF B GU SECAS IS. 2 Montijo Santu LADRONES IS CONTRERAS IS.. Pt.Caracoles Tablas IGUANA 1. Honda Truando. AMA Montijo B Sueio B P Peninsula Pinas B. SUBMARINE B C.Mala CEBACO 1. Panama-Wellington 6512 M. FRAILE MONTUOSA 1. Pt. Puerons 7 COIBA Pt. Mariato Kelley Inlet Panama-Sydney HICARON 3932 Musa Pt.Marzo Cupica Panama-Table TELE Octavia B C Tchade Cupica B. Panama 7630 80° F Greenwich 82° H 78 J 86° Longitude E West 84 from G D among other objects of interest, the term is also used to indicate the degree in which the brain dominates over the Mall, the Croton Reservoirs, Cleopatra's Needle (the Obelisk), the Metropolitan Museum of Art, zoological and botanical gardens, many statues, the Arsenal, and several natural and artificial lakes. CENTRAL PROVINCES and BERAR, an extensive British territory in India. They became a separate administration of in 1861, and are under the authority . Their total area a chief commissioner is about 130,000 square miles, of which are British about 100,000 square miles territerritory, and about 31,000 the 15 in tory of native protected states, number. For administrative purposes the province is divided into four com- ) missionerships, Jabalpur (Jubbulpore , ), and Nagpur, Narbada (Nerbudda Chattisgarh. Pop. about 16,000,000, chiefly Hindus. The chief town and seat of the central administration is Nagpur. CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF KEN- TUCKY, an educational institution in in 1819, under Danville, Ky., organized the auspices of the Presbyterian Church; professors reported at the close of 1919: students, 269; presiand instructors, 16; LL. D. dent, William Á. Ganfield,

Aiton's Encyclopedia (1910)

the name of a public pleasure ground in New York . It comprises 840 acres. The site was purchased in 1856 and subsequently at a cost of over $7,000,000. Thirty million dollars have been expended in converting a swampy, rocky district of pigsties and shanties into lawns, drives, fountains, and ponds. Two million dollars will not more than cover the cost alone of bringing in good soil from Long Island . When laid out the park was a northern suburb of the city, but it is now quite central and is a delightful breathing place in the New World metropolis. The original park contained 150,000 shrubs and trees, including some twenty kinds of maple, beech, chestnut, birch, walnut, oak, elm, poplar, sycamore, catalpa, etc. They were protected and many have now grown to be fine, shady trees. The main drives are a lively sight on pleasant afternoons, when the gay turnouts of wealth and fashion pass so rapidly and in such numbers that one can hardly count them. Seats and shady walks are provided for foot passengers. Fine collections of palms, orchids, and other interesting flowers and plants are cared for under glass and in well kept gardens. Numerous dens, caves, and cages, tanks, and wire enclosures confine all sorts of birds, fishes, and wild anmals, from a beaver to a polar bear, or a jack-rabbit to a giraffe. The general plan of the park was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted in 1857. It has been adhered to, in the main, ever since. The Metro-politan Museum of Art and the American Museum of Natural History are handsomely housed in the park. Under the directorship of William T. Hornaday, a collection of wild animals has been formed, scarce second to any other in the world.