Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-12-13

every subject. Printed from new type,
and illustrated with Several Thousand
Engravings and Maps.
NHE WORK ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED
| under the title of THE NEW AMERICAN CY-
CLOPEDIA was completed i'll 1868, since which
time the wide circulation which it has attained
in all parts of the United States, and the signal
Developments which have taken place in every
branch OF science, literature, and art, have in
duced the editors and publishers 20 submit it to
an exact and thorough revision, and TO issue a
new edition entitled THE AMERICAN CYCLIC
P4FDIA.
covery in every department of knowledge has
made new work of reference an imperative
want.
The movement of political affairs has kept
pace with the discoveries of science, and their
fruitful application to the industrial and useful
arts and the convenience and refinement of so
cial life Great wars and consequent revOlu-
lions have occurred, involving national changes
of peculiar moment. The civil war of our own
country, which was at its height when the last
volume of the Old work appeared, has happily
been ended, and a new course of commercial
and industrial activity has been commenced.
Large accessiOns TO our geographical knOwl-
edge have been made by the interchangeable ex-
plGrers Of Africa
The great political revolutions of the last de-
cade, with the natural result of the lapse of
time, have brought into public view multitude
of new men, whose names are i'll every ones
mouth, and of whose lives every one is curious
to know the particulars. Great battles have
been fought and important sieges maintained,
of which the details are yet preserved only in
the newspapers or in the transient publications
of the day, but which ought now to take their
place in permanent and authentic history.
In preparing the present edition for the press,
il has accordingly been the aim of the editors to
bring down the information TO the latest possible
dates, and TO furnish an accurate account OF the
most recent discoveries in science, of every
fresh production in literature. and of the newest
inventions in the practical arts, as well as to
give succinct and original record of the pro-
grcSs OF political and historical events.
The work has been begun after long and care
full preliminary labor, and with the most ample
resources for carrying it on to a successful ter
minatiOn.
None Of the original stereotype plates have
been used. but every page has been printed on
new type, forming in fact a new CyclOp9dia,
with the same plan and compass as its predeces-
sOr, but with far greater pecuniary eXpendi-
ture and with such improvements in its cOmpO-
Sition as have been suggested by longer expert
ence and enlarged knowledge.
The illustrations which are introduced Tor the
first time in the pgesent chiffon have been added
1905 for the sake of pictorial effect, but to give
greater luciiity and force TO the explanations in
| The text. They embrace all branches Of science
and of natural history, and depict the most IA
nous and remarkable features of scenery, arch
tecture. and art, as well the various processes
of mechanics and manufacture Although in
tended for instruction rather than embellsh-
artistic excellence the cost of their execution Is
enormous. and it is believed they viii ind a well
come reception as an admirable feature of the
CyclOp8dia, and worthy Of its high character.
This work is sold to subscribers only, pay
able on delivery Of each volume. 1t will be
completed in sixteen large octave volumes. e1Ga
containing abnnt 500 pages, fully Illustrated
with several thousand Wood Engravings, and
with numerous CGiored Iithographic Maps.
PRICE AND STYLE OF RINDING:
In extra Cloth, per vol. W
In Library Leather, per yOl...... .......... 90
In Half Turkey Morocco. per yOl......:... 90
In Half Russia, extra gilt, per vol ......... 90
In Full Morocco, antique, gilt edges, per
Vol. ~ W
In Full Russia, per vol. III %
Three volumes now ready. Succeeding vol
umes, until completion, will be issued once in
two months.
&x#Specimcn pages OF THE AMERICAN CY-
CLOP RDIA, showing type, illustrations, ETC.,
viii be sent gratis, on application.
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