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and illustrated with Several Thousano
Engraving and Maps
The work originally published unoern ns ~
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g. ,ssa since which time the VIDE
rals,ina -hich IL has attained In all paris OF
~ SIn;nad s,ate-. and the signal deveiopments
vb;cb have taken place IN every oaA any "
us E,sr.ture, and art, have induced inc
r.s1ssx,InS nnblishers to submit II to an exact
ss-nngh revision, and 10 issue . new
S;s,an entitled, The AMERICAN CfcLorAk-
pik las. ten wears the progress of dis
IN every department Of knowieoge mas
1.ds = new work of reference an imperative
m movement Of political affairs has Kept
---ifh he discoveries OF science, anu tnei
E.s,s,,, srniication to the industrial and useful
-. ma the convenience and renn'msnt OF
sSsi life Great wars and consequent Ievoiu-
J 49, nave occurei, involving national emmy
-rn1;sv moment. The civil war OF our oNn
-!rsrx vhich was at lis height when the LAST
soi.@e Of the old work appeared, has happily
-. s,ded- and . new conrse OF commefclAi
IA Industrial activity has been commenceo.
T-rge occasions 10 our geographicai Know
sder have been ma le by the indefatlgaoie ex-
~ %.t u~oiitical revolutions Of ths last
49,. yith the natural result OF the Lapse OF
tine. have brought into public view 2 maiti.u1e
of uev men, whose names are Id every ones
mouth. and of whose lives every one Is curious
1"S..,. 49, nsrriculars. Great battles have
bseu fought and important sieses mxlnsAnu,
Of which the details are as yet presefseo ON,
IN The nevspapers or in the ransient PuolleA-
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their pIsce In permanent and authentic history
IN prenarirx the present edition for the press,
has accordingly been the aim Oh the eoitoisoo
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~ newest in .ention in the pracuGAl -
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IT, and with such improvements In It's SOM
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perience and enlarged knowledge; ,x
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Give greater lucidity and force to the e1Plsnat,
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science and na rural history, a1d oeplc. -.
most famous and remarkable features ~ sy
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1880 If mechanics and. manufactures. al
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