Omaha daily bee., 1874-06-04

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THE work originally published under the title
of rur NEW AMERICAN CYCLoPAEDIA was
COMPLETED in 1868, since which time the wlue
circulation which il has attained In all paris oi
the Uuied States, and the signal developments
which have taken place In every prancn ~
ecience literature. and art, have induced the
edi,ors and publishers 10 submit II TO an exact
and thorough revision, and to issue q new
dition entitled, The AMERICAN IfSLofAh-
1V;,bip the last ten years the progress OF dis
eoyery iu every department OF knowledge has
male a new work Of reference an imperative
want.
,ac With The discoveries Of science, and their
i~ruitful application to the industrial and useful
arts and the convenience and refinement OF
social life. Great wars and consequent reSoiu-
lions have occurei, involving national changes
~ ~naculiar 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 q new course OF commercial
and industrial activity has been commenced.
large accessious TO our geographical Know
edge have been made by the indefatisable ex-
plorers of Africa.
The great political revolutions OF the las.
decade. with the natural result oil the lapse OF
time. have brought into public view q muititude
al new men. whose names are in every ones
mouth. and OF whose lives every omen curious
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b,aau fought AID important sieSes miihtaihea'
M which the details are as yet preserved only
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The progress Of p~sliiica and Historical event
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