Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1874-05-13

The work originally published under the title of
The NEW AMERICAN CfCLoPEDIA, was completed
IN 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 induced the editors and publishers to
submit it to exact and thorough revision, and TO
issue edition entitled THE AMERICAN CY-
CLOP1DlA.
Within the las. ten years the progress of discov-
cry in every department of knowledge has made a
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 social life.
Great wars and consequent revolutions have Oc
CURED, involving national changes of peculiar mo-
ment. 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 new
course of commercial and industrial activity has
been commenced.
nave been made by the interchangeable explorers Of
Africa
The great political revolutions of the last decade,
with the natural result of the lapse of time, have
brought into public view a multitude of new men,
whose names are in every ones mouth, and OF
whose life every one is curious to know the pfrtic-
ulars. Great battles have been fought and impor.
tant seges 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
a succinct and original record of the progress OF
political and historical events
The work mas been begun after long and careful
preliminary labor and with the most ample resour.
ces for carrying it on to successful termination
None of the original stereotype plates have been
used but every page has been printed on new type,
forming in fact new Cyclopada, with the same
plan and compass its predecessor, but with
far greater pecuniary expenditure, and with such
improvements in its composition as have been sug
gested by longer experience and enlarged knOwl.
edge. ~
The illustrations which are introduced for The
first time in the present edition have been added
not for the sake OF pictorial effect, but to give great
erlucidty and force to the explanations in the text
They embrace all branches of science and of natu-
raj history, and depict the most famous and re-
nrkable features OF scenery, architecture, and art,
as well as the various processes of mechanics and
manufactures. Although intended for instruction
rather than establishment, no pains have been
spared to insure their artistic excellence; the cost
OF their execution Is enormous, and 1t is believed
they will find Il welcome reception as an admirable
feature Of the Cycop4dia, and worthy OF its high
character.
This work is sold to Subscribers only, payable
on delivery OF each volume. 1t will be completed
in sixteen large octave volumes, each containing
about 500 pages fully illustrated with raj thou
sand Wood Engravings, and with numerous col
ored photographic Maps
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In extra Cloth, per VOL, 800
In Library Leather, per vol, SEQ
In Hall Turkey Morocco, per vol, 100
In Half Russia, extra gilt, per vol, 500
In Full Morocco, antique, gilt edges, per yo 1000
In Full Russia, per vol, 1000
Three volumes now ready. Succeeding volumes,
until completion, Will be Issued once in two
months.
|.tSpecimen pages Of the AMERICAN CYCLoPE-
Ola, showing type, illustrations. etc, will be sent
gratis, on application.
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Address the publishers,
-. APPLETON & co.,
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