Omaha daily bee., 1874-08-12

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THE work originally published under the title
af '?up NEW AMERICAN CYcL0PAEDIA was
eomnletad 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
cience. literature, and art, have induced the
editors and publishers TO submit 1t TO an exact
and thorough revision, and 10 issue a new
ditiou entitled, The AMERICAN CYCLoPAA-
Within the last ten years the progress Of dis
coyery in every department OF knowledge has
made q new work OF reference an imperative
want.
,.es 9Th the discoveries of science, and their
fruitful application TO the industrial and useful
arts and The convenience and refinement OF
soeis life. Great wars and consequent revolu-
tions nave occursd, involving national changes
OF PECULIAR moment. Tie civil war of our owl
country, which was at its height when the last
volume Of the old work appesssd, has happily
been ended, and a new conrse OF commercial
and industrial activity has been commenced.
Large accessions 10 our geographical know
edge have been male by the indefatigable ex-
cSe great political revolutions Of the last
Assade. with the natural result VI the lapse of
sime. have brought into public view u multitude
of new Icen, whose names are In every ones
mouth, and of whose lives every one Is curious
DO know the particulars. Greet battles have
beau fought aud important sleses maintained,
az which The details sre rs yet preserved only
IN the newspapers or ~ the transient pubIlca-
tioRs OF the day, but which ought now 10 take
their place in permanent and authentic history
In preDariIg the present edition iOr me press,
,bss accordingly been the aim Of the editors 10
hiring dayn the information 10 the latest pos
lille dates, ard to furnish an accurate account
AZ the mos. recent discoveries in science, OF
every fresh production in literature, and OF
the newest in -entioa in the practical arts, Us
we'll as 10 give q succinct and original record oil
the progress Of political and historic! event.
The work has been begun alter long anu care
full preliminary labor, and with the most ample
resources Tor carrying " w w su0eessiui
termination.
None Of the original stereotype plates have
haeu used, but every page has been printed on
new type, forming in tact a new Cyelopsdia,
with the same plan ami compass as its predeces-
sor. but with 9 far greater pecuniary expendi-
ture. and with such improvements in its COM
POSITION as have been suggested by longer ex-
psrisnce and enlarged knowledge:
The Illustrations which are Introduced Tor
the 6rst time in the present edition have been
added not for the cake of pictoria' eject, but to
give greater lucidity and force TO the expiana-
lions in the text. They embrace All branches oil
.cienae and natural history, aud depict the
most famous and remarkublef features OF scenery
Architecture, and art, US We las the various pro-
nesAss Of mechanics and manufactures. Al
thougS intended for instruction rather than
enbellishA.eDt, no pains have been spared to
insure thei artistic excellence: the cost OF
their execn' on i nd II Is believed
they will E ida welcSpe reception as an ad-
alrzbie lsaryrs Of the Cyelopedia, and worthy
lis high charectsr-
The worx is sold TO subscribeTs Only, payable
On Z sliyery OF each volume. 1t wiz b COM
p,etsd in sixteen large octave volumes, each
ysalsinlng about 500 pages fully illustrated with
seseFs h0usznd Wood Engravings and with
ErnsJog. eulorod Lithographic Maps.
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Three volums now ready, Succeeding vo-
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