Omaha daily bee., 1874-07-16

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THE work originally published under the dtle
of Tur NEW AMERICAN CyCLoPAKDIA WAS
eoupleted in 1868, since which time the vide
circulation which Ii has attained in N parts Of
the United States, and the signal Developments
which have taken place In every branch OF
editors and publishers Il submit u TO an exact
and thorough ~revisicI, and to issue . ns~
dition entitled, The AMERICAN CrcLoPAA-
Within the last ten years tine progress of dis
coyery in every department OF knowledge has
made q new work of reference an imperative
want.
mace with the discoveries Of ~scienee, and their
fruitful application TO the industrial and useful
arts and the convenience and refinement OF
socir lila. Great wars and consequent reSoiu-
tions nave 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 neS course o. sonamsIe'ai
Large accessioIs to Our geographical know
edge have been male By the indsfatigable ex-
plorers Of Africa.
decade. with the natural result Of the lapse Of
time. have brought into public view Q multitude
of pev men, whose names are In every ones
mouth, and Of whose lives every one Is curious
10 know the Particular Great battles have
beeu fought and important stsoss RaintAined,
cf which the details are rs yet preserved only
In tbs newspapers or in the transient puolica-
tons Of ths day, but which ought nov 70 axe
In preparing the preseat edition ior the pres,
has accordingly been the aim q TIE editors to
bring down the 10 the istezt pos
lille dates, and to furnish an accurate account
al the mos recent discoveries In science, Of
every fresh production In literature, and OF
The newest Il .cntion in the practical arts, as
veil as to give a succ.net and original record OF
the progress OF political sad his'oriai event
The work has been begun ai,ss loHs and cere-
full preliminary labor, and With the moot eRple
resources for carrying Il On 70 . successful
None Il la original stereotype plates have
bean used, but sysry rsee has been printed on
new type, ioraing in taot 9 peu Cyciopsdts,
With the same plan AMI compass IS its predeces-
sor, but with a lar greatef pecaniary sxPendi-
position as have been sngsested BY longer ex.
perience and enlarged knowledge.
The illustrations which are introduced for
added not for the ste Of pictorial effect, but to
rive greater luciditY and fsrre to the explsna-
lions In the text. They embrace al ersnehes of
scien e and na.ural history, AVID depict the
sYchitecture, and an, Is We tas the various pro-
cesses az mechanics and hnanufActnres. Al
though intelded for instruction rather than
establishment, no psins have zen spared TO
their execu' Ion Is nd u v hsfseyed
they will fada welcome reception = an Sd
nirshje feature OF the CyciopediA, and worthy
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