The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1874-07-23
THE AMERICAN CYoLoPRDIA

within tho last ten years the prs gross q als.
rBe9rv ID every department II knowledge has
made q uow uork q reference En Imperative
vaut,
me movement 81 political Aaairs has Fop,
pace with the discoveries ~ science ard their
frnHfgl application &c the Industrial and us0Igl
arts and the convenience aud refinement % no.
c.al life. Great ware sud consequent revolutions
have occurred, Involving national ehAugos Of
peculiar moment, The civil var ~ our own
country, which was ST its height when the last
volume Of the ola work appeared, has happily
beeu ended, aud = new course q commercial
ana Industrial activity has been commenced,
Large acoessiops 10 our geographical kuowl-
20 hayc been made by the iudctaagabio eX-
explorers o. Africa
Ihe great political revolutions Of the last de-.
csde with tho natural result ~ the lapse Of
time, have brought iuto public view mulutudcs
% new men, whose names are iu every opeE
mouth, and Of whose lives every one Is curious
10 know the particulars, Great battles have been
fought and Important sieges maintained, of
which the details are ~ set proaoryed only IN
the newspapers or Ia the transient publications
Of the day, hut which ought now TO take their
plsoe In permanent and authentic history.
In preparing this present edition Tor the pross
il has accordingly been the aim Of the editors 20
bring down the information to the latest posi-
bile dAtes, and 30 furnish an accurate account OF
the most recent discoveries in science, Of every
freeh production In literature, aud OF the newest
lHNEHllhbN IN hlt HtAAAllAt Al r. us MNhl Wn ~
! give d suecinct and and original record OF tho
/ progress Of political and historical events.
The work has been begun after long sud care
/ ful preliminary labor and with tho most ample
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| the same plan and compass as TIA predecessor,
| but with far greater peenniAry expenditure,
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as have been suggested by longer experience
and enlarged knowledge
| The illustrations which are introduced for
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\ Ell lucldity and force TO the explanations in the
/ text. They embrace all branches Of science and
| of natural history, and depict the most famous
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/ and art, as we'll as the various processes OF
mechanics and manufactures. Although intend
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Cycopmdis, and worthy ofits high character.
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