Omaha daily bee., 1874-04-15

The work originally published under the titlt
of The NEw AMERICAN CYCLoPAEDlA ~a'
rou1uIe,ed in 1868. since which time the wide
circulation which il has attained IN all par's o.
the Uni ed States, and the signal deVeloPhIehts
which have taken place In every grAneh III ~
ec;ence. literature, and art, have lnduced me
editors and publishers to submit IL 10 an eAact
and thorough revision, and to issue q ne"
ditiou emitted, The AMERICAN CfcLoPAk-
D.A- rorross or dis
oovery in every department Of knowledge has
maie 9 new WORK OF reference an lmpera I've
want H he ban,
rirb he discoveries OF science, and their
5r.itful application 10 the industrial ana useful
SO and ihe convenience and refinement OF
,,ciai life. Great wars and consequent revolu-
tion- have cceurei, involving national changes
~ neru,iar moment. The civil war OF GU: own
country. witch was at its height when the last
yoluu. VI the old work appeared, has happily
heen ended, and a new conrse oAeonncrclai
and industrial activity has been commenced.
Large accessiOns TO our geographleal know
ledge have been made by the indeiailsabie e1-
plorers Of Africa.
decade. with the natural result of the lapse OF
time, have brought into public view a multLtuGe
of nex men, whose names are IN every ones
mouth, and OF whose h'es every n - 49,
10 ka5w the particulars Greet battles nave
heeu fought aad important sieses maintained
of which the details are as yet preserNed ohl!
in the newspapers or in the transient puDncl-
tions of the day, bu which ouSht now 10 take
49, .i,ca in uermaneut and authentic history
In nreDaring he present edition Tor the press,
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every fresh production in literature, and oil
the newest invention in the practical arts, rs
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The progress Of paliIica and historical event
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