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Completed in 1868, since which time the wide
circulation which IL has attained IN all paris o.
the Uni ed ) aies, and the signal Development
which have taken place in every 6ranen 81
ecience, literature, and art, have inducsd the
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Within the last ten years the progress OF dis
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want -u, .Gjx 10. hun,
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fruitful application to the industrial and useful
ans and the convenience and refinement Of
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of peculiar moment The civil war of our own
eouufry. which was at its height when the last
volume Of the old work appeared, mas haPpiy
been ended, and a new conrse oil commercial
and industrial activity has been commenced-
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