Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1874-03-19

The work originally published under the title OF
The NEW AMERICAN CYCLOPLDIA, was completed
IN 1868, since which time the wide circulation which
il has attained in all parts of the United States,
and the signal Developments which have taken
place i'll every branch of science literature, and
art, have induced the editors and publishers to
submit il to an exact and thorough revision and to
issue new edition entitled The AMERICAN lI.
CLOP.EDIA.
Within the las. ten years the progress Of Gi-cov-
cry in every department of knowledge has made q
new work of reference an imperative want.
The movement of political affairs has kept pace
with the discoveries Of science, and their fruitful
application to the industrial and useful arts and
the convenience and refinement Of social life.
Great wars and consequent revolutions have oc
cured, involving national changes of peculiar mo.
ment. 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 new
course of commercial and industrial activity has
been commenced.
Large accessons TO our geographical knowledge
have been made BY the indctatigablc explorers oi
Africa.
The great political revolutions of the last decade
with the natural result of the lapse OF time, have
brought into public view a multitude Of new men,
whose names are in every ones mouth, and OF
whose life every one is curious to know the partc
ulars. Great battles have been fought and impol-
lant sieges maintained, OF which the details are as
yet preserved only in the newspapers in the
transient publications OF the day, but which ought
now to take their place in permanent and authentic
history.
In preparing the present edition for the press, it
has accordingly been the aim OF the editors to
bring down the information to the latest possible
dates, and to furnish an accurate account OF The
most recent discoveries in science, Of every
fresh production in literature, and of the newest
inventions in the practical arts, as vel as To give
a succinct and original record of the progress OF
political and historical events
The work mas been begun after long and careful
preliminary labor, and with the most ample resour
ces for carrying it on to successful termination.
None of the original stereotype plates have been
used, but every page has been printed on new type
forming in fact new Cyclopadia, with the same
plan and compass as its predecessor, but with a
far greater pecunlary expenditure, and with such
improvements IN its composition as have been sug
gested by longer experience and enlarged knowl
edge,
Inc illustrations which are introduced for the
not for the sake OF pictorial effect, but to give great
er lucidity and force to the explanations in the text
They embrace all branches of science and of natu-
raj history, aud depict the most famous and
markabe features OF scenery, architecture and art,
as well as tue various processes of mechanics and
manufactures. Although intended for instruction
rather than embellishments, no pains have been
spared to in sure their artistic excellence; the cost
OF their execution Is enormous, and it is believed
they will find welcome reception as an admirable
feature of the Cyclopadia, and worthy of its high
character.
This work is sold to Subscribers only, payable
on delivery OF each volume. 1t Will be completed
in sixteen large octave volumes, each containing
about 600 pages fully ILLUSTRATED Win sev, raj thou
ored Lithographic Maps.l
PRICE AND STYLE OF BINDING.
/ n extra Cloth, per vol, 500
In Library Leather, per vol, GC0
In Half Turkey Morocco, per vol, 100
la Half Russia, extra gilt, per VOL SEQ
In Full Morocco, antique, gilt edges, per vol, loco
In Full Russia, per vol, 1900
Three volumes now ready. Succeeding volumes,
until completion, will be issued once in two
months.
-+*Specimen pages of the AMERICAN CYCLoPH-
Ola, showing type, illustrations, etc, will be sent
gratis, on application.
FIRST CLASS CANvASsISG AGENTS WANTED.
Address the publishers,
u. APPLETON g. CO.,
$40 & 55I Broadway, N. Y.
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