Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1874-03-17

The work originally published under the title @
| The NEW AMERICAN CICLOPEDIA, was completet
IN 1863 since which time the wide circulation whicI
it has attained in all parts of the United States
| and the signal Developments which have taker
j place in every branch of science, literature, anG
art, have induced the editors and publishers tc
submit 1t to an exact and thorough revision. and o
issue new edition entitled The AMERICAN CT
| CLOPEDIA.
Within the las, ten years the progress of dscov.
| 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 ana
| the convenience and refinement Of social life
| Great wars and consequent revolutions have oc
cured, involving national changes OF peculiar
| 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 a new
course OF commercial and industrial activity has
| been ommencUd.
Large acces sions to our geographical knowledge
have been made by the indeiatigaDic explorers 0i
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 parc
ulars. Great battles have been fought and impor-
tant sieges maintained, of which the details are as
yet preserved only in the news papers or in the
trans lent 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 wei Is to give
IA succinct and original record O.. The progress OF
political and historical events.
The work mas been begun after long and careful
preliminary labor, and with the most ample rcsour.
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 Cyclopndia, with the same
plan and compass as its predecessor, but with a
pfnrn
improvements in Its composition as have been sug
gested by longer experience and enlarged knowl-
edge.
The illustrations which are introduced for the
first time i'll the present edition have been addt
not for the sake OF pictorial effect, but to give great
er lucidty and force the explanations in the text
They embrace all branches OF science and OF natu-
raj history, aud depict the most famous and re-
markable features OF scenery, architecture and ant,
as well as the various processes OF mechanics ard
manufactures. Although intended for instruction
rather than establishment, pains have been
spared to insure their artistic excellence; the cost
OF their execution Is enormous, and it Is believed
they will find a welcome reception as an admirable
feature OF the Cyclop@dia, and worthy OF its high
This work is sold to Subscribers only, payable
on delivery OF each volume. 1t VIII be completed
IN sixteen large octave volumes, each containing
about 500 pages fully Illustrated with raj thou
sand wood Engravlngs, and with numerous col
ored Lithographic Maps,
PRICE AND STYLE OF 3iNDiNG.
In extra Cloth, per VOL 500
III I-lblaIy I1cdtHCT per VOL, D.tu
In Half Turkey Morocco, per VOL, 100
In Half Russia, extra gilt, per vol, $50
In Fun Morocco, antique, silt edge, per vol, 1000
In Full Russia, per vol, l0ed
Three volumes ready Succeeding volumes,
until completion, Will be issued once in Two
months.
"*'Specimen pages of the AMERICAN CYcLoPf.
Ola, showing type illustrations, etc, will be sent
gratis, on application
FIRST CLASS CANyAssING AGENTS WANTED.
Address the publishers,
-. APPLETON & co.,
$40 & 55I Broadway, N. Y.
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