Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-01-07

TTHE WORK ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED
under the title of TIE NEW AMERICAN CIR
CLOP1RDIA was completed in 1853, since which
time the wide circulation which it has attained
in all parts of the United States, and the signal
developments which have taken place in every
branch Of science, literature, and art, have in
duced the editors and publishers TO submit IL 20
an exact and thorough revision, and to issue .
new edition entitled The AMERICAN CYCLIC
P18DIA.
Within the last ten years the progress Of dis
covery in every department. of knowledge has
made 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 so
eial life. Great wars and consequent revolu-
tons have occurred, involving national changes
Of peculiar moment. 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 commenced
Large aeeessions to our geographical knovi-
edge have been made by the indefatigable ez-
plOrers Of Africa
The great political revolutions Of the last Do
eade, with the natural result of the lapse OF
time, have brought into public view multitude
of new men, whose names are in every ones
mouth, and Of whose lives every one il curious
70 know the particulars. Great battles have
been fought and important sieges maintained,
of which the details are as vet preserved only In
the newspapers or in the transient publications
of the day, but which ought now 10 take their
place in permanent and authentic history.
In preparing the present edition for the press,
il has accordingly been the aim of the editors TO
bring down the Information 10 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 well .as 70
give suecinct and original record OF the pro-
gress of political and historical events.
: The work has been begun after long and cars
full preliminary labor, and with the most ample
resources for carrying it on to a successful ter
minatiOn.
None Of the original stereotype plates have
been used, but every page has been printed on
new type, forming ii fact a new CyclOpRdis,
with the same plan and compass as tts predeees-
sor, but with a far greater pecuniary expend-
ture, and with such improvements In its cOmpo-
sitiOn as have been suggested by longer expert
enee and enlarged knowledge.
The illustrations which are introduced for the
first time in the present edition have been added
not for the sake or pictorial effect, but To give
greater lucidity and force TO the explanations in
the text. They embrace all branches Of science
and of natural history, and depict the most IA
nous and remarkabl features Of scenery, arch
itecture, and art. well as the various processes
Of mechanics and manufactures Although In
tended for instruction rather than embellish-
ment. no pains have been spared to insure their
artistic excellence the cost Of their execution 10
enormous, and il is believed they viii find vel
come reception as an admirable feature Of the
CyclOpadia, and worthy Of its high character.
This work is sold to subscribers only, pay
able on delivery of each volume. lt viii be
completed in sixteen large octave volumes, each
containing about 500 pages, fully illustrated
with several thousand Wood Engravings, and
with numerous cOlOred LithOgraphie Maps.
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VOL. III ~
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