Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-03-05


TIE work q.iginhHy published md. !.
title ofTha American Crel,ase h, 'a wa ths
| pie ted ia ;o''3 .sinpr which time Tia IN
circulation which has attained IN Ill Va"
| the Uriterl States. and The sis<nal j .v.ISot
VIII "h have taFtp place in every tyarai's
SCIENCE, literature, and'ari bav, i,n,rn,is""h
editors and publishers to ubmif tito An 49,, .
| and thorough revision, and 20 is4na n "'t
! edition entitled The .irs,-rican Cye,,,,p a.; Ss
nhlu me last ten. years tks y oeress
discovery in cyery department OF knorlo, v.
has made u new wnrk o. reference an se
] peratiTc want. =: - 'n,
The moyeln snt ufpoHtica' affairs has
pace with ~ discoveries ui science AMI ~
fruitful arl calio'' to the Industrial and saso;
| aits ana tue c'aTr1iehcc and refine nnt =
social HE. oreat wars ard conseoucutroc
innons lHye occurred, INVOLVING, rsfir,as
| changes OF peculiar moment. The ciril w.. -
| our ow country, which at IFS HEIGHT ,yh,.n "a.
! last volume OF the old work anoenre5
happily been eHdra. and new course of on-,
| mercial and industrial activity has b-rn co.,
msnced
Large accessions to our peooranbi..,
knowledge have been made By tile Jude i,tiaa
Die explorers OF Africa.
The great political revolutious of the las,
decade, with the natural resu of the apsa ot
time, have bT ought into public Y eva ipnlti.
tude OF new men, whose names are In nvar,
| ones mouth and OF whose lives every one {.
curious to know he particulars. Great battlns
1fHDOft9nt a.
/ taiHed OF which the detail Is are as vet ure.Arr
ed naly in tba newspa pers orin the transiar
publication OF tine dav, but which ought now
TO take theii-place in ermanent and authen-
tic history. - .-.
In preparing the present edition for tbe
press, it bss accordingly been the aim Of Tho
editors to bring down the informal on to the
latest possible dates, and TO furnish an aceurate
account OF the most recent discoveries in science
of every fresh .Produc ton in literature, and
OF the newest inventions IN practical arts as
well as to give a succinct and original record
of the progress of political aud historical events
The work has been begun after long and
careful preliminary labor, and with the most
ample rosourres for carrying it one to suc
cesstul termsna ton.
None of the original STEREOTYPE pIatas hovo
been used, but every page has been D, tinted an
new type. forming in TACT a new Cyclouadios
with the same plan and compass Al its pIede.
tssar out with far greater pecuniary ex-
penditure, and with such i'm provements in i,
composition as hBve been suggested bv longer
experience and enlarged knowled
The illustrations which introduced for
the first time in the present edition have been
added not TOR the sake of pictorial effect but
to give greater lucidtv and force to tho ar
planat-on6 in the text. They embrace ali hran-
ches of science and of natural history. and
depict the most famous and remarkable ia
lures OF scenery architecture, and art an W, II
as the various processes of merchaIics and
maEufa ctures. Although intended for instruc
ton rather than establishment, no pains have
been spared to insure their artistic excellence.
the cost OF their execution is enormons, and If
is believed they will lind welcome recepti,n
an admirable fe lure ofthe q vcl1nnd;, ard
worthy OF its high character
This work Is sold to Subscribers only naro.
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