Omaha daily bee., 1874-07-15


rur vort originally publishsd under the title
of THr NEW C~YcLoPAEDIA Was
comnle,ed in 1868, since which time the wide
circuIation which it has attained IN All paris Of
The United States, and the signal devslopments
Vhich have taken plaes in every branch OF
, cience, literature, and art, have induced the
eiilor, and publishers TO submit II 10 IN exact
and thorough revision, and to issue . ns~
dition entitled, III AMERICAN CfcLoPAA-
Within the last ten years the progress of dis
eoyery in every department Of knowledge has
made q new work oil reference an imperative
want.
,acs With the discoveries Of science, and their
fruitful application to the industrial and useful
at, and the convenience and rehnsuent OF
.ocir life. Great wars and consequent revoiu-
tion, nave occurred, involving national changes
If neculiar moment. The civil war Of our on
conntry. which was at its height when the last
xolume Of the old work appeared, has happily
been ended, and q new conrse oil commercisi
and industrial activity has been commenced.
.dSs bee Sssn made BY the ihdsiatigable e1-
Sse great political revolutions Of the last
ascade. with the natural result OF the lapse OF
time. have brought into public view anultitude
~ nev men, whose names are In evsry ones
-,utb. and Of whose lives every one Is curious
20 know the particulars Great oattics nave
-, fought and important sSeges
- Re nsxspapers or In the transient publica-
lions of the day, but which ought nov 70 take
sSs,r ni.ce in permanect and authentic history
In preparirs the present edition for the press,
thas accordingly Len ~ ann o. .ns eaas',s y
ible dates, and 70 furnish an accurate account
AZ the mos recent discoveries In science, OF
every fresh production in literature, and OF
the newest In -enuon in Tie prscucai arts, as
veil As 70 give a ~succinct and original record OF
the progress OF political and historical event
Tbe work has been begun after long and care
s,,S preliminary labor, and with the most ample
resources for carrying u on 70 Q successful
None 81 he original stereotype plates have
han used, but every page has been printed on
NV type, forming in TACT . new C~yciop3dis,
tfh The same plan ami compass - its predecee-
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tars..R s hare besn suggested By boaGsf ex-
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