Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-11-03


THK Eo5l originally published under tho title of
THE y Ew AMERICAN CTCLOPRBIA waS coinpl-ted in
1853, since which tinette wide circulation uhich
it h.s attained in ali parts Of the United states.
and the signal Developments which have taken
place in every branch OF Scnc~ literature aud nrt
have induced the editors and Publishers to sub
nit it to exact and thorough revision ard u is
sne n mew edition entitled The AsKKIcaS CYcLO-
PaDGA.
Within the last ten wars rhe progress Of discov-
ery in every deRar31neuc II s'-Ds rsyr has made a
new work of rctrr-uce 81 Imperative want
The movement of ppiitica! affairs has kept pace
with thc discovesi-a OF science and their fruitiul
application to The Industrial and useful ar.s ard
the cOuv enisHce ard TrAu7mcnt Cf social life
GEsat z3f cotl-cqIeHt Tevo!HilutS have occur
red, involving .SHa caIugas oi peculiar moment.
The civil war Of coz-,srY, which was At
it, height whRL the last volume of the old work
sTPe ,ret, has LtTPiiy been ended, aud new
cour Of comm 1rcjll and industrial activity las
been con- rIrHtd
Large accrssions to our grogrAr hical knowledge
have been made jg h; iniriai's~bls explorers Of
Africa.
The great noiitic.l ror outions Of tie lest deca~P
with the national result Of the a,ss of zine. have
brought into poblic view a multitude of new mon,
whose names are in every ones month and az
whose tivsS every ore is curious to kn0w the par
ticular.. Great battles have been foaSht aud iu-
poria seices maintained, Of which the daiAiis are
as yet preserved only in the newspapers or In the
transient publications of the day. but which ought
now to lake their place in Perrzaneni aEd s1then-
tie history.
Ia preparing tire present edition foi the press,
it has accordingly been the aim o. the edtcrs TO
bring down the information to the latest possible
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most recent discoveries in science OF every fresh
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lions IN the practical arts we'll as to give suc
eirct and original record Of the progress Of political
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Tho work has beeu begun after Iorg ard c1ref1I
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The illustrations which introduced for thr
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believed they will frd welcome reception a. all
| admirable feature OF the CycloPaedia and worthy
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