The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-09-24


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with Several Thousand Engravings and Maps.
Tng work originally published under the title of
The NEW AMERICAS CrCIOr.EDiA was cumpl.'cd IN
1866. since which time the wide circulation which 10
has attaihcd III all parts OF the United States, aud
the signal developments which have taken place in
rv'ry branch of science. literature, aud art have in
duccd tn editors and publishers Ia submit IL Ia an
exact and throu ,h revision. and to issue cdi
ton entitled 'ns AMERICAN CYci opEilA
in every department nf knowledge has made u new
work o refer nee AN imp rativc want
The movement Of political affairs has Kept pace
with tn discoveries Of science and their fruitful ap-
plicaion ~ h' industrial and useful arts aud the
convenience and rcHncm' M of social life. Great
wars aud consequent revolutions have occurred. in-
volving national changes of peculiar moment. TIL"
civil war If our own country which at it. height
when the last volume of the old work appeared has
happily been ended, and new course OF CONNER
cial and industrial activity has been commenced.
Large accrssions to our geographical know ledge
have been made by til" interchangeable explorers OF
Africa.
Tho great political revolutions of the last decade
with TIL natural result of the lapse Of time, have
brought into public view multitude Of new men,
whose names are in every one" mouth, and Of whose
lives every ne IL curious H. know the particulars
Great battles have hccn fought aud imp 'riant ricgcs
m,intJincd OF which the details Ct preserved
only IN the newspapers. In the transient pubica
lions Of tn" day but which ought nov t. take their
place IL permanent and auth mite history.
In preparing the present edition for the press, II
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cent discoveries In sci nee, Of every irrsh production
In literature. and of tn newest Inventions In the
practical arts. well AZ to give u succinct aud orig
nal record OF tic progress of political and historical
events.
The work ha. been bcgun after long and careful
preliminary labor. and with the most ample re-
tor carrying II on toa success l termination.
Nome of the original stcrcotyp" plates have been
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forming In fact new Cycop;ctlia. with the same plan
and compass az its predecessor bu with far greater
pccuary expenditure. and with such Improvement
In it, composition have brcu suggested by longer
experience and enlarged knowledge.
The Illustrations which are introduced for the first
time In the present edition I'VE been added not for
the sake OF pictorial effect but to give greater lucid
Ivy AID force To the explanations In the text They
embrace all branches Of sci'ncc aud o; natural Ito
| ry and depict the most famous aud remarkable Da.
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| varions processes OF mechanics and manufactures.
| Although INTENDED for instruction rather than EN-
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IL IN rmous. and IL II believed they will find vel
come reception IA an admirable feature Of the Cy.
clopnlia. aud worthy of it, high character.
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| Wood Engravings, and with numerous coored Lith
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