Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-10-06
APPIBTONS'
AMERICAN CYGLOPEDIA.
New ReYl,ea Edition.
Entirely rewritten by the ablrst writers on every
with Several Thousand Ensraviuss aud Maps.

THE work originally published Under The title Of
The NEw AMERICAN tICL"P;rp1A WIS CunpIrtrd iu
1868, Since which time the wide circulation which
il Ia, attained Ia all parts Of the United States
and the Sgual Developments which have taken
place ~ branch OF Scienre, literature. and art
have induced the editors and Publishers To sub
nit il tu cxsr; and thorough revision, and to is
sne edition entitled IHz ANERICAS CTcLO-
PeDIA.
Within the last ten rhe progress Of discov-
cry in every department of kn"wlrds" has made =
new work Of references imperative want.
The movement Of political affair, has kept pace
with th- discoveries Of science, and their fruitful
application to he industrial and u-eful aT:S and
the convenience and refinement OF social life
Great wars and couSeIIent revolutions haze occur
red uyOi wing national cahHges Of peculiar moment.
The civil war Of our own country, which was at
it, height when the last volume Of the old work
appeared, has happily been rhfrd, and new
course Of commercial and ind nstiidf activity has
been commenced.
Large acc.ssions to our geographical knowledge
have been made by the indoiaiisable explorers Of
Africa.
The great political rev olutons Of the last dccaGe
with the national result Of the ia;Se Of time. nave
brought into poblic view a multiiude OF new mon,
whose names IA erery ones mOuth, HHd of
whose lives every ore l. curious To- know the par
ticuIars. Great battles have been fought snd iE4-
pOrtpnt seiges maintained, Of which the datsls
as yet preserved only In the newspapers or Ia the
transient publications of the day, but which ought
now 20 take their place ia permanent and authon-
tic History.
IN preparing iIc present edlllon lbi thf press,
il has accordingly been The aim of the cditcr; to
bring down the information To the latest possible
dates. and to furnish arcnrdie account Of the
recent discoveries in science. Of every fresh
production iu literature, and of fs newest inveu-
lions in the practical arts well to give a
einct and original record Of the progress of political
and historical events.
Tho work has beeu begun after long ard careful
preliminary labor. aud with ihr most ample
source for carrying it on to suceessfal terHin--
ton.
None oc the original s;eraotfpe plates have been
used, but etery page has beer printed new
Cvclopsedia with Zee same plan ard compass a. its
predecessor but with a far groai.T peeuniary ex-
penditnre. and with sGch improvements In it,
composition ~ have been suggested by longer
pcr-nee end emerged kuowledge.
The illustrations which are itrlduced Tor the
first time In the present edition have been added
not for the sake o. pictorial efcrt but~e give
greater ucidiiy and force tb the explanation 10 the
text. They embrace ali branehs. Of science and
OF natural history, and depict the mot famons and
remarkable FEATURES or scenery, architecture, and
art, woll A. the various p7"c-sse, and me' han
ics and manufacturers. Although intended for in
stTuction rafks f4ian atnbeii-hmeIt. pains have
been spared t. inSHTc thcir artistic eXccllenc' 3,
the cost 81 heir execution is enormous. and II l.
believed they will End welcome reception a. all
admirable feature Of the Cyclopaedia and worthy
Of IT, hi.h character.
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