Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-01-16

THE WORK ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED
Il under the title OF THE SEw AMERICAN -CY-
CLOP-RDIA was cOmpls.ed in 1858, since which
time the wide circulation which it has attained
in all parts Of the United States, and the signal
developments which have taken PLACE in sVerV
Branch Of science, literature. and art have in
duced the editors and publishers 70 submit it 70
an exact and thorough revision. and To issue =
new edition entitled TIE AMERICAN CYCLIC
P4RBIA.
Within the last tea years the progress OF dis
cOyery in eyeTY department Of knewledge has
made : new work Of reference imperative
want.
The movement Of political affairs has kept
pace with the discoveries Of science, and their
fruitful application TO the industrial and usefal
arts and the convenience and refinement OF 30
cial life Great wars and consequent revolu-
tons have occurred, involving national changes
OF peculiar moment. The civil war of our own
country, which was at its height when the last
volume Of the OLD work appeared, has happily
been ended and a new course of commercial
and Industrial activity has been commenced
Large aecessiOns to our geographical knOwl-
edge have been made by the -indefatigaAle ex-
plOrers of Africa
The great political revolutions Of the lasE d.
cade, with the natural result of the lapse e
time, have brought into public view multitude
Of new men, whose names are in every snslS
mouth, and Of whose lives every one is curious
10 know the particulars. Great battles have
been fought and important sieges maintained
OF which the details are Vet preserved only In
the newspapers or in the transmit publications
OF the udy, Dut WHICH OaLhL now 10 take rcekI
place in permanenG and authentic history.
In preparing the present edition tor the press
il has accordingly been the aim of the editors -
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most recent discoveries In science, OF every
fresh production in literature, and Of tho newess
inventions in the practical arts, Rs well as to
give succinct and original record OF the pro
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new type, forming in fact neU CyclOpedia.
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sitiOn as have been suggested by longer expert
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greater lucidity and force To the explanations in
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and OF natural history, and depict the most IA
nous and remarkable features of scenery, arch
ttecture, and art. well as the various processes
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CyclOp9dia, and worthy OF its high character
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with several thousand Wood Engravings, aad
with numerous cOlOred LithOgraphic Maps.
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