Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-02-12

Tnr work originally published under tbe
title OF The American Cyclop@dia was com
rteted III 1853, since which time the MD,
circulation which it has attained in all parts +
the United States, and the signal developmepts
| VII III have taken place in every branch of
science, literature, and art have inGueed t.s
eoitors and publishers to Submit tito an exact
and thorough revision, and to issue a new
edition entitled The Am erican Cyc,opadia
"lthlu the last ten years the progress of
dIscovcryln every department of knowledga
mas made new work OF reference an i'm
peratiye want. iii
The movement ofpolitical affairs has liant
pace with the discoveries ofscience. and tbaH
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Soclal hie GREAT wars and CONSEQUENT reyo
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our ow n country, which at its height when th.
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happily been ended, and a new course of en-
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| menccd van
Large accessions to our geogranhical
knowledge have been ade by the mde istign
BILE explorers OF Africa.
The great political revolutions of the last
decade, with the natural reSu t of the tapse of
| time, have brought into public y;ewa multI
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OF the newest inventions in practical arts "a
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