Daily Kennebec journal., 1874-03-09

The work originally published under the title OF
The NEW AMERICAN CrCLofAplA! was 1onpaSS p.Si,h
IN 1888 since which time the wide Circulation whcu
II has attained in ali parts of the United States,
and the signal developments whicn nase saAet ana
place in every branch oi scenue and b1ishers 70
submit it to exact and thorougn revision, anu W
issue new edition entitled The AMERICAN Cf-
WITHIN the las. ten years the progress of discov'
orv in every department of knowledge has made
new work Of reference an Imperative want.
The movement of political affairs has kept pace
with ihe discoveries of science and their fruitful
application to the industrial and useful arts ana
the convenience and refinement OF social lie.
Great wars and consequent revolutions have oc-
Cured involving national changes oil pecnllar mo
ment The civil war Of our own country nv, wh1Id nid
work appeared, has happily been ended, ana new
course OF commercial and industrial activity has
been commenced.
Large accessions to our geographical knowledge
have been made by the interchangeable explorers OF
Africa. "
with the natural result Of the lapse of time, have
brought into public view multitude OF new men,
whose life every one is curious to know the partc
ulars. Great battles have been fought and lmpor-
ant sieges maintained, Of which the details are as
vet preserved only In the newspapers or IN the
transient publications of the day, but which ought
now to take their place in permanent and authentic
history.
has accordingly been the aim of the editors to
bring down the information to the latest posslDie
most recent discoveries in science, of everv
fresh production in literature, and of the newest
inventions in the practical arts, as wei as TO give
u succinct and original record OF the progress OF
political and historical events.
The work mas been begun after long and careful
preliminary labor, and with the most ample resour'
ces for carrying it on to a successful termination.
None of the original stereotype plates have been
used but every page has been printed on new type,
forming in fact new Cyclop9da with the same
plan and compass as its predecessor, but with
far greater pecuniary expenditure, and with such
improvements in Its compositlon as nave been suS
gested by longer experience and enlarged knowl'
edge: ss ,,ustr.,,ons which are introduced for the
| first time in the present edition have been added
not for the sake of pictorial effect but to give great
er lucidty and force to the explanations IN the text
They embrace all branches Of science and Of natu-
| raj history, and depict the most famous and re-
markable features OF scenery, architecture ana
AS well as the various processes of mechanics and
| manufactures. Although intended for instruction
| rather than embellishments, no pains have been
spared to insure their artistic excellence; the cost
OF their execution Is enormous, and 1t IS beileved
they will find welcome reception as an admirable
feature of the Cyclop9dia, and worthy OF Its nigh
This work is sold to Subscribers only, payable
on delivery of each volume. 1t will be completed
in sixteen large octave volumes, each containing
about 500 pages fully illustrated with several thou
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Three volumes now ready. Succeeding volumes
until completion, will be issued once in two
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