The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-10-15
APPLETON'S
AMERICAN CYCLOPEDIA.

New Revised Edition.
Entirely rewritten by the ablcst writers every
subject Printed from new type. aud illustrated
with Several Thousand Engravings and Maps.
TIE work originally published under the title OF
THE NEW AMERICAN cY CLoPEDIA was completed IN
1868 since which time the wide circulation which u
has attained in all parts Of the United states, and
the signal developments which have takan place In
every branch Of science" literature and art, have in
duced the editors and publishers to submit IL I" an
exact and thorough revision and to Issue new sdi'
Within the Last ten years the prOgreasoi discovery
In every department Of knowledge has made new
work oi reference an imp raive want.
The movement Of political affairs has kept pace
with the discoveries oil science and their fruitful ap
plication to tn. industrial and useful arts and the
convenience and refinement Of social life. Great
wars and consequent revolutions have occurred in
volying national changes OF peculiar moment. The
civil Of country, which was nj it, height
when the last volume vi tho old work appeared, has
happily been ended, and a new course Of CONNER
cial and industrial activity has been commenced:
Large accessions to our geographical knowledge
have been made by the interchangeable explorers OF
Africa.
The great political revolutions Of the last decade
with the natural result OF the lapse Of time, have
brought into public view multitude Of new men,
whose In every ones mouth, and Of whose
lives every enc Is curious to know the particulars
Great battles have been fought and imp siege.
maintained of which the details are as ct preserved
only In the newspapers, or In the transient pnblca
tions Of the day. but which ought t. take their
/
In preparing the present edition for the press. IL
has accordingl been the aim fthe editors to bring
down tho incarnation to the latest possible dates,
and TO furnish accurate account OF the most re.
ceOt discoveries in science Of every fresh production
IN literature. and ofthc newest inventions in the
practical arts IA well MS to give snccinc and orig
ina record OF thu progress OF political and historical
events
Tbs work ha. been b"gun aftrr long and careful
preliminary labor. and with the most ample re-
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None OF the original stereotype plates have been
used but every page hae bren printed on new type
forming in fact new Cyelopedia with the same plan
pecunary expenditure,and with such improvements
In it, composition as have been snggrstedby longer
and "re tn.
time In the present edition have been added not for
the sake Of pictorial effect, but to give greater lucid
ity aud force TO the explanation In the text They
embrace all branches OF science and OF natural hisc
~, and depict the most famous and remarkable fes.
lures Of scenery, and art, well the
various processes Of mechanics and manufactures.
Although intended for instruction rather than sm-
eellishnent. no pains have been epArcd To insure
their artistic excellence the coet OF their cxecutog
come reception as an admirable feature Of th< Cy
ciopsdia. and worthy of its high character.
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Wood Engravings, and with numerous tolered Lith.
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