Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1874-04-11

The work originally published under the title OF
| The NEW AMERICAN CYCLoPEDIA, was completed
IN lo63, 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 every branch Of science literature, and
art, have induced the editors and publishers 10
submit It to an exact and thorough revision, anu 10
| issue new edition cntltled TIE AMERICAN Ci-
| CLoP.EDIA.
! Within the last ten years the progress of discoy-
! cry in every department of knowledge has made q
new work of reference an imperative want.
| The movement OF political affairs has kept pace
with the discoveries Of science, and their fruitful
application to the industrial and useful arts and
| the convenience and refinement of social life.
| Great wars and CONSEQUENT revolutions have &C.
CURED, involving national changes of peculiar mo-
ment. The civil war of our own country, which
at its height when the last volume of the old
work appeared, has happily been ended, and a new
course OF commercial aud industrial activity has
ueen commenced.
Large accessions to our geographical knowledge
nave 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 iuto public view q multitude of new men,
whose names are in every ones mouth and OF
whose lite every one is curious 10 know the partc-
ulars. Great battles have been fought and impor-
tant scges maintained, OF which The details are as
yet preserved only in the newspapers or III tho
transient publications OF the day, but which ought
now 70 take their place in permanent and authentic
history
In preparing the present edition for the press, 1t
has accordingly been the aim of the editors to
bring down the information TO the latest possible
dates, and to furnish an accurate account of the
most recent discoveries in science, of every
fresh production In literature, and of the newest
inventions in the practical arts, as well as 10 give
a euccnct 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 10 successful termination.
None OF the original stereotype plates have been
used, but every page has been printed on new type
forming in tact new Cyclopadia, with the same
plan and compass as its predecessor, but with q
iirp re Ia eNnenIltUrp. fucn
improvements IN Its composition as have been sug
ge-ted by longer experience and enlarged knoWi-
edge.
The Illustrations 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 lucdty and force to the explanations IN the text
They embrace all branches OF science and OF natu-
raj history, aud depict the most famous and re-
markabe features OF scenery, architecture, and art
as wen us the various processes of mechanics and
manufactures. Although intended for instruction
rather than establishment, 10 pains have been
spared to insure their artistic excellence; the cost
OF their execution Is enormous, and It Is believed
they will find il welcome reception as an admirable
feature OF the Cyclopadia, and worthy OF its high
This work is sold 10 Subscribers only, payable
on delivery of each volume. will be completed
in sixteen large octave volumes, each containing
about 500 pages fully illustrated with sevt raj thou
sand Wood Engravings, and with numerous col
orcd LithoSraphc Maps.
PRICE AND STYLE OF BINDING.
In extra Cloth, per vol, 1890
In Library Leather, per vol, GO
In Half Turkey Morocco, per vol, 100
In Half Russia, extra gilt, per vol, 500
In Full Morocco, antique, gilt edges per vol, 1000
In Full Russia, per vol, 1000
Three volumes now ready. Succeeding volumes
unt completion, Will Dc issued once in two
months.
*.+Specimcn pages Of the AMERICAN CYCLoPf-
Ola, showing type, illustrations, etc, will be sent
gratis, on application.
FIRST CLASS CASvAsslNG AGENTS WANTED.
Address the publishers,
-. APPLETON g. CO.,
$40 & 551 Broadway, n. Y.
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