The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1874-07-02
THE AMERICAN CYCLopEDIA

within the Las. ten years the progress ct die
c0vaTy IN every department II knowledge has
made a new work OF reference sn imperative
want
The movement OF political affairs has sept
pace with the discoveries OF sctenoe aud their
fruitful application 10 the industrial and useful
arts aud the convenience and refinement OF 7"s
cial life Great wars aud consequent revolutions
have occurred, Involving national changes OF
peculiar moment. The civil var Of our own
country, which was at it's height when the last
volume OF the old work appeared, has happily
been ended. and a new course OF commercial
aud Industrial activity has been commenced.
Large Accessions to our geographical knowl-
e &c have been made by the interchangeable OK
explorers OF Africa.
The great political revolutions Of the last de-
cade with the natural result Of the lapse OF
time, have brought into public view multitndes
/ Of new men, whose names are N every Que s
mouth, and Of whose lives every ono Is curious
to know the particulars. Great battles have been
/ fought and important Hieges matntalhed, OF
which the details are as vet preserved only IA
/ the newspapers or IN the transient publications
l OF ths day, but which ought now 20 take their
! plars in permanent and authentic history.
/ In preparing this present edition for the press
it hiss accordingly been the aim OF the editors to
/ bring down the information to the latest posi-
/ BILE 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, rs well as 10
/ give a suCcinct and and original record OF ths
progress of political and historical events.
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| full preliminary labor, and wit the most ample
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! mnation.
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the same plan and compass as its predecessor
but with far greater pocuniary expenditure,
| and with such improvements in its composition
as have been suggested by longer experience
and enlarged knowledge.
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| of natural history, and depict the most famous
and remarkable features OF scenery architecture
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