Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-01-09
IlHE WORK ORIGINALLY PURLrsHEn

VIHE WORK ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED
i under the title OF THE NEW AMERICAN CY-
CLOPlEDIA was completed in 1865, 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 in
dueed the editors and publishers to submit it to
an exact and thorough revision, and TO issue q
new edition entitled The AMERICAN CYCLIC
P1EDIA.
Within the last ten years the progress OF dis
cOyery in every department OF knowledge has
made a 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 AMI useful
arts and the convenience and refinement OF so
cial life. Great wars and consequent TeVOlu-
tons have occurred, involving national changes
OF peculiar moment. The civil war Of our own
country, which was az its height when the last
volume of the old work appeared, has happily
been ended, and a new course of commercial
and industrial activity has been commenced
Large aceessions 20 our geographical knOvl-
edge have been made by the interchangeable ex-
plOTers of Africa.
The great political revolutions of the last de-
eade, with the natural result of the lapse OF
time, have brought into public view multitude
of new men, whose names are in every ones
mouth, and of whose lives every one is curious
to know the particulars Great battles have
been fought and important sieges maintained,
of which the details are as yet preserved only in
the newspapers OF in the transient publications
of the day, but which ought now 10 take their
place in permanent and authentic history.
In preparing the present edition for the prssus
it has accordingly been the aim of the editors 10
bring down the Information to the latest possible
dates, and to furnish an accurate account Of the
most recent discoveries III science, OF eyer .,
fresh production In literature, and of the new =
inventions in the practical arts, as well . -
give suecinct and original record Of tn pro-
gress Of political and historical events. PiO
The work has been begun after lOngF ~. -
full preliminary labor, and with the I'D, - - -
resources for carrying it On 20 sue essf1I ~.
minatiOn- -
None of the original stereOty- q ,,,... -.
been used, but every page has cen RI;,Si &c
new type, forming In fact a eyv CI-.i ia,ooO ~
with the same plan ana eot5 ass as its preieces,
scr, but with a FAR greater pecuniarv exnenii-
ture, and with such tTpEv vements in its eomno
sitiOn as have been Szgge ted nv Ior,,a, slLi :
en ,,; and M, enlarged Know Edge
The illustrations Which az, f,,.-o5r,,oa g. Al.
first time in the present. edition ba 49, ~ , Sli
not Ior me s5ske ~ EDITORIAL effect but 10 give
greater lueldlty AMI force to the explaDations in
,'J ~ ,t1 brace all branches Of science
nous and REM rkable feafnres Of scenery arcb
~ art, as well as the various processes
VI t N a. cs and manufactures. Although in
Toant II instruction rather than embellish-
49, % pains have been spared 70 insure their
49,, &C excellence; the cost of their execution Is
civ nous, and il Is believed they will find a well
y. me reception as an admirable feature OF tho
CyclOp8dia, and worthy Of it's high character.
able ON delivery of each volume. It will be
completed in sixteen large octave volumes, each
containing about 800 pages fully illustrated
with several thousand Wood Engravings, and
with numerous cOlOred LithOgraphie Maps.
PRICE AND STYLE OF BINDING:
In extra Cloth, per vOi....-................S5 90
In Library Leather, per vol. ............... s 90
In Half Turkey Morocco, per vol. ......... 90
In Half Russia, extra gilt, per vol. ....... 8 90
In Full Morocco, antique, gilt edges, per
Vol. 10 "
In Full Russia, per vol .-................ 10 %
Three volumes now ready. Succeeding vol
umes, until completion, viii be issued once in
two months
&E&Specimen pages of The AMERICAN CY-
cLOPEDIA, showing type, illustrations, ETC.,
will be sent gratis, on application
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