Omaha daily bee., 1874-07-10


Tuy work originally published under the title
of The NKw AMERICAN CrcLoPAEDiA wss
completed in 1868, since which time the Vac
circnlation which Ii has attained IN all parts OF
The Uniied States, and the signal Developments
hitch have taken place in every branch OF
ecience. literature, and art, have indured the
editors and publishers to submit IL TO an exact
and thorough revision, and TO iss1e . ns~
iition entitled, THk AMERICAN |fcLorAA
Ola. Ia
rovarv In every department OF knowledge has
made a new work Of reference an imperative
r.. movemsnt Of political affairs has kept
cao~ With the discoveries of science, and their
fruitful application TO the industrial and useful
arts and the convenience and refinement Oh
.acic life. Great wars and consequent revoiu-
tion, nave occurred, Involving national changes
of peculiar moment The civil war oil our eSn
country, which was at Its height when the last
volume Of the old work sppesrod, has happily
been ended, and q new conrse OF commerciA.
and industrial activity has been coinmSnced.
LARGE accessiops TO our geographical know
edre have been maie BY the indefstiphls sx-
p'oreu Of Africa.
decade, with the natural result OF the lapse OF
,ime. have brought into public view q multitude
of neg men, whose names are in every ones
mouth, and Of whose lives every one !: curious
10 Know the particulars Greet battles have
beeu fought and important sieges maintained,
n which the details are rs YET preserved only
in the new spapers or in the transsent puolca-
tions OF the day, but which ought nov 20 Ia.e
In nrepsriI: the present edition for the press,
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every fresh production In literature, ana oil
the newest ia -ention in the practical arts, as
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the progress OF politics. ana historian event
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The illussrH.ious which are introduced Tor
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most famous and remarkable features Of &c merry
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