Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1874-03-26
New Revised Edition.

The work originally published under the title OF
The New AMERICAN CYcL0PHDiA, was compieten
IN 1863 since which time the Wide circulation which
il has attaiued in all parts of the United states,
and the signal Developments which nave take1
Art, have induced the editors and publishers to
submit it to an exact and thorough revision ana 70
issue new edition entitled THE AMERICAN Cf-
Within the last ten years the progress of discov.
cry in every department of knowledge has made
new WORK Of reference an imperative want
The movemenr Of political affairs has kept pace
with the discoveries of science and their IrultIul
application 70 the industrial aud usetu arts ana anu
the convenience and refinement of social ltfe
Great and consequent revolutions nave oc'
CURED. involving national changes OF peculiar mo
ment. The civil of our own country wbich
was at its height when the last volume OF the Old
work appeared, has happily been ended, and new
course of commercial and Industrial activity mas
Large accessions to our geographical knowledge
have been made by the interchangeable explorers OF
The great pol,lica raxoluions of the last ade,
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 life every one is curious to know the partic'
ulars. Great battles have been fought and lmpor'
tant sieges maintained, of which the details are as
yet preserved only In the newspapers or IN the
Transient publications OF the day, but which ought
now to take their place in permanent and authentic
history. $50 .
has accordingly been the aim Of the editors 70
bring down the Information TO the latest possible
dates and to furnish an acsurate account OF the
fresh production in literature, and of the newest
inventions in the practical arts as well as to give
snccinct and original record OF the progress ot
political and historical events.
The work mas been begun after long and careful
preliminary labor, and with the most ample fesour'
ces for rying il on to a successful termination
None OF the original stereotype plates nave beeh
used but every page has been printed on new type,
forming in fact a new Cycop9da, with the same
plan and compass as its predecessor, bus with a
Tar greater pecunary expenditure, and win such
Improvements In Its composition as nave neen su3
vnaFn hv yUpr ~
edffs r.. illustrations which arc introduced for the
first time in the present edition have been added
not the sake OF pictorial effect, but to give great
er lucidty 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-
markable features OF scenery architecture ana ART,
as well as the various processes OF mecnahine ana
rather than establishment, no pains nave Oeeh
spared to insure their artistic excellence the cost
OF their execution is enormous, and 1t Is believed
they will find a welcome reception as an admirable
feature OF the Cyclopadia, and worthy OF It's high
This work is sold to Subscribers only, payable
on delivery oil each volume 1t Will be completed
in sixteen large octave volumes, each containing
about pages fully illustrated with sew raj thou.
sand Wood Engrasngs, and with numerous col
ored LthOgraphic Maps
PRICE AND STYLE OF BINDING.
In extra Cloth, per VOL, $500
In Library Leather, per vol, $50
In Half Turkey Morocco per vol, 100
In Hall Russia, extra guilt per VOL, .,, ,Soo s'@
In Full Morocco, antique, Silt edges, per vol, !oW
In Full Russia, per vol, lo.oo
Three volumes ready. Succeeding volumes,
until completion, Will be Issued once In TWO
months.
U...specimcn pages of the AMERICAN .CYcLoPG-
OLA, showing type, Illustrations, etc, Will De sent
gratis, on application.
FIRST CLASS CASvAssIN0 AGENTS WANTED.
Address the publishers,
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$40 & 55l Broadway, N. Y.
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