Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-03-19

THE work originally published under tho
title OF ihe american Cyclopaiia was cDn,
pleted in 1853, since Which time the " 4.
circdiation which it has attained in all part, OF
the rd'Sta tes and the signal devekiomen, -
VIII IN have taken place in every branch ~
science, literature, and art have induced t's
editors and publishers to submit il to an exact
and thorough REVISION, and to issue a n.w
edition entitled The Am ericm Cyc:opad,a.
Within the last ten years H. progress. IF
discoveryTn every department of knowled .,.'
has made new work OF reference an I'M
perative Want.
The movement ofpolitical AFFAIRS has kent
pace with the discoveries Of science, and therr
fruitful pplication 10 tie Indus rial and ,,.rai
arts and the convenience and retne.nut o.
social life. great wars aud conscdacnt rsvn'
| Lotions have occurred, involving nations
changes OF peculiar Nom emit. The civil war r.
our own country, which at its height when the
| last volume of the old work appeared ha 4,
| happily been ended, and new course Of COM
lnercial and industrial activity has been com
menced. .4fs ssst -s.. F 49,, - &
Large aceessions to our geographical
kuowl"cge have been made BY the indie iatiga-
The great political revolutions of the last
decade, with the natural resu of the tapse of
time, have brought into public v.ewa multi
tude OF new men, 'whose names are IN ever,
ones mouth and of VII 1se lives every one Il
curious to know The part iculars Greatbattles
nave been fought and important sieges min!
tanned, of when the details are as vel preserv.
ed only in the newspapers or in the trapsien
publicatfei Of the day, bat which ought now
TO take their place in ornament and authen-
tic history. -
In preparing the present edition for the
press, it has accordingly been the aim of the
edfars to bring downthe infor IN alton to tho
latest possible dates, and to furnish I'm accurate
account of the most recent discoveries in science
of every sreeh produc ton in literature. and
of the newest inventions in practical arts a.
well as. to give succinct and otiginol record
of the progness political aud historical events.
. The work mas been begun after long and
careful preliminary labor, and with the m o,t
ample rosourres for carrying it one to a auc-f
cessful term ana ton. 4 " ..tFy.1fs
None OF the original stereotype plates have
been used, but every page has been pr inted on
new type. forming in fact new Cyelonedia,,
with the same plan and compass a. its pIede-
c.ssor but with far, greater .pecuniary ex-,
penditure, and with such Improvements in IT,
composition IS hsve been suggested By longer
experience and enlarged knowledge.
'Theiilustrxtions which are introduced for
the first time in the present edition have been
add. d not for the sake of pictorial effect, but
to give &. eater lucidifv and force TO the ex-
planat-ons in the text. They embr race allbran-
ches OF science and, Of natatGl history, and
depict the most famous and remarka6ie ia
lures ofscenery architeoture, and art e. well
as the various processes Of merchanics and .
manufactures. Although inten ded for iustruc-
ton rather than embellishment, no pains have
besn spared to insure their artistic excellenesr
is believed they will lind welcome reception
as an admirable fes ture ofthe Cy clopndia, and
worthy o. its high character
This work is sold to Subscribers only, pava-
BILE on delivery Of each volume. 1t will be
completed in sixteen large octave volumes.
each containing about 500 pages ,fuliyiilnstrat-
ed with several thousand Wood En- r. avipgs, md
with. nunerouE colired photographic Maps