Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-01-22
rrHE WORK oRIGINALLY PUBLISHED

TIME WORK ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED
i under the title OF The NEW AMERICAN CT
oLoP4 xDIA was completed in lsts3, since which
time the wide circulation which il has attained
in ali parts OF the United States, and the signal
developments which have taken place in every
branch of science, literature, and art, have in
duced the editors and publishers 70 submit ia 70
an exact and thorough revision, and to issue =
new edition entitled THE AMERICAN CYCLIC
P-EDIA.
cOvery in every department of knowledge has
made 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 and useful
arts and the convenience and refinement OF So
cial life. Great wars and consequent revolu-
tons have occurred, involving national changes
of peculiar moment. The civil war of our oWn
country, which was at its height when the Lass
volume of the old work appeared, has happily
been ended, and new course OF commercial
and industrial activity has been commenced.
Large accessiOns to our geographical knowl-
edge have been made by the indefatigabie ex-
plOrers Of Africa
The great political revolutions Of the last DO
cade, 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 or in the transient publications
Of the day but which ought now 70 take their
place in permanent and aUthcntie history.
In preparing the present edition for the press
IL has accordingly been the aim Of the editors e
bring down the Information 20 the latest possible
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, well to
give a succinct and original record of the pre-
gTess of political and historical events
The work has been begun after long and care
full preliminary labor, and with the most ample
resources foT carrying IL on 20 successful ter
minatiOn.
None of the original stereotype plates have
been used, but every page has been printed on
new type, forming in fact new CyclOpRdia,
with the same plan ard compass a. it, predeees.
sOr, but with a far greater pecuniary expepai-
ture, and with such improvements in its cOmpo-
sitiOn as have been suggested by longer eXpert-
ence and enlarged knowledge.
The illustrations which are introduced for TIE
first time in the present edition have been added
not fOt the sake of pictorial effect, but TO give
greater lucidity and force 10 the explanations in
the text They embrace all branches OF science
and OF natural history, and depict the most ia
nous and remarkable features Of scenery, aFch-
itecture and art as well a. the various processes
of mechanics and manufactures. Although in
tended for instruction rather than embellish-
ment, no pains have been spared % insure their
artistic eXcelence the cost of their execution Is
enormous, and il is believed they will find a well
come reception as admirable feature of the
Cyclop9dia, and worthy Of its high character
This work is sold % subscribers only, ray
able on delivery Of each volume. 10 viii DO
completed in sixteen large octave vOluA8es. each
containing about 500 pages, fully Illustrated
with several thousand Wood ERgTavings, and
with numerous cOlOred photographic Maps.
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