Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-04-01

The work originally published under the title o.
;ss nEw AMERICAN CYcLoPKDIA was completed
II has attained in s parts Of the United and
tne slsna ueV clopments which have aksu place in
induced the editors aud publishers t. submit il to an
exact snd thorough revision, and to issue q new
Within the lsst ten the progress Of discovery
IN every department. Of know les &c has made q new
The movement u political sffsirs ha, kept pace
With the discoveries of science, and their fruitful
convenience and refinement of social life. Great
VISITS and consequent revolutions have occurred, iu-
yoiyns natl 1Dsl changes of peculiar momsnt. Ihe
civil war of our own country, which was st its
height when the last volume OF the old work sp.
peal 60, has happily b. Ell ended, and course of
c, mmercisl g. industrial activity has been som
Larse sccessions to our geographical knowledge
have been made BY he iHdefatigabie explorers Of
The great political revolutions of the last dec ie
with the natural result OF the lapse 4 time, bsye
whose names are in every ones dth ard of whose
l'es even one Is curious to know the particulars.
eat battles have been fought AID i'm port sieges
maintained, f which III, details are as yet pre-
-tINcd only in tho newspapers Or in the trsusi ut
publications 81 the day, bnt which Ought nov to
lake their place in pc manent and authentic his
IL preparing the preset edition for thu press it
has accordingly been the aim OF the editors bring
down the utor NATION To the latest possible dates,
anc & tu nish an acCur ate account Of the most re-
ent discoveries in science, of eN cry fresh produc-
ton in literature, end Of the newest Inventions in
the &C zeal arts, well as to give succinct aud
orslpslr cord If he progress Of political and his
tOriCsl events.
The work has been begun after long and careful
preliminary labor, ard with the most am ole re-
sources for CARY II on to succ ssfuerminatisn
None Of the original stereotype plates have been
ustd, but every page has eeen printed ty pc,
forming In fact hey o. clopRdis, with the same
plan and c. mpass IS its predecessor, but with r
greater pecuniary expenditure, and with such i'm
proytmentB In Its composition as have been sug-
gested by longer experience and enlarged knowl-
edge.
The illustrations which are introduced for the first
tlB in the present edition have been added not for
the sake OF pictorial effect, but to give greater lu
Cdity aha force To the explanations in the text
They eHbr all branches Of science and of
history aid depict the most famous ad able
features OF scenery, architecture and art we'll
the var1eu5 processes Of mech anics and manufac-
lures. Although intended for instruction rather
than en- bel ushment no psiDs have been spared to
insure their tisic excel ebce the cost of their
ecution is enormous aud il is believed tn will ud
awelcOH reception as admirable feature of the
CyclePedia, and worthy Of its high character.
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go pages, fully illustrated with several Thousand
W, cd Engrsyings, and with numerous colored
Lithogrspbic Maps.
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