Omaha daily bee., 1874-06-06

O
rur vork originally published under the title
of T9E NEW AMERICAN CYCLoPAEDIA was
coupleted in 1868, since which time the wide
circulation which AZ has attained IN all parts oil
the United States, and the signal developments
which have taken place in every branch OF
ecience, literature, and art, have induced the
editors and publishers to submit II TO an ehact
and thorough revision, and to issue q ne"
ditiou entitled, The AMERICAN CfCLofAk-
Within the last ten years tbs progress OF dls-
covary In every Department Of knowiedge mas
made a new work of reference an imperative
want. Affair.". ha. len,
AHw;,h m discoveries of science, and their
fruitful applicaiion 10 the industrial ana useiui
arts and the convenience ana renhehsnt OF
p social life. Great wars ana copse?uen' Lesolu-
tons have occurred, involving national changes
~ naculiar moment. The civil war OF our own
canntry- which was at its height when the last
yolume Of the old work appeared, has happily
been ended, and a new conrse oil commercial
and Industrial activity has been commenced
large sccessions TO our geographical KNOW
edge have been made by the indefatigable eE-
plorers OF Africa.
The great political revolutions OF the AS
decade with the natural result of the lapse0
time. have brought into public view q multitude
Of new men. whose names are in every ones
mouth, and of whose lives every one Is curious
TO know the particulars Gre1t batues ha,e
teeu fought and important sieges maihtaihen,
NJ which the details are Is yet preserves ohi!
in the newspapers or in the uinsien. Pu ,b
lions of the day, bu which ought now 70 tak
their place in permanent ana aulhen. 81, So
In preparing the present edition iof tne press,
has accordingly been the aim oil the editors 10
bring down the information 10 the .a'est pos.
ana d.tes and TO furnish an accurate account
Of the mos recent discoveries IA se'e GENE
every fresh production in literature, and OF
The newest invention in the practical arts, as
well as TO give a ~succinct and original record OF
The prarress Of ~poliIical and historical event.
The work has been begun alter long ana care
full preliminary labor, and with the most ample
resources for carrying it on 10 q successful
termination. -.
been used, but every page has bteh PrinseuS On
new tyne, forming in TACT a new oycioPauia'
with the same plan and compass As It's predeces-
sor. but with 4 far greater pecunlAry ekpehui-
ture and with such improvements In is com-
position as have been sasSested oy ioAse' "a
perience and enlarged knowledge.
The illustrations which are introduced for
The FIRST time in the present edition have been
added not for the sake OF pictorial enec', putpo
give greater lucidity and force TO 1he ehPianst
sions in the text. Tney embrace all branches OF
sciepce and ma ural history, and Depict the
most famous and remarkable features OF scenery
architecture, and art, As we'll a. the various P.9-
cesses of mechanics and manuiactnres. al
thourh intended for instruction rather man
sTnhe1Iishment no pains have been spared 70
insure their artistic excellence; inc ~.
their execution is and II u oeliese1
they will linda welcome IoceP -arth,
mirable feature OF the CyciopsoiA' snu ""'A'
The work is sold to Subscribers only, payable
on delivery Of each volume. II xhm % e aa.h
containing about 800 pages fully ILLUSTRATED win
ssveraI thousand Wood Engravings, and Win
numerous colorei Lithogrsphic Maps
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