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TaE work originally published undeftn II
of The NEW AMERICAN CYcLofALpA 10
rounIe.ed in 1863. since which time inc siue
cucularion which il has attslne1 IA anpnmsos
tbs Unit ed States, and the sigma esesoP -
-h;oh h.ya taken place in every piAhcn
snLea Ia. and art, have induced the
Sd;,ors and publishers to uemft 70 ~ eA.e.
and thorough revision, ana te issue hes
dition emitted, HE AAhh@AN
Within the last ten years tbs progress OF dis-
80 IN eyery department. Of knowledge has
mads . new work Of rsference a imPersivs
Ths movement Of political Affairs has KEEP
nae with the discoveries OF science, ana ther
fruitful application TO the industrial ana useful
arts and the convenience ana rennemsnt 81
social life. Great wars and consequent revoiu-
items have occurred, involving national changes
Al peculiar moment. The civil war OF our OWE
eountry. which was at its height when the last
volume Of the old work appeared, has happily
been ended, and . new conrse 81 commerce.
and industrial activity has been commences
Large accessions TO our geographical Know
edge have been made by tho indefatisaois OK
Tbs sreat political revolutions Of the last
decsde with the natural result oil the i.PseS
time, have brought into puphc view 80.
a pes men, whose names are IN eyG! yI1
mouth. and of whose lives every ono ee,nooees
20 kanv the particulars. Great battles nave
ba.u Taught and important sieses malnained,
of which the details are As yet Pfesoi'ea III!
in the newspapers or In the trzus,ens ~.
lions of the day, bu' which ougnt NOV 1919
- niac. in nermznent and authentic history
n, prensrine the present edition tor the press,
4 mas accordingly been the aim OF the eoitost
bring down the 10 tns ..'ess pos,
ihIs dates. and to furnish an accurate account
~ The mos. recent discoveries In science, OF
sxsrv fresh Of yductisn in literature, and OF
the new est invention in the Practcsi afts,
veil As 10 give a ~succinct and originAi recoIo vi
r. nr,gTess az political and Historical event
The work has been begun site.Lols .mni.
Sci nraIiminary labor, and with the most amPis
resources for carrying II on !" ~
Nans of the original stereotype plates have
been used, but every page has been Pr,npea on
new type, forming in TACT q new SyeloPSoiA'
vim he same plan and compass = IL pfeoeces-
sor but with a far greater pecuniary expenoi-
fure. and with such improvements IN ia com
nosifion A. have been suggested by longer exe
psrieace and enlarged knosieays; &c.
The illustrations which are tntroduced fof
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added not for the sake OF pictorial enect, put 70
give greater lucidity and force TO the exPinna-
lions in the text. Lacy eno, ~ dsnict ths
LOT famous and remarkable features oil scenery
architecture, and art, a ven 0tns ssIoes
cesses Of mechanics and manaisctnIes. Al
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enah shmeut. no pains have been spared 70
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their execution ID ana IL - oelie,Sa
they will linda welcome roceP.Ion -
mirable feature of the CyclspsdiA, and worthy
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several thousand Wood Engravings, ana WIN
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