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APPJBTONS'
AMERICAN ENCYCLOPEDIA.
geE paV:sed Ediijep.
Entirely rewritten By the ablest writer's on every
subject. Printed from new type, and illustrated
with Several Thousand Lngravings and Maps

THE work originally published under the title Of
The NEW AMERICAN CTCLOP%DIA was comple ted ia
1903, since which time the wide circulation which
t nas attained in all parts OF the BBiied States
and The signal Developments which have taken
place in every branch OF science, literature aud art
have induced the editors and Publishers to sub
NIT ii to exact and thorough revision, and to is
sue new edition entitled The AMERICAN CYCLIC
PeDIA.
within the last ten years the progress Of discov-
cry in every department of knowledge has made "a
new work of reference an imperative want.
The moFemeht of political Affairs has kept pace
with the discoveries of science, and their fruitful
application to the ind ustrial and useful arts and
the convenience and refinement OF social life
Great wars and consequent revolutions have occur
red, involving national cahnges of peculiar moment
The civil war OF our own country, which ct
Its height when the last 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 knowledge
have been made by he indefaiig able explorers Of
Africa.
The great political rev outions Of the last deeaoe
with the national result OF the lapse OF time, have
brought into poblic view a multitude Of new men,
whose names are in every ones mouth and Of
whose lives every ore is curious to know the par
ticulars. Great battles have been fought and i'm
pOrtant seises maintained, of which the d2tails
as yet preserved only IN the newspapers or In the
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now TO take their place i'll permanent and anthem
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lions in the practical arts well to give a sue
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and enlarged know ledge.
The illustrations which arc introduced for the
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not fer the sake Of pictorial effect, but to give
greater lucidity and force the explanation In the
text. They embrace all branches CT science and
of natural history ,and depict the most famous and
remarkable features Of scenery architecture, and
art, as well As the various processes and meehan-
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been spared to iusure their artistic excellence;
the cost of their execution is enormous and it il
believed they will find welcome reception as an
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of its high character.
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thousand Wood engravings, and with numerous
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