Omaha daily bee., 1874-05-26

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o50i,ally published under the title
Tur NEW AMERICAN CYcLoPAKDIA WAS
CONNECTED in 1868, since which time the VIDE
Circulation waich il has attained In al paris OF
the United States, and the slgnaI oeveloPments
ecience. literature, and mt, have induced the
editors and publishers TO submit It TO an e1act
and thorouah revision, and 70 issue q new
dition entitled, The AAkkacAN
Within the last ten years the progress OF aus
$780, IN every department OF knowiedee "a
made a new work Of reference AZ
want. --Yo.l Affairs has ken.
80 nth the discoveries of science, aha tneI
fruitful application TO the
ats and the convenience anu
sac;.i I;fa Great wars and consequent ieSoiu-
49, baye occurei, involving national changes
~ nscniiar moment. The civil war OF our own
oonn,rx which was at its height when the Last
volume Of the old work appeared, mas nAPpny
t.an ended. and q new conrse OF commeicih
and industrial activity has been commenced.
I,rge accessions TO our geographical know
edge have been made by the indetatigabie ex-
pi Tba oreaf ~poiitical revelations OF the last
decade. with the natural result OF the Lapse OF
fine. have brought into public NEW amuitttuoe
II new men, whose names are IN every ones
mouth, and Of whose lives every one Is curious
10 know the particulars. Great batues nA.e
beeu fought and important sieges mzinIainea,
of which the details are ~ yet preseiVeo 9hiy
In the newspapers or in The uahsient -.
tons Of the day, bn wnicl Yas hentic h;story
their place in permanent and autneni'c hisooi!-
In nreparing the present edition iot ING press,
has accordingly been the aim Oh thT eaI.o.so
hyjno down the information 10 tne latest pos
itIa aa.es and TO furnish an accurate Account
~ ths most recent discoveries IN science, OF
sverv fre,h production in literature, ana oil
The sexest inyention in the practical arts, as
well as TO give a saccinct ana orislnAi I ec VI
..lstsaal and hfSfHrlal event.
The work has been begun alter long and care
kuI preliminary labor, and with the most ample
resources for carrying 1t on TO q successful
termination.
beer used, but every page has been printed on
new type, forming in tact a new SyciopSois'
with the same plan and compass as It's preleces-
sor, but with a far greater pecuniry e.Pe anm
,ure. and with such improvements In It's COM
position as have been suggested oy io.sea 9"
perience and enlarged knowledge,
Tn illustrations which are introduced ir
the first time in the present edition nave oeen
sddeJ moi for the sake of pictorial effect, but TO
oive greater lucidity and torce 10 the exPlAnA- 4
fions in the text. Tsey embrace all o!anches OF
science and ma ural history, and depict the
most famous and remarsablef features OF scenery
.-chitecture. and art, as well as the various pro-
cesses of mechanics and manufactures. AL
though intended for instruction ratner snsn
establishment, no pains have Deen spslea "
insure their artistic excellence: the cost Q,
their execution is enormous, and II Is believed
thew will find welcome reception as an sd-
mirable feature Of the C~yclopedia, and worthy
Of its high character- u.N.
The work is sold to IS Subscribers only, payable
on delivery OF each volume 1t wiz be com
pleted in sixteen large octave volumes, eacn
about 500 pages fully illustrated with
several thousand Wood Engravings, and with
numerous colored Lithographic Maps.
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Tb,oe yoIums now ready. Succeeding vo-
Iums, until completion, vii be issued once In
two months. ~
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pAEpIA. showing type, illustrations. etc, VIII
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