Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1874-02-06

-, The work originally published under the title OF
Inc NEW AMERICAN CICLoPEDTA, was completed
IN 1863 since which time the wide circulation which
IL mas attained in all parts OF the United States
anu the signal developments which have taken
pace IN every branch OF science, literature, and
arr, nave induced the editors and publishers 10
submit II TO AN exact and thorough revision and TO
issue new edition entitled TIE AMERICAN CY.
Within the last Zen years the progress of discoy.
cry IN every department. of knowledge has made
new work OF reference an imperative want
The movement of political affairs has Kept pace
with the discoveries of science, and their fruitful
application to tho industrial and useful arts and
the convenience and refinement of social life
Great wars and consequent revolutions have oc.
CURED, involving national changes of pec sliar mo-
meht' me cNH war OF our own country which
was at 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 comme need.
Large accessions to orr geographical knowledge
have been made by the interchangeable explorers of
Africa.
The great political revolutions of the last decade,
with the natural result OF the lapse of time, have
brought INTO public view multitude of new men !,
whose names are in every ones mouth, and OF
whose life every one is curious to know the partic
ulars. Great battles have been fought and impor-
tant sieses maintained of which The details are as
yet preserved only IN the newspapers or in the
transient publications OF the day, but which ought
now to tahe their place in permanent and authentic
history.
In preparing the present edition for the press,i;
has accordingly been the aim of the editors to
bring down the information to the latest possible
dates, aud TO furnish an accurate account of the
most recent discoveries in science, OF every
fresh production in literature, and Of the newest
inventions in the practical arts, well to give
suceinct and original record OF the progress OF
political and historical events.
The work mas been begun after long and careful
preliminary labor, and with the most ample resour-
ces for carrying 1t on TO successful termination.
None OF the original stereotype plates have been
used, but every page has been printed type,
forming in fact a new Cycloppiia, with the same
plan and compass as its predecessor but with
lar greater pecuniary expenditure, and with such
improvements in its composition rs have been sug.
gested by longer experience and enlarged knowl
edge.
The illustrations which are introduced for The
first time III the present edition have been ADDED
not for the sake OF pictorial effect but to give great
er ucidity and force to the explanations in the text.
They embrace all branches OF science and OF
raj history aud depict the most famous and
markablc features oil scenery, architecture, and ant,
rs well as the various proct OF mechanics ard
manufactures. Although intended for instruction
rather than establishment, 20 pains have BEEN
spared to insure their artistic excellence; the
OF their execution Is enormous, and it is believed
they will find welcome reception as an admirable
feature of the Cyclopseda and worthy Of its high
This work is sold to Subscribers ONLY. payable
on delivery OF each volume. 1t viii be completed
in sixteen large octave volumes, each containing
about 500 pages fully illustrated with several thon
sand Wood Engraving5, and with numerous col
ored iithographic Maps.
PRICE AND STYLE or BINDING.
In extra Cloth, per VOL 500
In Library Leather, per vol. GOO
In Hall Turkey Morocco, per VOL 100
In Halt Russia, extra gilt, per vol, 500
In Full Morocco, antique, gilt edges per vol, 1000
In Full Russia, per VOL, 1000
Three volumes now ready. Succeeding volumes
until completion, VIII be issued once in two
months.
t.'SpeCimen pages of the AMERICAN CICLOPE-
Ola, show ing type, illustrations, etc. will be
gratis, on application.
FIRST CLASS CANvAssISG AGENTS WANTED,
ADDRESS the publishers,
u. APPLETON & CO.,
$40 & 55l Broadway, N. Y.
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