Daily Kennebec journal., 1874-03-13

The work originally published under the the i oi
The NEW AMERICAN CYCLoP.ED1A, was compieteas
IN 1863. since which time the Wide clrcuiatoh Wnion
it has attained in all parts OF the Shea @t taean
and the signal developments which nave taken
place in every branch of science, literature, ana
art, have induced the editors and publishers 10
submi. it TO an exact ana thoi0ugil IeNtson " "
issue new edition entitled THE AMERICAN Cf'
CLoPEDIA. -. ,;o
erv in every department of knowledge has MADE u
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 the industrial and useful arts and
the convenience and refinement Of social lie.
Great wars and consequent revolutions nave oc'
Cured involving national changes OF peculiar mo-
ment. The civil war ol our own country, "hSI
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 mas
been commenced
Large accessions to geographical knowledge
have been made by the indeiatigable explorers oi
Africa.
The great political revolutions of the last decade,
with the natural result OF the lapse of time, have
brought into public view q multitude OF new men,
whose names in every ones mouth, and OF
whose life every one is curious to know the partc.
MARS. Great battles have been fought and 1mpor.
tant sieges maintained, OF which the details are as
vet preserved only in the newspapers or IN the
transient publications OF the day, but which ought
now to take their place IN permanent ana authehtf
history.
In preparing the present edition for the press, it
has accordingly been the aim of the editors to
dates, and 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, as wei as to give
a succinct 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 res0ur'
ces for carrying 1t on to a successful termination
None Of the original stereotype plates have been
used, but every page has been printed on new type
forming in fact new Cyclop9dia, with the same
plan and compass as its predecessor, but with a
far greater pecuniary expenditure, and with sueh
improvements in its composition as have been sug
gested by longer experience and enlarged knowi.
edge.
The illustrations which are introduced for the
first time in the present edition have been added
not for the sake of pictorial effect, but to give great
er ucdy and force to the explanations IN me teNt'
They embrace all branches of science and OF natu-
raj history, and depict the most famous ana re-
arka BILE features OF scenery architecture and art,
as well as the various processes of mechanics and
manufactures. Although intended for instruction
rather than embellishments, 10 pains have been
spared to insure their artistic excellence; the cost
OF their execution IS enormous, and 1t Is Delieved
they will find welcome reception as an admirable
feature of the Cyclopada and worthy of its high
This work is sold to Subscribers only, payable
on delivery OF each volume. 1t will be completed
in sixteen large octave volumes, each containing
about 500 pages fully illustrated with several thou
sand Wood Engravings, and with numerous col
Ored Lithographic Maps.l
PRICE AND STYLE OF BINDING.
In extra Cloth, per vol, 500
In Library Leather, per vol, Geo
In Half Turkey Morocco per VOL 100
In Half Russia extra gilt per vol, 800
In Full Morocco antique, gilt edges per vol. 1000
In Full Russia, per vol, 1000
Three volumes now ready. Succeeding volumes,
until completion, will be issued once in two
months.
+.sSpecmen pages of the AMERICAN CYcLoPE.
Ola, showing type, Illustrations, etc, will be sent
gratis on application.
FIRST CLASS CANvAssiNG AGENTS WANTED.
Address the publishers,
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