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of The NEW ANsafcas cYcLoPAEDIA was
compleied in 1858, since which time the wide
circulation which it has attained in all paris oi
the Uni ed States, and the signal Developments
which have taken place in every branch Of
ecience, literature, and art, have inouced the
editors and publishers 10 submit II TO an exact
and thorough revision, and 10 issue a ne"
ditioa entitled, TIE AAEkiSA
Ola. die
Within the last ten years the Progresso % us
eoyery in every department Oh knosieose mas
made a new work OF reference AL imperative
tn movement of political affairs has KEEP
- wirb ne discoveries of science, and their
frnS,f1I anplication 10 the industrial and useful
- mi ihe convenience and refinement Of
.aa;.i I;fa Great wars and consequent reyolu-
lions have occurei, involving national changes
81 nsculiar moment. The civil war of our own
eountry. which was at It's height when the last
volume of the old work appeared, mas happily
beep ended, and a new conrse Of commercial
and Industrial activity has been commenced.
Large accessions to our geographical know
edge have been made by the indefatigabie ex-
plorers of Africa.
The great political revolutions of the last
decade. with the natural result Of the lapse OF
time, have brought into public view a multltude
II new men, whose names are IN every ones
mouth, and of whose lives every one Is curious
10 know the particulars Greet battles nave
beeu fought and important sieges
Of which the details are as yet PreseINeu 1nt.
in the newspapers or IN the aurhr now 10 take
their place in permanent and authentic history
In preparing the present eiItipn = y PIesss
has accordingly been the ann oL y
hiring dawn the information 10 the iatest Pos-
az dates and TO furnish an accurate account
Of the mos recent discoveries in science, OF
every fresh production in literature, and OF
the newest in vention In the practical arts, as
wei as Ia give a ~succinct and original record Of
the progress OF p~slitica' and historiai event.
The work has been begun after long and care
full preliminary labor, and with the most ample
resources Tor carrying 1t on 10 a successful
termination.
None of the original stereotype plates have
been used, but every page has been printed on
new type, iorniIng in TACT a new oyclopsoI1'
with the same plan and com pass as It's predeces-
sor, but with lar greater Pecuni~iy sAPeaN-
ture, and with such Improvements ~ ns oom
position as have been suggested ny iohsei CA
perience and enlarged snoSiease oa,.sa for
fhe 6rst time in the present edition have been
added not for the sake of pictorial enect, quite
give greater lucidity aud force TO the expiana-
lions in the text. Taey embrace "a a J. !.
most famous and remarkablef features OF scenery
architecture, and art, as well as the various pro
ces ses Of mechanics and manufactures. Al
Though intendsd Toe instruction rather than
embellishments, no pains have been spared to
insnre their artistic ex~cellence the cost oil
their execution is enornious,a ana IL Is peiiesed
they will hada welcome recep.lon a al ~
mirable feature of the Cyclopeiia, and worthy
of its high chara ter
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about 800 pages fully illustrated with
several thousand Wood Engravings, and with
numerous c)lored Lithographic Maps.
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