Omaha daily bee., 1874-05-18

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Tsr work originally published under the til
of IHE NEW AMERICAN C~YcLoPAEDIA wa
roupieied in ls5S, since which time the wild
circulation which AZ has attained IN al pafls o
the Uni,ed States, and the signal Development
which have taken place in every pianen =
ecience. literature, and art, have induced IN
editors and publishers 20 submit 70 an enaG
and thsroagh revision, and 10 Issue a ne"
ditien emitted, The AMERICAN LfCLofAE
Wi,b;n the last ten years tina progress OF DIS
- ;n ayerv deparfment OF kbouieoge has
nsads n new work OF reference an iinpera I've
want. uu.;..l ae.;rs has ken.
1a-;,h ,h- discoveries Of science, and then
tru;tfuI aDplicI iion 10 the industrial and useiui
arts and the convenience anu renneiishi oi
social life. treat wars and consequent Ie'oiu-
,isns have oocurei, involving national Changes
- ascuIiar moment. The civil war OF our own
conntrv, which was at It's height when the last
volume Of the old work appeared, mas happily
been ended, aud a new course oil comuierciai
and industrial activity has been commenced.
T.rga .ceessions 20 our geographical know
edge have been made by the Anaelui8aoie ex-
The great political revolutions Of the last
decade, with the natural result OF the LAPSE .
al new men, whose names are In every enes
mouth. and Of whose lives every one u cutIou
u know the PARTICULARS Great pAttIes naI
beeu fought and Important s'eees An.S III
~ wnich the details are as yet presef'ea Only
a ,ha nawsnaDers or in the transient puolca-
ti.rs Of the day, bu which ought nov 70 lake
tbair nlaca in permanent and authentic history
In nrenariny the present EDITION ior the press,
frlinyIy been the aim of the editors to
- Jaw, ths information TO the latest pos
lille dates. and to furnish an accurate account
of line mos recent discoveries In science, OF
every fresh ~prJductisn IN hberaLuIe' anu Vi
a. 5swest iayention in the practical arts, as
weII as To give a succinct and original record OIL
The prsgress Of p~sIisica: and historical event
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