Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-11-24

THE work originally published under the title Of
THE NEW American CYCLOPRDIA was completed in
1868, since which time the wide circulation which
il has attained in all parts of the United States
aud the signal Developments which have taken
place in every branch of science literature and art
have induced the editors aud publis hers to sub
nit il to exact and thorough evision and to is
new edition entitled The AMERICAN CYCLO-
PaDIA.
Within the last ten wears the progress Of discov-
cry in every department of know ledge has made a
new work Of reference an imperative want
The movement of political affairs has kent pace
with the discoveries Of science and their fruitful
application to the industrial and useful arts and
the convenience and refinement Of social life
Great and cou-eqneut revolutions have occur
red, involving national cahnges Of peculiar moment
The civil war of 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 commenced.
Large accessions 10 our geographical knnwIed ze
have been made BY his indcfltigable explorers OF
Africa.
The great political revolutions Of the Iast decade,
with the national resu II of the lapse OF time have
brought into poblie view multitude of new mon,
whose names are in every ones mouth, and Of
whose lives every ore is curious TO know the par
ticulars. Great battles have been fought and i'm
pOTtant seiges maintained, Of which the daais are
a. yet preserved only in the newspapers or In the
transient publications of the day, but which ought
now to take their phase in permanent and anthem
tic history.
In preparing the present edition for the press,
it has accordingly been the aim Of the editors to
bring down the information to the latest possible
dates, and to furnish an accurate account of the
most recent discoveries in science. Of every fresh
production in literature, and Of the newest inven-
lions in the practical arts well to give a
cnct and original record OF the progress of political
and historical events.
The work has been begun after long and careful
preliminary labor, and with the most ample re-
sources for carrying it on to successful termna
ton.
None Of the original stereotype plates have been
used. but every page has been printed new
Cyclopmdia with fee same plan and compass its
predecessor but with far groaier pecuniary ex
penditure, and with such improvements in its
composition have been suggested by longer ex-
perirnse end enlarged knowledge.
The illustrations which are introduced for the
first time in the present edition have been added
not for the sake Of pictorial effect, but te give
greater incdity and force to the explanation in the
text. They embrace all branches Of science and
Of natural history and depict the most famous and
remarkable features OF scenery, architecture, and
art, well as the various processes and mechan-
les and manufacturers. Although intended for in
stFuetion rather than Establishment, pains have
been spared {" insure their artistic excellence 4,
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believed they will lind welcome reception a. all
admirable feature of the Cyclopaedis and worthy
Of its high character.
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about 500 pages, fully illustrated with several
thou sand wood engravings, and with numerous
coIored Lithography Maps.
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