The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-01-16

THE NEW xMsEIcAN cYcLoP 7ED! pa, wa va
culation which it has attained In all parts O. the
United States, and the signal developments WElch
tare, and art have induced the ditors and put!sl-
ers to submit 1t TO an exact and thorSugn MEHI
aSa e c iisae ) adH iql."An''u'O
Within the last ten yes.s the pyogreSS IS, OF asco
very in every department OF knowledge mas kaade
iE Te movement Of poiit;sa Hffairs has kept
VITA the discoveries OF science, and their fruitful
application to the ndusSiai anu use1a aae nha
Great wars and conseqaSat refoluSons nav "
cured, involving national changes or peculiar mo-
Hcn.. The civil war of Our own country, RulS;i
was at It's height when the last volume OF zoe oo
work appeared, has happily been ended ana asi .
ARD. aecessIons to our geographical knowledge
hare been made by the indeta1Saoie eAploiets VI
Tho great politica revolutions Of the last dt eade
with the nstural result of the lapse OF tlne i've
brought int" puh ne T,o syerS ones mouth aud
whose lives every one Is curious to know the par
Ie.1sps sjeges maintained of which the details
as yet preserved only IN the GewspaperS or III Va;
transient publications OF ,e gay, Ue ,,d
| history. :.
| has acc6rdinGly been the aim of the editors e
bring down the Information to tile latest posi- Dlt
dates, aud to furnish an accurate account OF thu
.
Or duction in literature, and Of the newest iDvcn
tons IN the practical arts as well rs 10 n We SIC
clnct and Original record Of the progress OF politi'
| The work has been begun after long and careful
preliminary labor, aud with the most ample re
sources for carrying ii Oh to successful terinln;
ton.
None of the original stereotype plates have beer
used. but every page has b. en- prinied IN rev type
forming 81, fact /; new Cycl0pGdia with the same
plan ;nd compass rs It's predecessor. but with til
greater peennary expenditure, and Wild sllch nm
provenients in It's composition as have been suG-
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The Illustrations, which are introduced for tie first
time In the present cdion hasc been added not iol
the sake OF pictorial effect, but 10 give greater
lucidiiy and force TO the explanations i! the tSSt
They embrace al branches Of science and of natural
history, and depict the most famous and remarks
bic features OF scenery, architecture, ami art, as
well as the various processes OF mechanics and
| manufactures Although intended for instruction
rather than cmbcliiSllnent, no pains have been
spared to Insure the artistic excellence The cost
OF their execution is enormous, and 1t is believed
! they will find welcome reception as an admirable
feature Of the Cyclol dla, and worthy OF It's high
| character
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