Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-02-19

InF work originally publish,d under III.
title OF The American Cyc lopadia was com
pleted i'll 1868, since which time the I'D
circulation which ii has attained in all narts NJ
the United States, and the signal deyeI1 pmenis
wa IN have taken place in every trancb If
science, lltera fure, and art have induced r, q
EDITORS and publishers to submit tito an exact
ana thorough revision, and to issue a new
edition entitled The Am rican Cyc.ol sedra.
within the last ten years tie progress of
discovery In every department of knowledge
mas made new work OF reference an i'm
peratlYe want.
The movement ofpolitcal affairs has Ian.
pace with the discoveries Vi science ard thair
fruitful application to the indu strial and an;
arts and the convenience and refine NM
social life GREAT wars and copsrnment r 49, .
iau"ns have occurred, involving nationa
changes oil peculiar moment. The civil war IN
our own country, which at its height when The
last volume OF the old work appeared. ba.
happily been ended, and new course of com
merclal and Industrial activity las been com.
meuctd.
Large accessions to our geographical
knowledge have been made by the 1nde iatig@-
ole explorers Oh Africa,
The great political revolutions of the last
decade, with the natural resu of the .ansn of
time, have brought into public eva nIulti
tude OF new men, whose names are IN ever,
one mouth and of )se lives every one !.
curious t" know he particulars. Great battles
m in
tanned, OF which the-detalls ire as vet pre.arr
ed oilH III the neWspa pers or in the trausian
publication OF the daf but which OUGHT ,nyy
to take their place III ornament and authen-
tic history.
In preparing the present edition for ,ha
press, 1t has accordingly been the aim of The.
editors to bring down the informal on to the.
latest possible Gates and TO furnish an accurate
acc"uutof the most recent discoveries in science
OF every fresh production in literature, and
nt . maj
We as to give succinct and originul record
OF the prosHess OF political aud hi oricaI events
The WORK has been begun after lone and
careful prelin mary labor, and with the most
ample resources to' carrying it one to sue
cesslul teimaGat3On.
None of the original STEREOTYPE pla,es Lsv0
been used, out every page has been III ipted on
new type. forming IN tact Il new Cyclopadiss
with the same plan and compass al its n,ede
c. ssor out with tar greater pecuniary en-
penaituEe, ana win such improvements in it,
composition as hsve been suggested by LONGER
experience and enlar ged knowledge
The illustrations which are introduced for
the trst time IN the present edition nave been
added not for the sake OF pictorial effect, but
TO give 81 eater lucidtv and force II, tha a.,
planat-ons in the text. They embrace Mi hren
ches OF science and of natura! history and
deplct the most famous and remarkable tea
lures OF scenery architecture, and art, as we'll
as the various procesSes of merchanics and
intended Tor
ton rather than establishment, no pains have
BEEN spared to insure their artistic excellence.
the cost OF their execution is enormous, and X
is believed they will tind welcome retention
as an admirable feature ofthe Cyclopadia. and
worthy OF its high character
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each containing about 500 pages fully iliustrat
I'd with several thousand Wood Engl awnings and
With numerous col red photographic Maps.
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