Omaha daily bee., 1874-09-16

THE work originally published under the ntle
of TUE NEW AMERICAN C~YCLoPAkDlA was
counIeted in 1868, since which time the VIDE
circulation which IL has attalhei III All parts Oh
~ Ifn;,cI states, aud the signal Developments
which have taken place in every branch OF
cience. literature, and art, nave lnuueeu the
eIitors and publishers 10 submit IL 10 an exact
ana thorouEh revision, and 10 issue u ne"
ditiOn entitled, 1hh
Ola. ,orro nj dis
ooyery in every department oil knowledge mas
made a Eew work of reference an imperative
TIE movement OF political affairs has kept
noe. With The discoveries OF science, and ther
fruitful application to the industrial and usciui
arts and the convenience ana rehhemehl OF
- IIfe. Great WAITS and consequent revolu-
.ion, nave occurred, Involving national changes
af paculiar moment. The civil war Oh our o"n
country, which was at its height when the last
rol,ws Of the old work appeared, has happny
haen ended, and 4 new course OF commercial
snd industrial activity has been commenced.
Tarre accessiOns to Our geographical KNOW
edge have been maize bs the lndeiit'gabie ex-
nIorers Of africa,
che great political revolutions Of the last
decade with The natural result oil the lapse ei
time. have brought into public view amultituIe
of new men, whose nahle- are III e'i! 49,
rno,,th and Of whose lives every one Is curious
- Ipow the particulars. Gre-t battles nave
Ieeu fought AMI important sieges maihtainel,
- which The details are as yet preserved only
In fkp pPySnaiprS O4 III III dhSiSN 800
lions of the day, bu which ought now 10 take
.hair Mace in peymaaect and authentic history
In preparing the present edition ior tne press,
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bring down the Information 70 tne - pvS
ahis dates. AID to furnish an accurate account
a. nus. regent discoveries N science, OF
fro.h prsduetiOn in literature, ana OIL
The newest insention in the practical arls' US
r-alI as TO yivs 2 succinct and Original recoIu oi
nroSyess OF political and historical event.
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