The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-02-05
A PPLETON's
AMERICAN CYCLoPEDIA.
NEW REVISED EDITION.
ENTIRELY REWRITTEN BY TIE AgLEsT WRITERS
ON EVERY SUBJECT, PRINTED FROM NEW.
TYPE. AND ILLUSTRATED WITH SEvE-
RAJ THOUSAND EHGIAvISGs
AND MAPS.

The work originally published under the title Of
THE NEW sMGklCAN CYCLOpEDiA was
completed IN 1868, since which time the wide cir
cuiailon which it has attained in ali parts Of the
United States. and the signal developments which
have taken place In every branch OF science. lcra
turc, ard art have induced the ditors AMI publish
ers to submit 1t to an exact ana thorough revision,
and to Issue new edition entitled TILE AMEi,l-
Ca y CYCLCPEuIh.
within the last ten years the progress Of disco
very in every department OF knowledge has made u
new work of refertnce an imperative want. =
The movement OF political afiLirs has kept pace
with the discoveries OF science, and their fruitful
application TO the industrial and useful ars and
The convenience aud refinement OF social life.
Great wars and consequent revolutions have &C.
CURED, involving national changes OF peculiar mo-
meat. The civil war Of our own 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 ia'iusIriai activity has
been commenced
Large accessons to our geographical knowledge
have been made by the interchangeable explorers OF
Africa.
Tho great political revolutions Of The last decade
with the natural rcsill, Of the lapse 81 time. have
h:nuSh. into public rioiY Il multitude "f u.w men,
whose names are la every ones noiItS, aDh Of
whose lives every one Is curious 70 know The par
tlculars. Great battles have been fought and lm-
portant siegcs maintained, of which the details
as yet preserved only III the new. papers or In the
now to take their PLACE In permanent and authentic
history.
has accordingly been the aim Of the editors to
bring down the information t. the. latest possible
ties, and to furnish sn accurate account OF the
most recent discoveries IN scence, OF every fresh
pr ducton In literature, and or the newest iEven-
tons in the practical arts as we'll rs TO give sue
cinct and original record of the progress OF poliu-
The work has been begun after long and careful
preliminary labor, and with tile most ample re-
sources for carry Ing 1t on t. successful ternlina-
ton.
None of the original stereotype plates have been
used. but every page has b en- printed IN new type,
forming In fact new CyclUpedia with the same
plan ami compass IT'S predecessor, but with far
greater pecuDiary expenditure, and With such I'm
provements In It's composition as have Deem suR-
ge5led by longer experience and enlarged know
Ledge.
The Illustrations which are introduced for the first
time In the present edition. have been added not for
the sake Of pictorial etfcc, but 10 give greater
lucidity and force to The explanations IN the text.
They embrace all branches Of science and OF natural
BILE features OF sceucry, architecture, and art, as
well US the various processes or mechanics and
| rather than establishment, no psins have been
spared 70 insure their artistic excellence. The cost
OF their execution Is enormous, and It Is believed
lhey VIII nnu welcome reception as an admirable
| feature OF the Cycoradia, and worthy OF Its high
character.
delivery Of each volume. 1t will lie completed in
sixteen large octave volumes, each containing about
guy pages, fully Illustrated with several thousand
graphic maps.
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III full morocco, antique, gilt edges, per VOL 00
III full Russia, per 10 OF
Three volumes now ready. Succeeding volumes
until completion, will be issued once in two DoDths
tx*Specmen pages Of the AMERICAN CYCLIC
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