The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-06-23

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with several thousand engravings and maps.
The work originally published under the title Of
! TIE NEW AMERICAN CYCLoPdsDIA was ooInIlet-
ed In 1858, since which time the wide circulation
which 1t has attained in all parts Of the United
States and the signal Developments which nave
taken place IN every branch OF science, EteTature,
and ART have induced the editors and publishers
20 submit to an exact and thorough revision. and
| 10 issue new ediIion.enutled The AMERICAN CY-
] CLOP- -EDIA.
/ Within the last ten years the progress Of dis
| cOyery in every department Ct knowledge has
made a new work OF reference an imperative
want.
The movement Of political affalrs.has kept pace
with the discoveries Of science, and their fruitful
application 20 the Industrial and useful arts, and
/ the convenience and refinement OF social llle.--
Great wars and consequent revolutions have &C
Cured, involving national changes OF peculiar mo
ment. The civil war of our own country, when
was at its height when the last volume oi the 0id
work appeared, has happily been ended, ana
new course OF commercial and industrial activity
has been commenced.
/ Large accessions 10 our geographical knowledge
have been made by the indeiatigable explorers OF
Africa.
The great political revolutions Of thelastdecade,
with the natural result OF the lapse Of time, have
brought into view a multitude OF new men, whose
names are in every one mouth, and Of whose lives
every one is curious 10 know the particulars. Great
battles have been fought and important sieges
maintained, Of which the details are as yet pre-
served only in the newspapers OF in the transient
publications Of the day, but which ought now TO
take their place in permanent and authentic his
tory.
In preparing the present edition for the press, it
has accordingly been the aim oi the editors 10 bring
down the information to the latest possible dates,
and 10 furnish accurate account oi the most re-
cent discoveries in science. Of every fresh produc-
ton In literature, and OF the newest Inventions II
the practical arts, well as TO give succnct and
original record Of the progress OF political and his
tOric;l events.
rho work has been begun after long and careful
preliminary labor, anu with the most ample re
soarcts for carrying it on 10 successful termina-
uOn.
None Of the original stereotype plates have been
used, bus every page has been printed ON new
type, forming Ia iaet a new C!cloPaedla, WITH the
same plan ana compass Its predecessor, but
with lar greater pecuniaTy expenditure, and
with such inprUyeIaents IA It's composition have
been suggested by longer experience anu enlarged
knowledge.
The Illustrations which are introduced tor the
FIRST time ~ the present edition have been added
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raj history, and Gepict tne lnUss famous ana re-
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