Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-12-24

THE work originally published under the til
tis of TIE NEW AMEHICAN CYCL OPE-
DIS WAS com Dietad in 1854, since which time
the wide circulation which it has attained in ali
parts OF tn United States, and the signal de-
veiopments which have taken place in every
branch OF science, liter atare, and art, have in
duned the editors and publishers to submit it to
a exact and thorough revision, Snd to issue .
new edition entitie THE AMERICAN CY-
CLOPEuIa.
Within y.la last ten years the progress of dis
coyery in ev"rv department Of knowledge has
made work of reference Imperative
want.
Ihe movement of political affairs has KEEP:
pa|e with the discoveries of science, aud their
f-i.ttfui application to the Industrial and use
f.I d Is the convenience and refinement OF
social iIte. Great wars and consequent Tevolu-
items have occurred, Involving matt al cA anges
- peculiar nom ~. Tie civil war OF oar own
con try. wheel: was At is height when the last
EOluEue d tn az E1-k appear, Il, has happily
been ended. and rev course of COM aIerciaI
ard ineiUsrrjG! activity has been commenced
LarEe accG~s4u1s 20 our geographical knr,Sl-
isFg" nave en- n tIe - the 'Eietatigable e1-
ploiv-s = afri:a.
The great political revolutions Of the last de-
cade. with the nStural result Of The lass OF
time, have brought mo ruaic view a multi
tUuc of lew men. who.c manner in every
ones mouth. aud of wnrSe lives every oDs II
cur Gus 10 En1w [ e ptrfIcr3 as .rea% h2tt!er
h9N- been fnugat mi fmpo-' ~ 81 les maj
5ain Il, OF which The details a. yet preserved
on'Vl0 Vie newSPa persp r ir,t3Scut f'.5t.-
hCR'l ms Of the daV, but nuGht nc" 70
Ak tneir place III peTm's err "ad auth >
h;=r0s y
= pieparitng the pre-, ION for IS.
pres, il has accordingly aim ~ Ia
editors 10 bring down IN >it-io - 4r
Late possible dates, and = a. en-
- % account Of the most cove r.:
science. nt every fresh pod litera., r.,
and II thu newest inyentios. .-- &c pracG .1..l
att>. a. WEI! AS t. give a SuCc ana Ucigin2
record OF the progress OF E0ilH'Ia / and histOri
cal events.
i-he work has been begun after long and
careful preliminary labor, and W tn the most
ample res'urccs for Carrying 1t On to succeSs-
m T. rDlilatIon.
been uscCi, out every page has been printed on
new fype, forming in fact a new Gyclop;edia
with the same plan and compass as its prede-
C6S-0-, but With a lar greater pecunlary eXpen-
dituTe, and with such ''provemeIIt in it's COM
pos ttpn as have bSen suggested by longer
peJiance and enlargeda nowledge.
The illustrations which are introduced for the
trst time in tie present edition have been adj
ded pot for the sake of pictorial effect, but to
give greater lucidity AID force to the expla ha-
ti0ns in the text They embrace all branches
)fsCicnce and of natural history. and d epict the
most famous ami remarkable features of scene
Y, architecture. and art, as well As the various
rocesses OF mechanics and manufactures. Al
hough Intended for instruction rathe. than
3plhat- Isilment no pains have beer spared to
nsUI their artistic excellence tt e cost OF
heir execution ia enormous, and it is believed
will find welcome reception as an adj
iirabie featu g of the ty clOpaedla and wor by
# its high character.
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contaieing abort $40 pages, fully illustrated with
-everal thousand Wood Engravlngs, and with
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Price and St~Io of Binding.
IN extra Cloth, per vol. .-........---- IS 90
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