Wilmington journal., 1875-08-06

THE work originally published under the til
tie of rhE NEW AHi r nICAE CYCI.OP1E-
Ola was completed III 1894, since which time
the wide circulation hiCh It has ttained in ali
parts OF tn" United states, and the signal de-
veiopments which have taken place in every
branch of science, lii iteratuTe. and art, have in
duced the oditr rs ana prbI- heEs to submit it to
exact AMI thorough T, vision, md To issue a
new edition enttle The = ME 1lCAN CV-
CtOPEDIA.
@itE N the last ten years he progress OF dis
c0very in every department OF knowledge has
made new whIk OF re1eTeice an luFtI alive
want.
he movement o1 poitica! affairs has kept
pace with tn, discovers : ot science, AID their
fruitful ppiiC alton to the Industrial and use
ful ts AMI the convenience and refinement OF
social life. Great wars ana consequent Tevolu-
tons have occurred, involving T''ttlonai chang,
of peculiar momeuts Tie ciVl' war OF Our own
con Ittv, which was At il height when the last
volume of the old work appeared. has happily
been ended. and new course of commerciai
and industrial activity has been commenced
Large acccssiOns TO our geographical knowl-
ieGge mare been made by the indetattgable eX-
plOrers Ct ! frica.
The great political revolutions of the last de-
cado, with the natural result OF the LAPSE OF
timr, have brought III ruhl'c vie" multi
tude OF new men, v hoe names are III every
ones mouth and of whose lives every one is
curious to know the particulars 'ireat battles
have been fought and importanj siegeS main
tanned, of which be details az as yet preserved
only IN the new>PaleTs OF IL the transient pnb-
locations OF the day, but which ought now to
take their place in permanent and authentic
history.
In preparing the present edition Tor the
press, it has accordingly beeII the aim of the
editors to bring down the intormatio t. the
latest possible dates, and to fuTni-h an accu-
rate account of the most recent discoveries la
science. of every fresh pi ioductOn III literature,
and Of the newest inve entiOns i'll the practical
arts, well to give succint ana original
record of the progress OF political and histori =
cal events
The work has been begun after long and
careful preliminary labor, ana w tn the mt -
ample resources tor carrying 1t OH to a success
fuI termination.
None Of the original stereotype plates have
been used, but every page has been printed on
new 'ype, forming in fact a Gy cloI sedia
with the SAME plan and compass as its pfede-
ces-or, but with far greater pecuniary exFon-
diture, AMI with such i"provement in IFS com
position as have be- IN suggested by longer eX
perience and enlarged knowledge.
The illustrations which are introduced for the
first time in the present edition have been ad-
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give grea er lucidity and force to tho explH ma
tiOns in the text. They embrace all branches
of science and of nat iral history and depict the
most famous and remar kable features of scene
ry, architecture. and art, as well As the various
processes OF mechanics and man ufacrures. AL
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establishment, no pains have beer spared to
insure their artistic excellence tt e cost OF
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| they will find a welcome reception as an Adj
mirable feature OF the Cyciopadia, and worthy
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