Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-04-20

THE work Originally, published under the title of
THE New AMERICAN CicLOPeDTA was com pleted in
1868, since which time tie wide circulation which
it has attained In all parts of the United States
and the signal developments which have taken
place in every branch of science, literature. and art
have induced the editors and Publishers to sub
NIT IL to exact and thorough revision and to Is
she new edition entitled the AMERICAN CYCLIC
PaDIA.
Within the last ten the progress OF dseov-
cry in every department of knowledge has made a
new work Of reference an imperative want
The movement Of political Affairs has kept pace
with the discoveries Of science and their fruitful
application TO the industrial and useful arts and
the convenience and refinement o: social life
Great w2rs and cousequent revolutions have occur
red, involving national cahng1s Of peculiar moment.
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 industrial activity has
been commenced.
Large accesAions to our geographical know edge
have been made by tbs interchangeable explorers OF
Africa.
The great political outions OF the last decaae
with the national result OF the lapse OF time. have
brought into poblic view a multitude OF new men,
whose names in every ones mouth and Of
whose lives every ore is curious to know the par
ticulsrs. Great battles have been fought and i'm
portsH seseS maintained, Of which the d. ails are
az yet preserved only in the newspapers or In the
transient publications of the day, but which ought
now TO iSka their place in permansnt and anthem
tie history.
In preparing the present edition 70, the press
IL has accordingly been the aim 81 the editers to
brirg dom It's infOrmation to the lxtsst possible
dates, and to tsruiSh an GcSdFats aScoaht Of the
most reGant discoveries an sciences. Of every fresh
production in literatsre, ana Of the vest inyen-
tionr In ;se 7TAsiSsl srts IS we'll to give a
cinct and original record or the progress of political
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The wors has been bssun after long and careful
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CyclopGdia, Hith fee same plan and compass its
predecessor, but with far srnaer ppcunisry eX
composition as have been suggested by longer ex-
perirnse end enlarged knowledge.
The illustrations which are introduced for the
hrst time In the present tditiOu have been added
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greater ncidity and fore. to the explanation In the
text. They embrace al branches of science and
OF natural history, and depict The most famous and
remarkable features Of scenery, architecture, and
art, as well as the various processes Snd han
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been spared t." insure their artistic excellence 8,
the cost Of their execution is enormous and il is
beloved they will and wecolue reception Is all
admirable fsatule OF the Cycloqaedia and worthy
OF its high character.
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