Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-06-25

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tie OF Tar NEW AMEhlCAN CHCiOP-E-
IIA WAS compile ted in 1854. since which ttmC
the wide circulation which II has attained in All
parts OF tn Unit states, and the signal de
veiOpm"Its ch have taken place III every
~ ai'> OF science, literature, and art, have IN
dU"eh the ,dlts'rs and pUblisheTst to submit it 20
an exact ana thorough revision, ana To issue a
new erltion cntitle i HE = MEXICAN CY-
CLOP-FpIA.
ithm the last ten years the progress OF dis.
cover. in every del art msnt of knowledge has
. mad n Work OF reference pcI alive
want.
! he movement of political affairs has kept
pace with tn dlsrOveritS of science, aud their
Fl fruitful ppli' alton to the ihdustrial and uet-
full u ana the convenience and refinement oI
sOclal life. Great wars ami cOnse1 Gcnt re vulu-
tons have ocrurr' Il. Involving national chan ges
Of peculiar moment. The civil war of our own
country, which was at It's height when the lat
volume OF the Old work appeared. has hal pity
been ended, and ii ner course OF commercial
ana industrial activity has been 0nu:;'ncrd.
Large nc essions to our geographical kIu "
ledge nave heen made by the Indet4 gable ex-
plOrLls VI africa
The great political revolutions of the last d.-
cade. with the natural result OF the L. OF
time. have brought into publtc view multi
tube OF Eew men, Who-e names are i'll every
curlou. to know the particulars u.r, at battles
nave been fought ana important Stages main
12Ihsu OF when the details are as yet prsse rved
only in The newspapers or III the transient pub
locations Il tho lay, out which ought now to
Ike their place i'll perm .nens and authentic
history.
In preparing the present edition for the
press, 1t has accordingly been the aim Of the
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latest possible dates ana 10 furnI.h accu-
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and Vi the newest inventions in the prsotical
arts. As we'll as to give succint ana original
record OF the progress OF political and hlstori
cal eVont-
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