Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-01-19

! IHE W"Tk "ris,Sally FublisL7d under tho .',Ie or
| WE NV AHERIcAN CYCLUPHDIA was comul-trd iu
le63 since which time the wide Circulation mn
| il has attained In all parts of the Euied states.
| and the s'guai Developments which have f,tc,,
place IN every branch OF SCIENCE literature and art
| have induced the editors aud p1tfi.bsrs a., -
nit II to an exsei ans thorough revision and TO il
| sne new edition entitled T3rE ASEEtcAS CrcLo-
! PaDIA. '''
within the last ten wears the progress OF diseov-
| cry In every department Of know ledge has mad. d
1 new work Of reference an imperative want
The movement Of political aaalrs has kept race
with tho discoveries ~ scieuce aud their fruitf,l
application to the Industrial aud useful, ar- aud
The convenience and refinement of social life
| Great war; and cousequent revo!uilons have occfr
red, invoving national cahnges of peculiar moment
| The civil var Of our own country, which was ~
| it, height when the last volume 81 IN. ,lJ ~
| appeared. has happily been ended and a paw,
course oi commercial and industrial acIiyify has
been commenced. -
Large ace salons - our ceugrarhicaI kro,rIoJr.
.avT bscH rnads by lis .Id-lligtble explorers Of
Africa.
The grss political o'Gt;ons Of the lat dec,.e
win the national result Of the lapse OF Time have
brought into poblic view multitude % T u4,v No.,
whose names are ia every eue's mouth ard or
whose lives every ore j. curious t. know tbe uHr
ucnlarS. Great battles have been fought and inn
poTtaut sriges maintained Of which The dst,if. -
as yet preserved os,ty in the urusfapers or h, Ia,
transient TsblioaiIos Of the day, bat which ouybt
tic history.
In preparing the present clifton fot the nres.
u mas accordingly been thc .i.n or the edissrs to
3finS down the information i'' the latest possible
dates, and 10 furnish an accurate arccqut oftLs /
most recent discoveries IN science of every fresb
production in literature. and uf The .,v..t {nvc,
ii"nS in the practical arts as we'll A. tog!srasur
cinet and original tecorj of the rrogTrza ~ pgir.I
and historical events g:
The WORK ha- Lees BEGUN ar,cf long and careful
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text They embrace all branches Of seieuce and
OF natural history, and depict the most famous and
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