Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-05-04

TIE WORK originally published under the title 0
THE NEW AMERICAN CYcLoPaDIA completed il
1868 since which time the wide crcu laiOu " rel
it has attained in all parts OF the United States
and the signal developments which have takeI
place ii every branch of science literature and ar
have induced the editors and Publishers 10 sub.
nit il to exact and thorough revision, aud t. is
she a new edition entitled TIE AMBKICAS CYCLIC.
PaDIA.
Within the last ten wears the progress Of discov.
cry in every department of know ledg o has made .
new work of reference an imperative want
The movement of political affair. has kept,pace
with the discoveries OF science, and their fruitful
application to the industrial and useful ar.s and
the convenience and refinement % social life
red, involving national cahnges of pecul moment
The civil war OF our own country, which was aj
its height when the last volume OF tho old work
appeared, has happily been ended, and n new
course of commercial and industrial activity has
been commenced
Large accessions to our geographical knowledge
have been made by the interchangeable explorers OF
Africa.
The great political revolutions Of the last decade
with the national result OF the lapse Of time have
brought iuto pOblic view multitude OF new mon,
whose names are in every oue's month and Of
whose lives every ore is curious to know the par.
ticulars. Great battles have been fought and i'm
porlaHt seiscs naiIiiained of which the daals are
yet preserved only in the newspapers or In the
transient publications Of the day but which ought
now To take their place in permanent and anthem
tic History.
In preparing the present edition foi the press.
il has accordingly been tn" aim O! th,, editor 10
bring down the Information t. the latest pnssible
dates. and to furnish accurate account ofthe
most recent discoveries I'm science of every fresh
production in literature, and Of the newest ii:ran-
lions Ia III" practical arts we'll aS 10 give sue
circt rHl uAl record % the progress of political
and historical even :.
TIL" work has becu hegun after long aid careful
preliminary labor and with III most ample re-
sonrGrH irr carrying it on to successful terrnua-
tIon.
Ncne OF the original s'srrotvie plates have been
used, but every pHKe has b-eu printed on new
tyclop%dia. with lee same plan ard compass rs its
predecessor. but with . far greaier pecunizry sx
pendiiure and with such ilnpruv crnruts in its
composition az havc been suggested by longer ex-
priirnsc end enlarged knowl ledge.
The illustrations which are ini rndu for the
first time in the sent edition have been added
not Tor the. sake Of uict OTiA! cGert but te give
greater cidliy an+ i3rcr to the explanation In the
text. They embrace All hr%EChrs Of science and
of natural history, and depict tine mot famous and
remarkable fentHres Of scenery, architecture and
at, IL well rs tho various procs'scs and NEE han
les ard manufacturers. Although intended for iii-
struction her than -mbeli, hInert no pains have
been spared t" insure their artistic cxrcIIerc,
She cost Of their eXrrut:oH l. enormous and il is
believed they will find w"Icnn- reception a. all
sdmrsble feature Of the Cyclopaciid End worthy
Of liz high character.
This work /. sold to Subscribers only, payable
on delivery "f zach volume. 1t wiz be CON, let.d
In sixteen large octave volumes each containing
abont 500 pages, fully illustrated with several
tE"usad wood euErarings, and with numerous
colcred ithcrrapLy Naps
f'ics ami Sly "a BINDING
In exire Cloth, yer vol, $sGo
In Library Leather. per vol. 600
In Halt Turkey Morocco Per vol 700
In ialf Russia, extra gilt. per vol 500
In Fuil hnrroceo, antique, gil edges per vol 10 co
In fnll EnSsia, per vol. 1900
Five volumes now ready. SEcceeding volumes
until completion, viii be issued once in two months
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gIa,is, on application.
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Address the Publishers
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