Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-10-22

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Illustrated with Several Thou md Euzra-
wings and Maps
THE work originally published under the IT,
tS OF THE NEW AMERICAN CYCIsJPK-
OLA was completed in 1854. since which time
the wide circulation which it has attained in ali
velopments which have taken place in every
branch OF science, literature, and art, have In
duced the editors and ppblis her to submit it to
an exact and thorough revision, and to issue q
new edition entitl6 THE AMERICAN CY-
CLOPEDIA.
Within t,he Last ten years the progress Of dis.
coTery in ev~~y department Of knowledge has
want.
The movement of political affairs has kept
pace with the discoveries of science ard Their
fruitful application to the industrial and use
fnl arts and the convenience and refinement of
social lie. Great wars and consequent reyoiu.
tons have occurred. il v0lying national changes
OF peculiar mOments The civil war OF our own
country, which was at its height when the last
volume of the old work appeared. has harrily
been ended. and n new course of commercial
and tneusti ial activity has been com meaced
large aecessions TO oar geographical knnwl-
ledge have been made by the iRdefatigabe sx-
plofers OF a fricR.
The great political revolutions of tho la st de-
Sade, with the natural result of the ls,se OF
tune, have brought into public view a multi
tude or new men, whose names are in every
ones mouth, and OF whose lives eyery one II
our Gus TO know tie particulars. Gre at battles
have been fought and important sIsaes main
tanned OF which the details as vet pre- Sc rived
locations of the day, but which ought now to
take their place in permanent and authentic
history.
preparing The present edition for tba
press lt mas accordingly been the aim of the
editors 10 bring down the Information to the
latest possible dates, and to furnish An accu-
rate account of the most recent discoveries in
science. OF every fresh product ion in literature
ana OF the newest inventions in the practical
afts, as well as TO give suCCint ana orjpina
record OF the progress of political and hlstori-
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'ha
careful preliminary labor, and with the most
ample resources Tor carrying II on TO a Success
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ceseOT, bat with \ far greater pecuniary expen-
dituFe, and with such IN prove meut in its conn
position as have been suggested Hy lor yer ~
perience and enlarged< n0wledge.
The illustrations which are introduced for the
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give gCear er lucidEtv and force TO the explains
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Y, Architecture, and art. as well rs the various
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