Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-04-06

THE work originally published under the title o.
! THE NEW AIEEICAN CYCLUPGDIA was cofnuleted IL
1853 since v hich time the wide circulation which
il has attained in all parts CT the United States
and the signal developments which have taker
place in every branch of science, literature and All
have induced the editors and publishers to sub.
NIT 1t to an exact and thorough revision and t. IS
sne new edition entitled TIE AMERICAN CYCLIC
Ps2DIA.
Within the last ten wears the progress OF discov-
cry in every department Of know ledge has made
new work Of reference an imperative want
The movement OF political affairs has kent race
with The discoveries Of science and their fruitful
application to the Industrial and useful arts and
the venience and refinement OF social life =
Great wars and consequent revolutions have occur.
rcd involving national caLuges Of peculiar moment
The civil war of own country which WAS Al
its height when the last volume of the old work
appeared, has happily been ended, and new
course of commercial and industrial ACTIVITY hss
been commenced
Large accessions to our geographical knowledge
have been made by the interchangeable explorers OF
Africa.
The great political evolutions of the last deca5e
with the national result of the lapse Of time hav e
brought into poblic view multitude of new mon,
whose names are in every oHe's month ard of
whose lives every orc is curious to know the par
ticuars. Great battles have been fought and i'm
portGn soises maintained, Of which the dat8is are
yet preserved only in the newspapers or In the
transient publications of the day. but whIcE glt
now to.;aEa their place III permanent and anthem
tic History.
In preparing the present edition 70, the press,
it has accordingly been She aim Of the editors to
bring down the information 10 tie latest possible
dates and 10 furnish accur.-, r accouIT Of the
most recent Discoveries ii science OF every fresh
production ia literature, aud Of the ne Eest irver
lions il the practical well as to give sue
cinc and original eeorI Of The progress Of political
and historical cvcIts.
The work has 5eeu began after Ions and carefuI
preliminary Abor, and with the most ample re-
soufcrs fcr carrying i on TO sucesssful terInifa-
ton.
None Of the original stereotype plates have been
UsCi, but every PAGE has bee. printed al, ,,,yv
Cycior#iin With zee same rIyr and corr.ss % Ire
predecessor. bat with a far graaier pecrniary ex.
EHrdiiur7r and With such improv e:Gcuts In its
composition az nave been suggested BY longer ez-
pcritnsa oud enlarged knowledge.
The Illustrations which are introduced for the
first time in the Present edition have been sddod
not for tie sake Of pictorial effect, hut {. give
greater iHcid!y ard force 20 the explanation in the
text. they embrace ali brSrches 81 science and
OF natural history, and depict 40 most famous and
remarkable features Of scenery, archii ectrre ard
AT, as well as the various processes and neC han
les aud manufacturers. Although intended for in
structtCn rather than embellishments no pains have
been spared {" insure their artistic excellence .
th" cost 81 their execution is enormous aud 1t is
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admirable fe3ture OF the Cyclopaedia and worthy
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