Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-04-27

| THE work originally published under the title o.
] THE NEW AasRICGN CYCLOP&DtA wils completed il
| 1853 since which time the wide circulation whicf
It has attained ia ali parts OF the United States
and the signal developments which have takeI
place in every branch Of science, literature and AR
| have induced the editors and Publishers 10 sub.
nit il to an and thorough revision, and L. Is
new edition entitled THR AMERICAN CYCLIC.
| PeDIA.
| Within tho last ten 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 kept pace
with the discoveries Of science, aud their fruitful
application 70 the industrial aud useful arts and
| the COW enience and refinement o. social life
| Greet and cou~equent revolutions have occur
red involving national cahnges Of peculiar moment
The civil war of own country, which was al
| itr height when the last volume of the old work
| appeared, has happily been ended, and new
course of commercial and industrial activity has
! been commenced.
| Large accessions to our geographical know ledge
| have been made by the interchangeable explorers o.
Africa.
The great political revolutions of the last decade
with the national Vesult of the lapse OF time have
! brought into pOblic view multitude Ofnew mon
| whose names are in every ones mouth and Of
| whose lives ore is curious to know the par
| ticuars. Great battles have been fought and i'm.
porIan seges maintained, Of which the datails are
A. yet preserved only in the newspapers or In the
transient publications of the day, but which ought
nO@ to take their place in permanent and anthem
/ tic history.
| In preparing the present edition fOI the press
! it has accordingly been the aim of the editerS tC
bring down TIE information To the latest possible
/ dates and TO furnish an accurate account OF the
most recent discoveries IN scisnss. OF every frcsI
rrodu in literature, and Of the newest inyen.
,iuns in the practical arts well as to give SAC
circt and original record Of the progress Of poliica
| and historical eVcn.E.
The work has beeu begun sf.ei long grd careful
preliminary labor aud vita iha most simple re-
sources Tor carrying it on 10 successful terniua.
| ton.
None Of the original stereotype plates have been
! used, hut every page has been printed on ne "
| Cyclornda with foe same plan ard compass AZ it,
! predecessor. but with Ear graHier pEcunlary ex
! PenditurS, and with such improvements !n is
composition As have been ruE gcst.d by longer Elk
! peri-iiSr end enlarged know ledge.
| The illustrations wh!sh introduced for tAf
| first time ~ the ITrS"ut edition have been added
! not for tn" sake of pictorial effect, but t. give
greater inc dty and fore" 10 the explanation in the
/ text. They embrace all branches Of scirrca and
Of natural history, ard depict the most famous ard
remarkable feaitires % scenery architecture and
art, well IL In" varioUs procss seS and mechan-
les and msuTfari urers. Although intended for in
struction rather than embellshmett 10 pains hs We
! been spared T. insure their artistic excclle"c"
the cost Of their execution is enormous, and it is
/ believed they will Erd welcome reception a. All
/ slmira5le feature Of the Cyclopaedis ami worthy
| Of it's high character.
This work is sold to subscribers only. paysble
! on delivery Of eash volume. II viii be com. letrd
in sixteen large octave volumes each containing
! about SG0 ragas, fully illustrated with several
! tknussrd wood epgrav ings, ard with numerous
| co!cred LilhoEralhy Maps.
Picc nnt StY,e Of binding
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| In Library leather, Per vol. 500
| In half Turkey Morocco Per VOL zoo
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In Fail Morocco antique, glt edges per vel II a.
| In fail Russia, per vol, 1890
| Five volumes now ready. Succeeding volumes
until completion, will be isEaed once i Esant h.
| xE**SpRcimpn pages Of tho AxFRICkS CYCLnPc.
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! glatis, ON application.
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