Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-06-02

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Ola was completed in 1864, since which time
the wide circulation which it has attained In all
parts OF th United states, and tho signal de-
velopments which have taken place in every
branch of science, liter ature and art, have in
ducsd the editors and pu hers to submit It -
an exact and thorough revision, and to issue .
new edition entitle THE AMERICAN CY-
JLOPKDIA.
covery in every department of knowledge has
| made q new work Of reference an Imperative
want.
The movement OF political affairs has kepe
pace with the discoveries Of science, and thear
fruitful application to the industrial and use.
full arts and the convenience and rehnemento9
social life. Great wars and consequent rev volu-
tions have occurred, il wing national changes
COUNTRY, which was at its height when the last
volume Of the old work appeared. has haPpuy
been ended, and q new course OF cOmmorcaa1
and Industrial activity has been commenced.
Large accessions TO our geographical knOwi-
| ledge have been made by the indefstigable sx-
The great political revolutions Of tho last de-
cade, with the natural result OF the lapse OF
time, have brought into pubic view 2 moit-
ones mouth. and of whose lives every ono -
| curious to know the particulars Great battles
have been fought and impOrtan. steges main.
tanned, of which The details are as yet preserved
onlyln the ncwspapersor In the transient pup
licati0ns Of the day, but which ought nov q
| take their place in permanent aud authentic
history
u Preparing the present edition for the
press, 1t has accordingly been the aim OF the
editors to bring down the Information to the
latest possible dates, and to furnish an accu-
rate account of the most recent disco. >rtes IN
acieuce of every fresh pl oductiOn in literature
and of tho newest inventions in the Prsct1o9l
arts, as well as to give q succint ana origine;
record of the progress OF political and hlseoei-
| cal events.
rhe work has been begun after long and
| careful preliminary labor, and with the most
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| with the same plan and compass as its prede-
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