Wilmington journal., 1876-07-07

The work originally published under Che T.
tI5 of FhE NEW AM GRICAE CYCLOPk-
DiA co completed in 1864, elnce which time
the wide circulation which it has attained In ali
parts OF tn United States, and tho signal d.
veIOpme nts which have taken place in every
branch of science, literature, and art, have in
Guced the editors and pu bli-hsrs to submit It n
an exact and thorough revision, and to issue .
new edition entitle The AMERICAN CY.
lLOPE EDTA.
Within .le last ten years the progress Of dh.
coyery i'll ev@~v department OF knowledge haa
made new work of reference An imperative
want.
The movement OF political affairs has ksps
pace with thn discoveries of science, and thsir
fruitful application 10 the industrial and us1.
fHl arts and the convenience and rennementoe
social life. Great wars and consequent rel volu.
tions have occurred, involving national changes
OF peculiar moment The civil Wat Of our own
country, which was at its 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 knovl
ledge nave been made by the indefatigablesx-
plOrers OF Africa.
The great political revolutions OF the last .
cade, with the natural result Of tho lApee Of
time, have brought into public view q multi.
tude of new men, whose names are In every
ones mouth, and of whose lives every one 10
curious to know the paruculGrG treat battles
have been fought and important sieges main.
tanned, OF which the details are as yet preserved
onlyln the newspRpersor or in the transient pub.
locations OF the day, but which ought nov u
take their place in permanent and authents
history.
preparing the present edition for the
press, it 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. .~ttes In
science. of every fresh pl reduction in itcEHture,
and of the newest inventions in tho practical
arts, as well as to give q succint and Origine
record of the progress OF political and histort'
cal events.
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careful preliminary. labor, and with the most
ample resources for carrying 1t on to success
fui termination.
None OF the original stereotype plates hsva
been used, but every page has been printed On
new type, forming in fact new Cyclopediss
with the same plan and Compass as Its peeds-
cessor, but with far greater pecuniAry eapsF
diture, and with such Improvement In it COM
position rs have been suggested by longer q
perience and enlargedk nOwledge.
The illustrations which are introduced for the
first time in the present edition have been ID
ded not for the sake of pictorial effect, but q
give greater lucidity and force to tho explAaar
tons in the text They embrace all branches
,fscience and of natural history. and depict ths
most famous and remar kable features Obscene
y, architecture, and art, as we'll a. the various
processes of mechanics and manufactured. A.
:hOugb intended for instruction rather tnaa
3mbeE shment. no paiDs have been spared y
usui their artistic excellence the cost o.
heir execution is enOr nous, and 1t IL believes
will tind welcome reception as an 81
IF its high character.
This wOr X is sold to Subscribers Onl psys-
BILE on delivery of each volume. 1t will bs com
pleted in sixteen large octave vOlrmes. each
contaieing about 500 pages fully illustrated with
several thousand Wood EngravinRs, and Win
numerous colUred LithOgraphic Maps.
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until completion, will be Issued once IN
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