The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-04-19
Miscellaneous.
A PPLETONS'
AMERICAN CYCLOPEDIA
NEW REVISED EDITION.

Entirely rewritten 5y the abIest writers on every
sapieet Printed irom new type, and illustrated
! with several thousand engraslngs and Insps.
The work originally published under the title Of
! TEE NEW AxEaiCAS CYCLoPADIA was compiet-
! ed IN ie5S since which time the wide circulation
which II has attained in all parts Of the United
States. and the signal developments which have
taken place In every branch Of science, literature,
anu art. have induced the editors and publishers
! 10 submit TO an exact and thorough revision and
to issue new on.entitled THE AMERICAN Cf-
] CLOPKDiA.
/ Within the last ten years the progress of dis
coFery in every department Of knowledge has
made a new work Of reference an imperative
want.
The movement OF political affairs has kept pace
with the discoveries OF science, and their fruitful
application 10 the industrial and useful arts, and
tne convenience and refinement OF social liie---
Great wars and consequent revolutions have oc-
CARED, involving national changes OF peculiar mo-
Inent. The civil war oil our own country, which
was az It's height when the last volume vi the old
work appeared, has happily been rnded, and y
new course OF commercial and industrial activity
I has been commenced.
Large aecessions TO cur geographical knowledge
have been made by the indeiaugab4e explorers Of
Africa
Inc great political revolutions Of the lastdecade,
with Ihe natural result vi the lapse Oi tiIe have
brought into view c multitude Of new men, whose
names are in every one mouth, and of whose lives
every Is curious to know the particulars Great
battles have been fought and important sieges
maintained, Oi NAlcn the uclAlls are ds geL pre-
served unly In the newspapers or in the transient
I publications OF the day, but which ought now 10
take their place in permanent and authentic his
( tory.
has accordingly been the aim Of the editors 10 bring
down the Information 10 the latest possible dates
and to furnish accurate account Of the most re-
cent discoveries in science oil every iresh Prodne-
t0n in telirature and Of the newest inventions IN
the practical arts as well to give sueeinet and
original record OF the progress Of political and lis
l tOrical events.
| The work has been begun after long and careful
/ preliminary labor, and with the most ample re-
sources fOF carrying 1t on 10 successful tsrnlina-
| ton
None of the original stereotype plates have been
used but every page has been printed on new
type, forming IN fact new Cyclopedla, Win tne
same plan and compass as its predecessor, eu,
with a far greater pecuniary expenditure AID
with such improvements tn its COMPOSITION as nave
been suggested by longer experience and enlarged
knowledge.
first time in the present edition have been added
not tor the Ike OF pictorial effect, bEt to give lu-
cidi;y and force 70 the explanations N tne text
They embrace all branches Of science and Oh natu
raj history and depict the most famous and re-
markable features OF scenery, architecture and
art well as the various processes OF MECHANICS
and manufacturers. Although intended Tor In
struction rather than embellishment, no pains
have been spared TO insure their artistic excel
lence; the cost of their execution Is enormous aud
it is believed they viii md welcome reception as
an admirable feature oil the Cyci0Psedia, and wor-
thy of its high character.
This work is sold to subscribers only, payable
on delivery OF each volume 1t will he completed
in sixteen large octave volumes, each containing
about SOP pages, fully illustrated, with several
thousald Wood Elgravings, aud With numerous
colored Lithographic Maps
PRICE AND STYLE OF BINDING,
In extra Cloth. per vol
In Library Leather, per vol..... ..-...--.-----
In Hail Turkey MOROCCO, per vol -....-.--..- Z
an dalf Russia. extra gilt, per yol.-.-----..;-.
In full Morocco, antique, gilt edges, per Vol N
In full Russia, per yol. !.
Fourteen volumes now ready. SgcSeealns tottl1es
nntiI eouDlet.on viii be issued two months.
s.sSpeeimen pages Of the American CYelope-
dia showing type. Illustrations, etc, will be sept
gratis on application,
First class cangassins agents -aDted-
Address J. Il WILLIAMSON,
Agent, No. i05< SixthSt., Pittsburgh, Pa.
deca