Wilmington journal., 1876-06-16


THE work originally pu blished under tho IT,
tis of THE NEW AMERICAN CYCLOPA-
Ola was completed In 1864, since which time
the wide circulation which it has attained in all
parts Of ths United States, and tho signal de-
velopments which have taken place in every
duced the editors and pu blishers to submit 1t to
an exact and thorough revision. and to issue .
new edition entitle THE AMERICAN CY-
within the last ten years the progress OF dis.
covery in every department of knowledge has
made q new work of reference an imperative
want.
The movement OF political affairs has keps
pace with the discoveries of science, and their
fruitful application to the Industrial and use
ful arts and the convenience and refinement Of
social life. Great wars and consequent revolu-
tions have occurred, involving national changes
Of peculiar mements The civil war Of our own
country, which was at its height when the last
Sesn snSed d. and nd new Course Of commsrcist Ry
and industrial activity has been commenced.
Large accessions to our geographical knowl-
ledge have been made by the indefatigableex-
plorers Of Africa.
The great political revolutions Of the last Q
cade, with the natural result Of the lapse Of
time, have brought into public view multi
ones mouth, and of whose lives every one 10
curious to know the particulars. Great battles
have been fought and important sieges main.
tanned, OF which the details are as yet preserved
only1n the newsPspersor or in the transient pub
locations of the day, but which ought now tn
history.
n preparing the present edition for the
press, it has accordingly been the aim of the
editors to bring down the information to the
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science, of every fresh production in literature
and of the newest inventions in the practical
arts, well as to give a succint ana orfginA:
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~, architecture and art, as well As the various
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