Wilmington journal., 1876-06-30

THE work originally published under the IT,
ho of THE NEW AMERICAN CYCLOPE-
Ola was completed in 1864, since which time
the wide circulation which it has attained in an
parts Of the United states, and the signal de-
velopments which have taken place in every
branch Of science, literature, and art have In
duced the editors and publishers to submit It -
an exact and thorough revision, and to issue .
new eaition 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 nss keps
pace with the discoveries of science, and their
fruitful application to the industrial and uso-
full arts and the convenience and reAnom0ut Of
social life. Great wars and consequent evolu-
or peculiar moments The civil war Of our own
country, which was at Its height whom the last
volume Of the old work appeared. has happily
and Industrial activity has been commenced.
Large sccsssionsto our geographical knowi-
plOrers of Africa.
The great political revolutions OF the last
cade, with the natural result Of the lapse Of
time, have brought into public view . multi
tude OF new men, whose names are in eyory
ones mouth, and of whose nves every ono q
curious to know the particulars. Grsat battles
have been fought and important sieges main.
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AiseMy.
n preparing the present edition for the
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