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AMERICAN CYCL0PEDIA.

AMERICAN CYULUFhUlA'
w,,b,n the last ten years the progress OF as
ooyery in every department OF knowledge nus
made n new work Of re!ereuce ell imperative
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THE movement OF political Affairs mas kept pace
,h ,,a d,sroveri.s OF science, and their fruitful
,nnIicatioa 10 the industrial and useihl ATS anu
lie convenience and refinement OF SOCIAL me
(; reat wars and consequent revOlutiohs usVe Nv
CURED, involving national changes oi peeu"a'
moment. The civil war OF our own eouus'
which was at its height when the last volume o.
,be old work appeared, has happily been ended;
and n new course OF commercial and Industrial
oa,iyity has been commenced. Large accessiohs
GEOGRAPHICAL KNOWLEDGE
have been made by the indefatisab'e explorers IN
Africa. A., Lao. A..
c.de. with the natural result Of the apre Of time,
have brt ught into public view mu!titude OF new
men, whose names are In every ones mSu,n. NJ. n.y.
of whose lives every one Is curious 10 Know thc
PARTICULARS. Great battles have been fought ana
imnortant siepes maintained, OF which the de-
tails are US yet preserved only In the newspapers
or in the transient publications 81 the day. but
which ought now to take their placein .-
PERMANENT AND AUTHENTIC HISTORY.
In preparIpR the present edition for the press,
Il has accordingly been ire aim OF the EDITORS 70
bring down the information TO the latest poss'Die
most recent discoveries In science, OF every iresn
production In literature, and OF the newest IN
yentiony in the practical arts. as well TO give
succinct and original record Of the progress Of
PoLITICA AND HISTORICAL EVENTS.
The work was begun after long and careful r re-
liminary labor, and with the most ample resources
for carrying IL on to a successful termination;
None Of the original stereotype plates nave
been used, but every page has been
PRINTED ON NEW TYPE,
forming, in fact, q new Cyclopedia. with the same
plan and compass as Its predecessor. pnt Win
lar greater pecuniary expenditure, and with such
improvements in its composition AZ have been
suggested by longer experience and enlarge"
A"'"' THE ILLUSTRATIONS,
which are introduced for the first time in the pres
ent edition have been added not Tor the sake OF
pictorial effect, but to give greater lucldity ana
force to the explanations IN the text. !ney IN
brace all branches Of science and OF natural his
tory and depict the most famous aud remarkable
features of scenery architecture and art, as we'll
as the va rious processes OF mechanics ana manu-
factures Although intended for instruction ra'h +.
or than establishment, no pains have been spareu
to ensure their
ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE.
The cost Of their execution is enormous, and It is
believed they will find welcome reception rs an
admirable feature OF the Cyclopmdia, and worthy
OF its high character.
THE AMERIC AN CYCI.OPEDIA IS NOW COM
PLETE,
in sixteen large octnvo volumes, each volume con-
tanning over 800 pages FULLY illustrated win seVe-
raj thousand Wood Engravings, and numerous
Colored Lilhographic Maps, the whole costing the
publishers sum exceeding
FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS,
exclusive Of paper, printing and binding.