The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-11-30
AppletOn'S
AMERICAN CYCLOP EDIA. a..
NEW REVISED EDITIoN.

ElltlT6LY 1CFltte11 0y me 0OteSt 1Cr1teI'S
on every subject. Printed from neoO
type, and Illustrated Vith several
thousand engraviags and maps.
The work originally published I'M
der the title of the New American
Cyclop8dia was completed in 1868,
since which time the whole circula-
ton it has attained in parts of the
United States, and signal develop
ments made which have taken place
in every branch Of science, literature
and art, have induced the editors and
publishers to submit it to an exact
and thorough revision, and to issue
a new edition entitled
THE AMERICAN CYCLOPEDIA.
Within the last ten years the pro-
gress of discovery in every depart
ment of knowledge has made new
work of reference all imperative
want.
The movement Of political affairs
has kept pace with the discoveries of
science, and their fruitful application
to the industrial and useful arts and
convenience aud refinement of social
life. Great wars and consequent rev.
OlutiOnS have occurred, involving ma
tional changes Of peculiar moment.
The civil war of our own country,
which was at its height when the last
volumes of the old wosk appeared
has happily been ended, and new
course of commercial and industrial
activity has been commenced. Large
n N hif.a1 l. maui
edge have been made to the indefati-
gable explorers of Africa.
The great political revolutions of
the last decade, with the natural re-
suit Of the lapse Of time, who have
brought into public view multitude
of new men, whose names are in ev-
cry ones mouth, and of whose lives
every one is curious to know the par
ticuIarS. Great battles have been
fought and important sieges main
tanned, of which only the details are
as yet only preserved in newspapers
or in the transient publications of the
day. but which ought now to take
their places in permanent and d1then-
tic history.
In 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 accurate ac-
count Of the most recent discoveries
in science, of every fresh production
in literature, and of the newest in
Yenli0ns in the practical arts, as well
as to give succinct and original rec
ord of the progress Of Political and
Historical events.
The work was begun after long and
careful preliminary labor, and with
the most ample resources for carry
ing it on to a successful termination.
None Of the original stereotype plates
have been used, but every page has
been printed on new type. forming
in fact new Cyclop9dia, with the
same plan and compass as its prede-
ceSsor, bnt with far greater pecuni
AIRY expenditure, and with such inn
pr0VempntS in its cOmpositiOn as
have been suggested by longer eXpe-
rience and enlarged knowledge. The
ILLUSTRATIONS, which are introduc.
ed for the first time in the present
edition, have been added not for the
sake of pictorial effect, but to give
lucidity and force to the explanations
i'll the text They embrace all bran
cheS of science, and of natural histo-
ry, and depict the mast famous and
remarkable features of the scenery.
architecture, and art, as we'll as the
various processes of mechanics and
manufactures. Although intended
for instruction rather than embel-
liShment, no pains have been spared
to insure their Artistic Excellence.
The cost of their execution is
enormous, and it is believed they
will find ii welcome reception as an
admirable feature Of the Cyclopadia
and worthy of its high character.
The American CyclopRdla is now
complete i'll sixteen large octave vol
umes, each volume containing over
500 pages, fully illustrated with sew
eral thousand Wood Engravings,
and with numerous COlOred LithO.
graphic Maps, the whole costing the
publishers sum exceeding five hun
dred thousand dollars, exclusive of
paper, printing and binding.
Prices and Styles Of Binding.
In extra Cloth, per vol .........S 500
In Library Leather, per vol.................. 800
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