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AMERICAN CYCL0PEDIA.

AMERlUAN UIUhVI hD!h'
Within the last ten years the progress OF us
covery In every department OF knowleuge mas
made a new work Of re!ereuce an imperative
want.
ith the discoveries Of science, and their irutIni
application TO the Industrial and useful arts Anu
the COW enence and refinement OF Aoe'hi ihe'
Great wars and consequent revolutions usve oS
CURED, involving national changes OF pecuna'
moment, The civil war Of our own country.
which was at it's height when the last volume o.
the old work appeared, has happily been enaeo
and A new course OF commercial and INDUSTRIAL
activity has been commenced. Large accessions
GEOGRAPHICAL KNOWLEDGE
have been made by the interchangeable explorers !"
Africa.
csde with the natural result Of the lapFe OF time,
have brought into public view multitude OF new
men, whose names are In every ones mourn, ano
OF whose lives every one IL curious to know tue
particulars. Great bnttlea have oeen Iougnt anu
important sieges maintained, OF which the ae-
tails are as yet preserved only in the newspaper.
or In the transient publications 81 the day. but
which ought now to take their place In
RMANENT AND AUTHENTIC HISTORY.
In preparing the present edition for tbs press,
Il has accordingly been tfe aim OF the EDITORS 70
bring down the information to the latest possible
dates, and to furnish All accurate account o. 'he
most recent discoveries In science, OF every fresh
production in literature, and Of the newest in.
veniions In the practical arts, as well asto give
succinct and original record OF the progress Of
PoLITIC AL AND HISTORICAL EVENTS.
The work was begun after .ong and careful p re-
l,minary labor, and with the most ample resources
for carrying Il on to q successful termination:
None Of the original stereotype plates nave
been used, but every page has been
PRINTED ON NEW TYPE,
forming, in fact, new Cyelopedia. with the same
plan and compass as Its predecessor, bnt win
lar greater pecunisry expenditure, and with such
improyem.nts in its composition Al have been
suggested by longer experience and enlarged
N" TIKI ILLUSTRATIONS,
which are introduced for the first time IN the pres
ent edition. have been added not for the sake OF
pictorial effect, but to give greater lucldity ana
force to the explanations in the text They EN-
brace all branches OF science and Of natural his
tory and depict the most famous aud remarkable
features of scenery. architecture, and art as well
as the va rious processes OF mechanics anu manu-
Although intended for instruction ra'h :.
or than establishment, no pains have been spared
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 Cyc0padla, anu "or'hy
Of its high character.
THE AMERIC AN CYCLOP4EDIA is NOW COM
PLETE,
in sixteen large octave volumes, each volume con-
tanug over 500 pages. FULLY illustrated with seve'
raj thousand Wood Engravings, and numerous
Colored Lithographic Maps, the whole costing the
publishers a sum exceeding
FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS,
exclusive Of paper, printing and binding.