San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-09-28
AMERICAN CYCL0PEDIA.

made a new Work vi reference AL ihpei"'A''
want. ,
THE movement OF political affairs has kept pace
With the discoveries OF science, and their irusni
appica tios to the industrial and useful arts ana
the convenience and refinement OF SOCIAL lie.
Great wars and consequent revolutions have &C.
CURED, involving national changes OF peculiar
moment. The civil war of our own country,
which was at its height when the last volume OF
the old work appeared, has happily been ended;
and new course OF commercial and Industrial
activity has been commenced. Large accessions
GEOGRAPHICAL KNOWLEDGE
have been made by the indeiatigable explorers in
Africa.
cade with the natural result of the lapse Of time
have bro ught into public view multitude OF new
| men, whose names are in every ones mouth, ana
| of whose lives every one is curious to know the
| particulars. Great battles have been fought ana
| important sieges maintained, OF which the de-
tails are Us yet preserved only in the newspapers
| or in the transient publications OF the day, Dut
which ought now to take their place In
PERMANENT AND AUTHENTIC HISTORY.
In preparing the present edition for thu press.
it has accordingly been tt aim of the editors to
bring down the information to the latest possib' e
| dates and to furnish an accurate account OF the
most recent discoveries in SCIENCE of every fresh
| production in literature, and of the newest in
venlions in the practical arts as well as 10 give
succinct and original record of the progress OF
| POLITICAL AND HISTORICAL EVENTS.
The work wss begun after long and careful p re-
| lninary labor, and with the most ample resources
for carrying 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, a new CyclopRda. with the same
! plan and compass as its predecessor, but with a
| lar greater pecuniary expenditure, and with such
| improvements in its composition as have been
suggested by longer experience and enlarged
| knowledge. -
THE ILLUSTRATIONS,
which are introduced for the first time inthe pres
| cnt edition have been added not for TIE sake OF
pictorial effect, but 10 give greater lucidity and
| force to the explanations in the text. They EN-
brace all bra inches OF science and of natural his
tory, and depict the mast famous and remarkable
features of scenery. architecture. and art, as well
| as the various processes of mechanics and manu-
| features. Although INTENDED for instruction rath-
| err than establishment, 10 pains have been spared
| to ensure their
ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE.
The cost of their execution is enormous, and 1t is
| believed they will fluid welcome reception as an
| admirable feature of the Cyclopmdia, and worthy
| Of its high character.
THE AMERICA AN CYCTOP EDIA is NOW CON-
| PLETE,
in sixteen large octave volumes, each volume con-
tanning over 800 PAGES. fully illustrated with seve'
| raj thousand Wood EnCravimgs, and hume rous
/ Colored Iilhographic Maps, the whole costing the
| publishers A sum exceeding
FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS,
exclusive of paper, printing and binding.