San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-06-22
AMERICAN CYCLOPEDIA

| Within the last ten years the progress OF dis.
covery In every department OF knowledge has
made new work Of refereuce an 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
| the convenience and refinement Of social life.
| Great wars and consequent revolutions have oc.
Cured, involving national changes OF peculiar
| moment. The civil war OF our own country.
which was at its height when the last volume az
the old work appeared, has happily been ended,
| and new course oil commercial and industrial
activity has been commenced. Large accessions
GEOGRAPHICAL KNOWLEDGE
have been made by the inde fatigsble explorers In
Africa.
The great political revolutions OF the last de.
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. and
Of whose lives every one 10 curious to know the
particulars. Great battles have been fought and
important sieges maintained, OF which the de-
tails are as yet preserved only In the newspapers
or In the transient publications of the day, but
WEIGH ought now to take their place Ia
P RMANRNT AND AUTHENTIC HISTORY.
In preparing the present edition for the press,
Il has accordingly been II aim Of the editors 10
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
vehions in the practical arts. as we'll a. to give O.
succinct and original record Of the progress Of
POLITICAL AND HISTORICAL EVENTS.
The work was begun after long and careful pre-.
liminary labor, and with the most ample resources
for carrying It on to a succe SAUL termination.
Nous Of the original stereotype plates have
been used, but every page has been
PRINTED ON NEW TYPE,
forming, 10 fact, a new Cyclopedia. with the same
plan and compass as its predecessor. but with
lar greater pecuniary expenditure, and with such
improvements in its composition as have been
suggested by longer experience and enlarged
THE 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 lucidity and
force to the explanations In the text. They en-
brace all branches Of science and Of natural his
tory, and depict the most famous and remarkable
as the va rious processes Of mechanics and manu-
features. Although intended for instruction rath-
er than establishment, no pains have been spared
to ensure their
ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE.
The cost OF their execution IL enormous and 10 is'
believed they will find welcome reception as an
admirable feature Of the Cyclop@dia, and worthy
Of its high character.
THE AMERICAN CYCLoPEDIA Is NOW CON-
PLETE,
In sixteen large octave volumes, each volume con-
IanDg over 500 pages fully illustrated with sevs-
raj thousand Wood Engravings. and numerous
colored Li.hographic Maps, the whole costing the
publishers . sum exceeding
FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS,
exclusive Of paper, printing and binding.