San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-05-25
AMERICAN CYCL0P EDIA.

Within the last ten years the progress OF dis
covery in every department OF knowledge mas
made q new work Of reference 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
t6e convenience and refinement Of social life.
Great wars and consequent revolutions nave Oc-
Cured, involving national changes OF peculiar
moment. The civil war OF our own country,
which was at its height when the last volume oil
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 indetatigable explorers in
Africa.
cade with the natural result of the lapse OF time,
have brought into public view multitude OF new
men, whose names are in every ones mouth, and
of whose lives every one is curious TO know the
particulars. Great battles have been fought and
important siegcs maintained, OF whlch the ae-
tails are as yet preserved only in the newspapers
or In the transient publications OF the day, but
which ought now to take their place in
ORNAMENT AND AUTHENTIC HISTORY.
In preparing the present edition for thu press,
1t has accordingly been tie aim OF the editors to
bring down the information TO the latest possio!e
dates, and to furnish an accurate account OF lhe
most recent discoveries in science, OF every fresh
production in literature, and Of the newest in
ventons in the practical arts. as well as to give
succinct and original record of the progress OF
POLITIC AL AND HISTORICAL EVENTS.
The work was begun after long and careful pre-
l;minary labor, and with the most ample resources
for carving 1t 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, new Cyclop@dia, 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 lucdity and
| force to the explanations in the text. They EN- :
brace all branches OF science and OF natural MS
| tory, and depict the most famous and remarKaoie
features of scenery. architecture and art as well
| as the va rious processes of mechanics and manu-
features Although intended for instruction rath.
err than establishment, no pains have been spared
| to ensure their
ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE.
The cost OF their execution is enormous and 1t is
believed they will find welcome reception as an
admirable feature Of the Cyclopadia, and worthy
| of its high character.
THE AMERICA CYCLoPEDIA IS NOW COM.
PLETE,
| in sixteen large octave volumes, each volume con-
tanning 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