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APPlETON'S
AMERICAN CYCLOPkD|A,
New Revised Edition.
ENTIRELY REWRITTEN BY THE ABLEST WRl.
TIERS on EVERY SUBJECT.
Printed from Nep 7yps, and illustrated miA
seoerds th0us.Ind Ea1rarings and Ndps

The work originally published under the title Of
the NEW AMERICAN CYCL0PlEDlA was cop,-
pleted in 1883, sucs which time the wide circuA.
ton which Il has attained In all parts Of the Uni
ted states, and the signal Developments which
have taken place 10 every branch Of science, lii.
erature, and art, have induced the editors and
publishers TO submit IL to an exact and thorough
revision, and to issue \ new edition, entitled
THE
AMERICAN CYCL0PEDIAa
Within the last ten years the progress OF did
covery in every department Of Knowledge hA
made new work VI reference at imperative
want.
The movement Of political aflaits has kept pace
with the discoveries Of scieiice and their fruitful
application to the industrial and useful arts and
the convenience and refinement Of social life.
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 a new course OF commercial and industrial
activity has been commenced. Large accessions
to our
GEOGRAPHICAL KNOWLEDGE
have been made by the indie fatigable explorersin
Africa.
The great political revolutions Of the last de.
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 sieges maintained, OF which the De-
tails are as yet preserved only in the NEWSPAPERS
or In the transient publications Of the day. but
which ought now to take their placein
PERMANENT AND AUTHENTIC HISTORY.
In preparing the present edition for ths ptess,
II has accordingly been II aim Of the editors to
bring down the information to the latest POSSIBLE
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
ventions in the practical arts as well as to give
succinct and original record Of the progress OF
POLITICAL AND historical EVENTS.
The work was begun after long lind careful pre-.
liminary labor, aud With the most ample resources
for carrying 1t on to q successful termination
None Of tile original stereotype plates have
boon used, but every page has been
PRINTED ON NEW TYPE,
forming, in fact; new CyClopedia. with the same
plan aud compass as Its predecessor, but with
tar gteater 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
features of scenery. architecture, and art, as we'll
as the various processes of mechanics and manu-.
features. Although intended for instruction rath.
er than establishment, no pain have been spared
to ensure their
ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE. 3D.
The cost OF their execution Is enormous, and 1t Is
believed they will find welcome reception as an
admirable feature Of the Cyclopedis, and worthy
Of its high character.
THE AMERICAN CYCLOP.EDIA IS NOW CON-
PLETE,
in sixteen large octave volumes, each volume con-
tanning over 500 pages. fully illustrated with seve
raj thousand Wood Engravings, and numerous
Colored Litbographic Maps, the whole costing the
publishers q sum exceeding
FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS,
exclusive Of paper. printing and binding.