San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-06-01
AMERICAN CYCLOP EDIA.

Within the last ten years the progress Of DIS
covery in every department OF KhoWiease nus
made new work Of re:ereuce 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 anu
the convenience and refinement OF social ne
G reat 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 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 indie fatisable explorers in
Africa.
cade with the natural result of the lapse OF TIME,
have brought into public view muitituue OF new
m en- 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 ue-
tails are as yet preserved only in the newspapers
or in the transient publications oil the day. Dut
| which ought now to take their place in
ORNAMENT AND AUTHENTIC HISTORY.
Tn nrenaripp the present edition for thu press,
II has accordingly been tie 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 iresh
production in literature, ana OF the newest III
vepions 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 and careful pre-
l;minary labor, and with the most ample resources
for carving 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, new Cyclop@dia. with the same
plan and compass as it's predecessor, but with a
Jar greater pecunary expenditure, and with such
impro vements in its composition as have been
suggested by longer experience and enlarged
knowledge. "
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 ana
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 remarkable
features of scenery. architecture, and art as well
as the va rious processes Of mechanics and manu-
factures Although intended for instruction rath :
or than establishment, no pain have been spared
to ensure their
ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE.
The cost OF their execution is enormous, ana 1t 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 COM
PLETE,
in sixteen large octave volumes, each volume con-
tanning over 500 pages fully illustrated with seve-
raj thousand Wood Engravings, and hume rous
Colored photographic Maps, the whole costing the
publishers sum exceeding
FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS,
exclusive of paper, printing and binding.