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APPLETONS'
American %,Cyclop@dia
NEW REV1SEU EDIIIUN.
ENTIRELY REWRITTEN BY THE
ABLEST WRITER'S ON EVERY
SUBJECT.
Printed from New Type and Illustrated
with Several Shousand Engrav-
ings and Maps.

ings and Maps.
rIIHE work published originally under the
title of the NEW AMERICAN CYCLIC
PIED1A was commenced In 1858, since which
time the wide circulation which 1t has attain
cd in oil parts Of the United States, and the
signal developments which have taken place
In every branch OF science, literature and art,
have induced the editors and publishers to
submit 1t to m exact and thorough revision,
and TO Issue q new edition, entitled
THE AMERICAN CYCLOPE D1A.
Within the last twenty years the progress OF
discovery In every department OF knowledge
has made a new work Of reference an impern-
live want. .
The movement OF political affairs has kept
pace with the discoveries Of science, and their
fruitful application to the industrial and use
full arts and the convenience and refinement
OF social life. Great wars and consequent rev.
olutions nave occurred, involving national
changes OF peculiar moment, The civil war
OF our country which was at Its height when
the last volume Of tile old work appeared, has
happily been ended, and anew course OF COM
mercial and industrial activity has been COM
menced.
LARGE AccEssIoNs TO OUR GEOGRAPHICAL
KNOWLEDGE HAVE BEEN MADE.
The great political revolutions OF the last de.
cade, with the natural results OF the lapse Of
time, lave brought into public view q multi
tude OF new men, whose names are IN every
ones mouth, and Of whose lives every one IL
curious to know the particulars. Great bat
ties have been fought and important seiges
maintained, OF which the details are AS yet
preserved only In the n~ewspapcrE or In the
transient publications of the day, but which
ouHhtnow TO
TAKE THEIR PLACE IN PERMANENT AND AU'
E HISTORY.
In preparing the present edition Tor the
press. 1t has accordingly been the aim OF the
editors to bring Town the information to the
latest possible dates. and to furnish an accu.
70 fo Qrrnunf 0f the nHt rpCnnt discoveries In
science. and of every fresh production In 1T
erature, and OF the newest Inventions in the
practical arts, as we'll as to give a succlnc'
n original
RECORD OF TIE PROGRESS OF POLITICAL AMI
HISTORICAL EVENTS.
The work was begun after long and careful
preliminary labor, and with the most ample
resources for carrying it on TO asuccessful ter
None Of the original stereotype plates have
EVERY PAGE has BEEN PRINTED ON NEW
forming, In fact. a new Cyclop@dia. with the
same plan and compass As It's predecessor, bu,
with q far greater pecuniary expenditure,
ton as have been suggested by long expert.
ence n enlarged knowledge.
THE ILLUSTRATIONS, WHICH n rNTRoDUC
ED FOR THE FIRST TIME
in the present edition, have been added not fol
lucldity and force to the explanations In the
text. They embrace all branches Of science
and of natural history, and depict the most
famous and remarkable features Of scenery,
architecture and art, as we'll as the various
processes Of mechanics and manufacturers,
Although intended for instruction rather than
establishment, i
no PAINS HAVE BEE SPARED 70 INSURR
THEIR ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE.
The cost OF their execution Is enormous
-.J q I, kn1ta.,nl kLay ,utlt fr,1 n nnIonrnn n no,
! ception as m admirable feature OF the Cyclic
pRdia and worthy Of its high character.
THE AMERICAN CYCLOPEDIA
rs NOW COMPLETE In sixteen large octave
volumes, each volume containing over S0
| wood engrnvings, and with numerous colored
photographic maps, the whole costing the pub
fishers a sum exceeding Five Hundred Thou.
sand Dollars, exclusive Of paper, printing und
binding.