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American %Cyclop@dia.


NEW REVISED EDITION.
REWRITTEN BY THE
ABLEST WRITERS 0NsEVERY
= SUBJECT.
Printed from New Type and ILLUSTRATED
with Several Sh0nsand EngraV-
ings and Maps.
fJ,HE work originally published under the
j title of the NEW AMERICAN CYCLIC
PIEDIA was commenced in 1858. since which
ed In oil parts OF the United States, and the
signal developments which have taken place
In every brnnc OF science, literature and art,
have Induced the editors and publishers to
SUBMIT 1t to an exact and thorough revision,
and TO issue q new edition, entitled
THE AMERICAN CYCLOPE DIA.
Within the last twenty years the progress OF
discovery tn every department OF KNOWLEDGE
has made q new work Of reference an impcra-
tive want.
The movement Of political affairs has kept
pace with the discoveries Of science, n their
fruitful application to the industrial and use
OF social life. Great wars and consequent rev.
~olutions have occurred, involving, national
changes OF peculiar moment, The civil war
OF our country which was Mt Its height when
The last volume of the old work appeared, has
happily been ended, and anew course OF COM
mercla! and industrial activity has been com-
menced.
X ACCESSIONS TO OUR GEOGRAPHICAL
KNOWLEDGE HAvE BEEN MADE.
The great political revolutions OF the lastde-
cadc, with the natural results Of the lapse OF
time, have brought into public view o multi.
tude Of new men, whose names ere in every
ones mouth, and of whose lives every one Is
curious to know the particulars. Great bat
ties have been fought and important seiges
maintained, Of which the details arc rs yet
preserved only In the newspapers or In the
transient publications Of the day, but which
OughtnOw TO
TAKE THEIR IN PERMANENT. AND AU-
THENTIC HISTORY.
In preparing the present edition for the
press. 1t has accordingly been the aim OF the
editors to bring down thei information to the
latest possible dates. and to furnish on accu-
rate account OF the most recent discoveries In
science, and Of every fresh production In lit
%erature, and Of the newest Inventions IN the
practical arts, as well as to give a succinct
RECORD OF THE PROGRESS OF POLITICAL AND
HISTORICAL EVENTS.
The work was begun after long and careful
preliminary labor, and with the most ample
resources for carrying 1t on to successful ter
mination. '
None Of the original stereotype plates have
been used, but
EVERY PAGE Has BEEN PRINTED ON NEW
TYPE,
forming, In fact, q new Cyclop9dia, with the
same plan and compass as Its predecessor, blu
with q far greater pecuniary expenditure
and with such improvements In Its COT posi-
ton us have been suggested by long expert
ence and enlarged knowledge.
THE ILLUSTRATIONS, WHICH ARE INTRoDUc
Ell FOR THE FIRST TIME
in the present edition, have been added not TO
the sake Of pictorial effect, but TO give create
Iucidfty and force TO the explanations In tn
text, They embrace all branches Of scienc'
and Of natural history, n depict the mos
fnmous and remarkable features OF scenery
architecture and art, ua well as the variou
processes OF mechanics and manufacturers
Although intended for instruction rather thai
establishment, ar
THEIR ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE. o.
The cost Of their execution Is enormous
and It is believed they will find o welcome re
ceptiOn as an admirable feature Of the Cyclic
pledia and worthy Of It's high character.
THE AMERICAN CYCLOPEDIA
IS NOW COMPLETE In sixteen large octav
volumes, each volume containing over ~
pages, fully illustrated by several thousan
wood cngruvings, and with numerous colorc
photographic maps, the whole costing the put
fishers o sum exceeding Five Hundred Tho
sand Dollars, exclusive OF paper, printing IN
binding. ~