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attained in all parts Of tho United States,
and the signal developments which
have t. ken place in every branch of Sc
enco, literature, and nrt, have induced
tho editors and publishers to submit it to
an exact and thorough revision, and to
issue q new edition, chtitled
TIE AMERICAN CYCLOPEDIA.
Within the last twenty years tho pro-
gress of discovery in oyery department of
knowledge has made new work of ref.
crcnce an imperative want
The movement Of political affairs has
kept pace with tho discoveries of scionce,
and their fruitful application to tho in
dustrial and useful nrts and the conven
ience and rehnemont of social life Great
wars and consequent revolutions have
occurred, involving national changes of
peculiar moment. Tho civil war of our
own country, which was ut its height
when tho iaat volume of the old work
appeared, has happily been ended, and
new course of commercial and industrial
activity has been commenced
Large accessions to our Geographical
knowledge have been made.
The great political revolutions Of the last
decade, with tho 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 ono is curious to know
the particulars. Great battles have been
fought and important sieges maintained,
of which the details arc as yet preserved
sient publications of tho day, but which
ought now to '"1'''
Take their place in Perm anent and
Authentic History.
In preparing the present edition for the
press, it has accordingly been tho aim of
the editors to bring down tho informa.
ton to tho latest possible dates, and to
furnish nh accuracte account of the most
recent discoveries in scionco. of every
fresh production in literature, md of tn,
newest inventions in the practical arts
rs we'll as to give q succint and original
Record Of the Progress Of Political and
Historical Events.
The work was begun after long and
careful pr 'liminnry labor, and with the
most ample resources for carry ing it on
u II successful termination
None of the original stereotype plat es
have been u;e,l, but
Every Page has been Printed OH New
fr,a Type, T., ..
forming, in fnct nav Cyclopmdia, with
tao Saroe plan and cimpa IS rs its predc-
crssor, hut with q far grenter pecuniary
expendi,nrr, and with improvement in
its composition as have been suggested
by longer experience and enlarged
knowledge. .I a .r.. ..,'-
Tho illustrations which are introduced
for the first time
in the present edition, have been added
not for tho sake Of pictorl Il effect, but to
give greater lucidity and force to the ex-
planation in tho text. They en- brace ali
branches of seionce and Of natural history,
and depict the most famous and romArk.
able features of ofsconery. architecture, and
art, rs we'll as the various processes Of
mechanics and manufactures. Altho ugh
intended for instruction rathan than ON
bellishment, r,a IS,
No Pains have been spared to insure
their Artistic Excellence.
Tho cost of their execution is enor-
nous, and it is believed they will find a
welcome reception rs an admirable fen
ture Of the Cyolop@dia, and worthy ofits
high character. rsae.,s., D..
| The AMERICAN CYoLopRDIA is now COM
plete in sixteen large octave volumes,
each volume containing over eight hun.
dred pages, fully illustrated with several
thousand Wood Engravings, and with
numerous Colorod Lithographic Maps,
the whole costing the publishers sum
exceeding five hundred thousand dollars
exclusive OF paper, printing and binding,