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APPLETONS'
American %Cyclop@dia.
NEW REVISED EDITION.
ENTIRELY REWRITTEN by THE
ABLEST WRITERS ON EVERY
SUBJECT. s.
Printed from New Type and Illustrated
with Several Shousand Engrav-
r. ings and Maps.

v,HE work originally published under the
] title of tie NEW AMERICAN CYCLIC
P.EDIA was commenced in 1853, since which
time the wide circulation which It has attain
ed in all 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 an exact and thorough revision,
and to Issue q new edition, entitled
THE AMERICAN CYGLOPEDIA.
Within the last twenty years the progress Of
discovery In every department OF knowledge
has made a new work OF reference an impera-
tive 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 have occurred, involving national
changes OF peculiar moment, The civil war
OF our country which was at its height when
the last volume Of the old work appeared, has
happily been ended, and anew course Of coin
mercia! and industrial activity has been COM
menced.
LARGE ACCESsIoSs TO Duh BIOGRAPHICAL
KNOwLEDGE HAVE BEEN MADE.
! The great politicalrevolutions OF the last de-
cadc, with the natural results Of the lapse Of
time, have brought into public view q multi
tude OF new men, whose names are 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 are as yet
preserved only In the newspapers or In the
transient publications of the day, but which
ought now 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 the information TO the
latest possible dates. and to furnish an accu-
rate account of the most recent discoveries In
science, and Of every fresh production In lit
crature, and Of the newest Inventions in the
practical arts, as well as to give d succinct
and original
RECORD OF TIE PROGRESS OF POLITICAL AND
HISTORICAL EVENTS.
The work was begun after long and careful
preliminary labor, and with the most ample
resources for carrying it 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, a new ~Cyclopndia, with the
same plan and compass AS It's predecessor, but
with n far greater pecuniary expenditure,
ton as have been suggested by long expert
ence and enlarged knowledge.
THE ILLUSTRATIONS, wHICH ARE INTRODUCE
ED FOR THE FIRST TIME
in the present 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 embrace all branches Of science
and Of natural history, and depict the most
famous and remarkable features or scenery
architecture and art, as well as the various
processes Of mechanics and manufacturers
Although intended for instruction rather than
establishment,
NO PAINS HAVE BEEN SPARED TO INSURE
THEIR ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE.
The cost Of their execution Is enormous
and 1t Is believed they will find q welcome re-
ccption'as an admirable feature Of the Cyclic.
pgdia and worthy Of its high character.
THE AMERICAN CYCLOPEDIA
IS NOW COMPLETE in sixteen large octave
volumes, each volume containing over Sk
pages, fully illustrated by several thousand
wood engruvingS, and with numerous colored
lithographic maps, the whole costing the pub
sand Dollars, exclusivco OF paper, printing and
binding.