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APPLETONS' AMERICAN
CYCLOP1EGR
NEW RE TISED EDITION.,
ENTIRELY REWRITTEN BY TIE ABLEST
WRITER'S On EVERY SUBJECT.
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Printed from New Type, and Illustrat-
ed with several thousand En-
cravings amd Maps.

THE wor). originally published under
the title Of the New American Cvclopm.
dia WIS commenced in 10 8, since which
time the wide circulation which it has
attained in all parts of tho United States,
and the signal dcvelc hments which
have t. ken place in every branch of sci
encc, literature, and art, have induced
the editors and publishers to submit It to
an exact and thorough revision, and to
issue new edition, entitlcd .l.
THE AMERICAN CYCLOPEDIA.
Within the last twenty years tho pro-
grcss of discovery in every department. of
knowledge has made now work of ref.
crcnco an imperative want. ......
The movement Of political atfnirs has
kept paco with the discoveries of science,
and their fruitful application to the in.
dustrial and useful arts and tho conven-
icncc and refinement of social life. Great
wars and consequent revolutions have
occurred, involving national changes of
peculiar moment. The civil war Of our
own country, which wns at it's height
when tho mat volume Of the old work
appeared, has happily been ended, and q
new course of commercial and Industrial
activity has been commenced
Large accessions to our Geographical
knowledge have been mado.
The great political revolutions of the last
dccudc,, with the natural result of tho
| lapse Of time, have brought into public
| view n multitude Of new men. 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 siescs maintained,
of which the details are as yet preserved
only III the newspapers or in the tran.
sient publications Of tho day, but which
| ought now to
Take their place IN Permanent and
Authentic History.
In preparing tho prosent edition for tho
the editors to bring down the ihforma-
ton to the lntost possible dates, and to
furnish M nccuraotc account Of tho most
recent discoveries in science, of every
fresh production in literature, and of tn,
newest Inventions in tho practical arts
MS well rs to give succint and original
Race ri of tho Progress Of Political and
Historical Events. - taT
Tho work was begun nftor long md
cnroful preliminary labor, and with the
to Il successful termination.
Mono of tho orig inal stereotype plates
have been used, but ~.
Every Page has been Printed on New
N' Type, .' .a.
forming, in fnct new CYclopmdia, with
tho same plan and compn 81 as its prede-
ccssor, but with a far greater pecuniary
expenditure, and with improvements in
its composition as havo been suggested
by longer experience and enlarged
knowledge.
The Illustrations which are introduced
... for tho fret tin1o .....-
in tho present edition, have been ndded
not for the sake of pictorial effect, but to
give greater lucidity and forco to tho ex-
PLANTATION in tho text They embrace ali
branches of science and of natural history,
md depict the most famous and iromark.
ablo fcntures ofscenery. architecture, and
nrt, rs we'll MS tho valious processes of
mechanics and manufactures. Although
intended for instruction rathan than en-.
bollishment, N..,..., ... .
No Pains havo been spared to insure
their Artistic Excellence.
Tho cost Of their execution is enor--
nous, and it is believed they will lpd
welcome reception rs an admirable tea.
tnre of tho Cyolop0dia, and worthy ,ofits
high ohnracter.
TIE AMERICAN CycLorED1A is now COM
plete in sixteen lnrgo octave volumes,
each volume containing ovor eight hun.
drcd pages, fully illustrated with several
thousand Wood Engravings, and with
numerous Colored Lithogrnphic Maps,
tho whole costing tho publishers sum
exceeding i've hundred thousand dollars,
exclusive of paper, printing and binding.
PRICE AND STYLE OF BINDING.