PREFACE. 



article* that from tho long course* of publication of tho original work were disconnected ; 

 to nuke the references complete ; and truly to present, as far as a " Dictionary of Universal 

 Knowledge" can present, the advanced opinions of our own times ; to this labour, amongst 

 all engaged in tho work, the Conductor can bear the most ample testimony. In this 

 department of the Cv.-l..|, ;i ,lia ; which embraces the physical features of every country, and 

 the statistics of its departments, its cities and marts of commerce, as well as recording its 

 history to tho most recent period ; it will readily be seen how extensive have been the 

 changes and additions to giro completeness to the articles upon which this new work is 

 founded. The Conductor has been fortunate in securing the co-operation of accurate and 

 intelligent fellow-labourers. 



Of the printing of this volume, in the essential point of accuracy, the Conductor 

 can confidently speak. Of its other merit, that of mechanical execution, he believes 

 that no work of such remarkable cheapness was ever produced with the beauty that 

 was once considered exclusively to belong to the dearest class of books. 



It is necessary to add, that an ATLAS to accompany the Geographical Division of 

 ' The English Cyclopaedia " will be prepared ; but as it will not be an isolated collection 

 f .Maps, but one adapted to the text of tho Cyclopaedia, it will not be issued till the work 

 is more advanced ; and thus the more recent information will be therein embodied. 



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