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Excerpt from Natural History, Vol. 1: Or Second Division of "the English Encyclopaedia,"
During the progress of the publication, the Conductor has become more and more satisfied that the plan of issuing The English Cyclopaedia in Four Divisions is a judicious arrange ment. It has the obvious advantage of completing, in a comparatively short time, large departments of knowledge with the most recent information. Finishing the great branches of Geography and Natural History in two years and a half, the beginning and the end of eaeh Series will not present different aspects - the one somewhat antiquated, the other perfectly fresh. The editorial labour, too, being more condensed, the relations and pro: portions of each article and subject can be better preserved. The Conductor has no reason to regret that it was resolved to produce a new Cyclopaedia in a new form. The old materials were of the highest value but the edifice required to be rebuilt.
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