The New American Cyclopædia was an encyclopedia created and published by D. Appleton & Company of New York in 16 volumes, which initially appeared between 1858 and 1863. Its primary editors were George Ripley and Charles Anderson Dana.
The New American Cyclopædia was revised and republished as the American Cyclopædia in 1873. Includes photograph of title page.
Overview The New American Cyclopædia was a general encyclopedia with a special focus on subjects related to the United States. As it was created over the years spanning the American Civil War, the focus and tone of articles could change drastically during its production; for example, Jefferson Davis, the future president of the Confederate States of America, was treated at length as a United States Army soldier and US government politician in pre-war editions.
As was traditional, the entire set was re-issued with the publication in 1863 of the 16th volume. The whole Cyclopædia was again re-issued in 1864.
Contributors A notable contributor was Karl Marx, then a European correspondent for the New York Tribune, who, appeared as the writer, while most of those articles were written by Friedrich Engels, especially the articles on military affairs, which belonged in Engels' domain in the division of labor between the two friends. Because of his deep knowledge of all things military, Engels had earned the nickname "General". Marx wrote a highly unsympathetic biographical article on Simon Bolivar.
Other prominent contributors to the first edition includedThe American cyclopaedia: a popular dictionary of general knowledge. New York D. Appleton 2nd. ed. 1873 pp.xii-xvi
Charles Allen Samuel G. Arnold Alexander Dallas Bache William Bross George Bancroft Benjamin Fordyce Barker John R. Bartlett Gunning S. Bedford Jeremiah S. Black George S. Blake Lorin Blodget Edmund Blunt Dion Boucicault Orestes Brownson B. Gratz Brown Rev. George Bush Charles P. Daly Charles Anderson Dana James D. Dana Richard Henry Dana Jr. Charles H. Davis Adolph Douai John William Draper Lyman C. Draper Ralph Waldo Emerson Edward Everett Horace Greeley George Washington Greene Joseph Henry Henry W. Herbert Rev. Thomas Hill Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. James Russell Lowell Charles Nordhoff Henry Steel Olcott Frederick Law Olmsted Theophilus Parsons Rafael Pombo Hermann Raster William H. Seward Charles Sprague Henry B. Stanton Miss Rose Terry Rev. Thomas Thayer Alexander Thayer William Sydney Thayer John Reuben Thompson Richard Grant White Sidney Willard E. L. Youmans
Publication history The collection was published in 16 volumes between 1858 and 1863. It was revised and republished as the American Cyclopædia in 1873.
An associated yearbook, Appletons' Annual cyclopaedia and register of important events of the year, was published from 1861 to 1875 and on to 1902.
The cyclopaedia was revived under the title American Cyclopædia in 1873–6. A final edition was issued in 1883–4, which added supplements to each volume of the 1873 edition. Two analytical indexes were published separately in 1878 and 1884.Walsh, S. Padraig, 1922- Anglo-American general encyclopedias: a historical bibliography, 1703-1967 New York : Bowker, pp.2-3, 110
See also Lists of encyclopedias
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External links Links to digitized volumes of the American Cyclopædia
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