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Excerpt from Illustrated Cincinnati, a Pictorial Hand-Book of the Queen City, Vol. 1: Comprising Its Architecture, Manufacture, Trade; Its Social, Literary, Scientific, and Charitable Institutions; Its Churches, Schools, and Colleges; And All Other Principal Points of Interest to the Visitor and Resident Together With an Account of the Mos Illustrated Cincinnati has involved twelve months of anxious labor and careful inquiry into a multiplicity of details. Many facts which should have been given have possibly been omitted; but in a city so large, so flourishing, and embracing so many varieties of artistic, commercial, and manufacturing interests, containing so many public buildings, churches, colleges, and schools, such omissions will, I feel assured, be forgiven in this, the first edition of the work. I must, however, say, that no expense or toil has been spared in its preparation. Its pages present more illustrations than any Guidebook in Europe or America, with which somewhat extended travel has made me acquainted; and in the letterpress the object aimed at has been to afford both the resident and the visitor condensed information, without any attempt whatever at elaborate graces of diction or of style. I trust that the book may be of some use in explaining to the people of the United States some of the cardinal attractions and advantages of Cincinnati, and now respectfully submit it to the kind consideration of the public. Whatever its special merits or demerits may be, the volume, as a whole, may be accepted as a landmark illustrative of the modern history, the resources, and architecture of the city. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.