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Excerpt from A. L. A. Catalog, Vol. 2: 8, 000 Volumes for a Popular Library, With Notes, 1904 The board would like to add emphasis to the acknowledgments expressed in the editor's preface, particularly to the Library of Congress and its librarian, without whose most generous and hearty help the work could not have been published in a form and on terms so advantageous to the libraries and the people of the whole land. To the many examples of effective cooperation which our association has furnished this may well be added as among the chief. 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.