Book excerpt: Excerpt from Catalogue of Title Entries of Books and Other Articles, Vol. 19: Entered in the Office of the Register of Copyrights, Library of Congress, at Washington, D. C., Under the Copyright Law, Wherein the Copyright Has Been Completed by the Deposit of Two Copies; Second Quarter, 1899 Copyright by De B. Randolph Keim, Washington, D. C. 1897 no. 57861, Oct. 12; 2 copies rec'd Jan. 18, 1899. 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.