Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Year-Book of Facts in Science and Art, for 1877
The year-book of Facts has stood the test of time for about forty years. It has, perhaps, then, earned the right to dispense with a Preface, and we would do without one did it not afford an excellent opportunity for laying hold of the friendly reader and saying, Come in, and sit down, and make yourself welcome.
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