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Excerpt from A Catalogue of Rare Books, Original Drawings, Extra Illustrated Works and Other Interesting Literary Material, Chief From the Library of the Late Augustin Daly: With Many Interesting and Valuable Additions From Other Sources on Sale, for Cash, at the Affixed Prices by Geo. D. Smith, 4 East 42d Street, New York <p>These Twenty-three chapters are extra illustrated by the insertion of 31 engraved portraits. From the Daly collection. <p>About the Publisher <p>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com <p>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.