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Excerpt from Catalogue of the Dayton Public Library, 1884: Authors, Subjects and Titles This library, in connection with a reading-room and with its winter course of lectures, was sustained for many years, and was one of the marked features of our city. It was supported by an annual fee from its members; and as a free public library had been established, it was believed that the public interests would be best served by a union of the two. In 1860 the stockholders of the Library Association, by a vote, transferred their valuable library and furniture to the Board of Education. 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.

Excerpt from Catalogue of the Dayton Public Library: Authors, Subjects, and Titles This library existed until 1835, when it was sold at public auction. In the advertisement of sale, Mr. John W. Van Cleve thus speaks of the character of the library: The number of books is small, but they are well selected; being principally useful standard works, which should be found in all institutions of this kind. Among them are the North American and Quarterly Reviews of the past few years. Who can doubt that this library, during the thirty years of its existence, was of inestimable value to the citizens of Dayton? 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.