Excerpt from American Almanac and Treasury of Facts, Statistical, Financial, and Political, for the Year 1886: Compiled From Official Sources Not only statesmen, but all men who desire 'to keep pace with the march of event with political and economical changesz in tact with the general progress of the world, will find the Statesman's year-book an indispensable guide. - New York Tribune. 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.