Excerpt from Brooks Brothers, Centenary, 1818-1918: Being a Short History of the Founding of Their Business Together With an Account of Its Different Locations in the City of New York During This Period Brooks brothers from its founding one hundred years ago to the present day. Such is the purpose of the little book which follows, a book which, were our country not engaged in war. 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.