Excerpt from One Hundred Years in Illinois: 1818-1918 The friends of to-day and yesterday, to whom this book of memories is dedicated, will require no word of explanation, excuse or apology for the appearance of this volume. The casual or curious reader of the future who may chance to pick up the book in an idle or un guarded moment, may wonder how it happened that a physician permitted the child to live; so, in view of this possibility, it is considered proper to say a word or two as a defense against possible animadversions on my professional character and ability. 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.