Excerpt from Publications of the Buffalo Historical Society, Vol. 25: The Book of the Museum The editor is grateful, and the Society is to be con gratulated, because of the help he received in the prepar ation Of these sketches, from the pens of able and aecom plished writers, most of them now or formerly resident in Buffalo. It is a list of contributors of which any periodical might be proud. They have made this volume unique among the publications of historical societies; nor is there any loss of real value to the student, be cause the several episodes have been presented with some grace and attractiveness Of style. To Mrs. Howe, Mrs. Gamehl, Col. Charles 0. Shepard, William W. Saperston, Henry R. Howland, Hamilton Ward and Charles E. Congdon, the editor returns grateful acknowledgement. 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.