Excerpt from Rickey, Mallory and Company's Catalogue Raisonne A General and Classified List of the Most Important Works in Nearly Every Department of Literature and Science, Published in the United States and England; With a Bibliographical Introduction Our own experience has suggested that such a work, fairly executed, would be a desideratum; affording at once, a more satisfactory medium of communication between us and our friends and correspondents. Although it purports to be a general catalogue, we cannot claim for it completeness, as it comprises only the most important works in the various departments of English Literature, such as are standard, or regarded as authority on the subjects of which they treat. In compiling the catalogue, we have endeavored to include such books only, as can be procured with certainty, or are usually found in the best collections. 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.