Excerpt from The Wheelman's Hand-Book of Essex County: Containing Brief Sketches of the Various Cities and Towns of the County, With a List of Their Objects of Interest; A Directory of Hotels, Clubs, Consuls and Executives; Road Routes, Etc;, Also, the History of the League of Essex County Wheelmen The compilers of this work have undertaken its publica tion for the same reason that Bill Nye instituted the famous Laramie Boomerang, viz. To fill a long felt want. Essex County is probably more frequently traversed by wheelmen than any other locality in this state, or in fact any other. The reputation of its roads is high and the hospitality of its landlords is known fuli well by the traveling community. Hence such a book as we here present seems a necessity. We have endeavored to make it specially valuable to our wheel ing colleagues. We know their wants and have labored to supply them. You will find a list of the hotels, the best roads, and their condition, the L. A. W. And L. E'. C. W. Officers, and if you are on pleasure bent you may find the oh jects of interest, and they are many, - in the various cities and towns you visit. But not only to the wheelman, but to, the general tourist, will our little work be found indispensable. 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.