Catalogue Of Books Relating To The State Of Ohio The West And North West

Author : Peter G. Thomson
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330979426
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (794 download)

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Download or read book Bibliography of the State of Ohio written by Peter G. Thomson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-08 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Bibliography of the State of Ohio: Being a Catalogue of the Books and Pamphlets Relating to the History of the State; With Collations and Bibliographical and Critical Notes, Together With the Prices at Which Many of the Books Have Been Sold at the Principal Public and Private Sales Since 1 A Catalogue of books on any one subject - that is, a bibliography of any branch of literature, with such historical, biographical or critical notes as may add to their interest or value to the reader - possesses a literary interest, as well as a practical use. The "Bibliography of Ohio" is, in this respect, especially interesting, for it has been said that Ohio, in common with the new States and Territories, would furnish but a meagre subject for the historian or bibliographer. One of this opinion must have reflected little upon the transactions of which the Ohio Valley has been the scene since the year 1673, when the Frenchman first made his appearance within its bounds. During the past eight years spent in the compilation of this work, the author has examined nearly every public and private library where such works were likely to be found, from Boston, Mass., to St. Paul, Minn., and has personally examined almost every volume described in the work. The result is a collection of upwards of Fourteen Hundred distinct titles, relating almost wholly to the History of the State and parts thereof, not including the public documents, which would in themselves form a volume. The number of titles secured, far exceeded the author's expectations, and we believe, far outnumbers any printed list of the books relating to any of the other States. Three State Bibliographies only have been issued in book form, viz.: Massachusetts, by Jeremiah Colburn; Rhode Island, by John Russell Bartlett; and Minnesota, by J. Fletcher Williams. Six have been published in other works, viz.: Wisconsin, by Daniel S. Durrie, in the Historical Magazine for April, 1870; New Hampshire, in Norton's Literary Letter, 1859; Maine, in Norton's Literary Letter, No. 4, 1859; Maryland, in the Historical Magazine, April and May, 1870; Maine, by Wm. Willis, in the Historical Magazine, March, 1870; and Vermont, by Marcus D. Oilman, in the "Argus and Patriot," Montpelier, Vermont, 1879-80. The fact that our enterprise is both original and extensive, will, we hope, extenuate the imperfections and omissions which must be a characteristic of such a compilation, and we hope that the publication of this work, upon which we have spent an amount of trouble and time, which some of our readers will hardly realize, may induce some of our friends to investigate for themselves, the remarkable body of interesting literature relating to American History; and we are confident that there will be a rich reward for all who will thoroughly work any portion of the enticing field. 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.