Excerpt from Morford Short-Trip Guide to America The preparation of the "Short-Trip Guide to America" was induced by the practical success of the Guide to Europe, on the same plan, and the generally admitted want of some hand-book for tourists in America, fitted for pocket-use, and railway, carriage or steamer reading, by convenient size, clearness of type, and giving the data most ordinarily required, while carefully avoiding tedious and unnecessary details. Such a book had long been regarded as a necessity, especially for 1st. The very large and constantly-increasing body of English-speaking people, principally from the British Islands, crossing the Atlantic for a short sojourn in the New World, and desirous of seeing the greatest possible variety of interesting places within a limited period without undue expenditure; and 2nd. The only-less-numerous body of Americans who have made but partial acquaintance with their own country, and who need intelligent guidance in the selection and traversing of the most attractive routes. After the publication of three editions, in 1872 and 1873, meeting with very flattering success and approval, and earning the reputation of supplying the most compact and intelligible of all American guides, - the fourth edition, for 1874, is now offered, with all the old popular features retained, and some new ones of peculiar importance added. 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.