Excerpt from Norton's Literary Register, or Annual Book List, for 1856: A Catalogue of Books, Including New Editions and Reprints Published in the United States During the Year 1855, Containing Titles, Number of Pages, Prices, and Names of Publishers, With an Index of Subjects A brief Alphabetical Index of subjects has been appended, which it is hoped will be found useful in showing what books have been pub lished during the year in particular departments of knowledge. To the general list of the publishers whose works are included in this Catalogue, a special list of the publishers of Boston, New York, and Philadelphia, respectively, has been 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.