Excerpt from A Catalogue of the Birmingham Collection: Including Printed Books and Pamphlets, Manuscripts, Maps, Views, Portraits, Etc It is Obvious that in every district there is produced a certain amount of literature which will pass out of existence entirely if not preserved in a well-organized public library. Much of it is of purely local interest, but it is nevertheless invaluable to the historian of the future. 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.