Excerpt from American Mnemotechny, or Art of Memory, Theoretical and Practical: On the Basis of the Most Recent Discoveries and Improvements in Europe and America; Comprising the Principles of the Art, as Applied to Ancient History, Sacred and Profane; Modern European, Asiatic and American History Many seem to think that Mnemotechny is only applicable to Dates of History. It might as well be said that mathe metics is only useful in computing the interest of money. Mnemotechny is a great help in Historical studies. It is certainly just as applicable to a large number of other sub jects. It is useful, more or less, in retaining the prominent ideas in reading, and in committing to memory, Prose, Po otry and Languages, though these are not the most promi nent fields of Mnemotechny. 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.