Excerpt from The National Almanac and Annual Record for the Year 1864 The volume of the National Almanac for 1864 is thus committed to the just judg ment of the public, with a parting remark, in the language of a distinguished American clear, that it is a little library in itself, and one which answers nearly all questions on public ad'airs in a most satisfactory manner. 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.