Excerpt from The Publishers' and Other Book Exhibits at the World's Columbian Exposition The Columbian World's Exposition, view it from whatever point we may, is overwhelming in detail as well as in mass. The American people has simply outdone itself - one feels tempted to say, has overdone it. Not alone the Americans have sinned in this direction, but the foreigners also, tempted by the Opportunities offered, have shown themselves off in as many places as possi ble. One finds a repetition of similar exhibits by the same parties in a number of buildings and departments, in which it may have been difficult to draw the line, but where one feels the line should have been drawn, even at the expense of sacrificing some of the exhibits. On every hand one is appalled at the thought of the time, labor, energy, and money required in preparing, forwarding, and putting up such an exhibit alone as that made by the various educa tional institutions of this country. This is, per haps, without exception, the most creditable of any exhibit made, and one of which the country may justly feel proud, testifying as it does to the great advance in the intellectual development of its people during the seventeen years since our Centennial Exposition. 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.