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Show Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1851, by W. WILLIAMS ' in the Clerk's 0 ffice of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. STEREOTYPED BY J. FAGAN. PRIN1'ED BY T. K. & P. G. COLLINS. ***For INDEX, see latter part of the work, pages 209-lfi. (2) T 0 THE P U 8 ll C. IN the preparation of the "TRAVELLER's AND TouRisT's GuiDE," neither pains nor expense have been spared to make it a work of the highest usefu lness; and, it is believed that; upon careful examination, it will commend itself to an enlightened public. In the arrangement of the ll outes, an entirely new plan has been adopted, which, it is confid en tly believed, will IJc found far HJore convenient than the old method. The Routes arc h ere given as they diverge from the pri nci p::tl cities and towns in the Union; thus, for example: " R outes from New York,'' "Houtes from Philade lphia," &c. It will be seen that Explanatory Notes are attached to many of the R outes, which the traveller shonld by no means o\·erlook; as, by attending to these, antl consulting the MAP attached to the work, he will frequently ue saved uoth expense and i neon v~n ienee. One new feature in our book, particularly, we must call attention to : in stead of giving a re petition of each ron te, we have used the same both for going and returning, by the introduction of an extra column of figures, with the necessary directions, at the head and foot of each Route. This will be found an important invention, as it not only furnishes grca t c~ r con.vcuience, but enables the traveller to see at a glance the distance of places from each starting ·point; and, uy saving much room, permits us to extend our information very materially. The names of the more pror11i ncn t places on the routes, arc put in a conspicuous ty pc, so that the eye shall detect them without difficulty. Among the valuable features of the work are TABLES, showing at a glance, the DISTANCE, FARE, and TIME occupied in travelling from the principal Citi es to the most important places in the Union ; so that the qncst ion fr E:'(lU en t ly asi<Pd, without o btaining a satisfactory reply, is here answered in full. Otller tahlcs show the distances from New York, &c., to Domestic and Foreign Ports, by SEA.; and also, by way of comparison, from N cw York a ncl Li V\3rpool to the principal ports beyond and around Cape Horn, &c., as well as via the Isthmus of Panama. {iii) |
