A Popular Guide to the Public Buildings and Museum of Amherst College Classic Reprint

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This work was undertaken at the suggestion of others, in order to supply the long felt need of a visitor's guide. The book aims at nothing more than is implied in the title. It is intended to contain general information for visitors, and to represent more or less perfectly the attractions of the College to all others. That it may 'be thus a popular guide, the Cabinets have been presented, not by wearisome catalogues, but by comprehensive statements, with specific mention of single specimens, only so far as their particular interest or value would seem to demand. That it may be also reliable, the work has passed under the supervision of the Instruct ors, while some parts have been prepared entire by their personal efforts. For this, acknowledgments are especially due to Prof. Shepard, who kindly~ furnished all the matter upon his Collections; to Dr. Hitchcock, for assistance upon the Collections in the Appleton Cabinet and to Prof. Mather, for gathering information upon the Art Gallery. The old Vis itor's Guide, prepared by Prof. Charles H. Hitchcock, has been of great assistance, and Prof. Tyler's History of the Col lege has afforded valuable information. If these pages shall furnish the required assistance to the daily visitor, and the work meet with approval from the College in general, our end is gained.

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