A GUIDE TO THE CITY OF CHICAGO

Sixteenmo, 256 pages, red cloth, silverfish tracks on covers, bright gilt stamping. The torn rear pocket has only the color map of the Business Portion of Chicago, by Geo. F. Cram, with many businesses identified, most prominently (with a large red arrow) the Chicago Association of Commerce. The front cover is stamped "National Peace Congress Edition". It was the 2d Congress, and held May 3-5, 1909. This new work is "for the dual purpose of properly guiding and assisting in the entertainment of visitors to Chicago, and, to instruct Chicagoans themselves in subjects of civic interest .It may be accepted as a compendium of reliable information regarding the city. A departure is made from the usual scheme of such publications in arranging a series of street car rides about the city. . The index at the back of the book is a complete key to everything in the Guuide." - Preface. IMPORTANT: Under the caption "Street Names and Numbers" will be found instructions for finding the location of the streets and avenues of the city under the new numbering plan adopted in a recent [1908] ordinance. The two maps accompanying the Guide also will prove of value for this purpose to the stranger.".…