Download or read book The Literary History of Philadelphia (Classic Reprint) written by Ellis Paxson Oberholtzer and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-17 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Literary History of Philadelphia The old lady of Boston of classical memory, who going a little way afield to be asked by a benighted person what kind of a place Boston was, replied. 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.