Download or read book Transactions of the American Institute: Of the City of New-York, for the Year 1854 (Classic Reprint) written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-03 with total page 646 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Transactions of the American Institute: Of the City of New-York, for the Year 1854 The active circle of the Institute having during the past year, been somewhat circumscribed by the suspension of its annual fair, the subjects of this report may be comprised within a brief space. It will be proper to state here succinctly the causes which led to an interregnum in our annual fairs. This is the more necessary, because the subject is not in some quarters, referred to its proper cause. There are some who suppose that the American Institute suspended its annual fair because of the Crystal Palace. This is a great mistake. If the Institute would not forego its annual fair when the Crystal Palace was in the noontide of its glory, it is not to be supposed that it would do so when the Crystal Palace had lost all the prestige which greeted its opening. To do away any misapprehension which may still exist on this subject, it may be well to state the reasons which governed the Institute in suspending its fair for 1854. At its annual meeting in February, the New-York State Agricultural Society selected New-York city for holding its next annual fair. It needed but little reflection to convince all parties that two great fairs could not be held in this city at the same time, without materially detracting from the interest of both. But who should give way? The State Society took the initiative, and prior to our annual election appointed a committee to wait upon the Institute. The latter appointed a committee of conference, and an arrangement was effected, that the Institute would suspend its own fair, and unite with the State Society. 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.