Excerpt from The Coming City The present small volume has a modest purpose. It aims simply to point out tendencies in the past and present and to describe and illus trate the progress in the spirit of municipal reform. It consists of an address, accompanied by notes and illustrative material. The address has been delivered in several cities, and has elicited comments Which lead me to hope that in print it may prove helpful to those who would bring our urban life up to a higher plane. N o effort has been made to give credit to others for aid received. Aid has come from many books and articles, but especially from the book of life, - in other words, long-continued observation. I must mention, however, one gentleman from Whom I clearly recollect having received special help in one part of the address. 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.