Excerpt from The Story of the Empire State: History of New York Told in Story Form; A Supplementary Reading-Book for Grammar Grades The following pages have been written for the boys and girls of the Empire State, and for all others who are interested in the fascinating story of New York from its early history to the beginning of. The twentieth century. Only important points have been dealt with, and only those events have been chosen which are historically correct. Innumerable incidents have been introduced in an effort to make the narrative of facts more pleasant reading. The whole has been woven into a connected story, and surely no more interesting material for a narrative can be found than in the history in which New York is so rich. 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.