Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1878, by AUGUSTE RENOUARD, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D.C. The author of this book has labored diligently, and, as I think, with remarkable success, to occupy an original and unique field in American literature. Hitherto, a complete treatise on the important profession of Undertaking has been unknown. In fact, until the establishment of “THE CASKET” (to which Mr. RENOUARD has been a regular contributor from the beginning), there never had been published anything concerning the duties and amenities of the undertaker. There seemed to be a vague notion that there was nothing to write about, and so of course n…
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