The Americans as they are

Transcriber's Note

Some typographical features could not be reproduced in this version. Italics are therefore delimited with the underscore character as _italic_. Any words or phrases appearing in mixed case using small capital letters, are shifted to all upper case.

Please note that the longitudes used in this text, which predates the establishment of Greenwich as the reference, used the nation's capitol, Washington, D.C. (approx. W 77°) as its basis. Thus, Cincinnati, at W 84° 30' on p. 1, is placed at a longitude of 7° 31'. Also, on p. 33, the location of the state of Indiana is mistakenly given using seconds (") of longitude, rather than minutes ('). These were corrected.