It is an old daguerrotype book that has been put on line by project
gutenberg. Interesting reading. I haven't looked to see if other old
photo books are included in the gutenberg site. A task for later. I did
notice that it is mirrored at a Chech site but that has a slow connection.
Enjoy
ER
http://www.cdrom.com/pub/gutenberg/etext94/amdag10.txt