ILLUSTRATIONS

On the Harlem River—University Heights from Fort George Frontispiece

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Grant's Tomb and Riverside Drive (from the New Jersey Shore) 3

Down along the Battery sea-wall is the place to watch the ships go by 5

Old New Amsterdam 7

Just as it has been for years. (Between South Ferry and the Bridge.)

New New York 9

Not a stone's throw farther up ... the towering white city of the new century. (Between South Ferry and the Bridge.)

From the point of view of the Jersey commuter ... some uncommon, weird effects 11

(Looking back at Manhattan from a North River ferry-boat.)

Swooping silently, confidently across from one city to the other 13

(East River and Brooklyn Bridge.)

Looking up the East River from the Foot of Fifty-ninth Street 15

Even in sky-line he could find something new almost every week or two 17

The end of the day—looking back at Manhattan from the Brooklyn Bridge.

For the little scenes ... quaint and lovable, one goes down along the South Street water-front 19

Smacks and oyster-floats near Fulton Market. (At the foot of Beekman Street, East River.)

This is the tired city's playground 21

Washington Bridge and the Speedway—Harlem River looking south.

Here is where the town ends, and the country begins 23

(High Bridge as seen looking south from Washington Bridge.)

The Old and the New, from Lower New York across the Bridge to Brooklyn 24

From the top of the high building at Broadway and Pine Street.

The old town does not change so fast about its edges 25

(Along the upper East River front looking north toward Blackwell's Island.)

... opposite the oval of the ancient Bowling Green 29

... immigrant hotels and homes 30

No. 1 Broadway 30

Lower Broadway during a parade 30

The beautiful spire of Trinity 31

... clattering, crowded, typical Broadway 32

City Hall with its grateful lack of height 33

What's the matter? 34

In the wake of a fire-engine 35

No longer to be thrilled ... will mean to be old 37

Grace Church spire becomes nearer 39

Through Union Square 40

... windows which draw women's heads around 41

Instead of buyers ... mostly shoppers 42

... crossing Fifth Avenue at Twenty-third Street 43

Madison Square with the sparkle of a clear ... October morning 44

In front of the Fifth Avenue Hotel 45

Diana on top glistening in the sun 46

Seeing the Avenue from a stage-top 47

... people go to the right, up Fifth Avenue 48

A seller of pencils 49

It is also better walking up here 50

... those who walk for the sake of walking 51

At the lower corner of the Waldorf-Astoria 52

... with baby-carriages 53

This is the region of Clubs 54

(The Union League.)

... close-ranked boarding-school squads 55

... the coachmen and footmen flock there 56

The Church of the Heavenly Rest 57

Approaching St. Thomas's 59

The University Club ... with college coats-of-arms 60

Olympia Jackies on shore leave 61

Down near the eastern end of the street 65

Across Trinity Church-yard, from the West 67

An Evening View of St. Paul's Church 69

The sights and smells of the water-front are here too 71

An Old Landmark on the Lower West Side 73

(Junction of Canal and Laight Streets.)

Up Beekman Street 75

Each ... has to change in the greatest possible hurry from block to block.

Under the Approach to Brooklyn Bridge 77

Chinatown 79

It still remains whimsically individual and village-like 81

A Fourteenth Street Tree 83

Such as broad Twenty-third Street with its famous shops 85

A Cross Street at Madison Square 87

Across Twenty-fourth Street—Madison Square when the Dewey Arch was there 88

Herald Square 91

As it Looks on a Wet Night—The Circle, Fifty-ninth Street and Eighth Avenue 93

Hideous high buildings 95

Looking east from Central Park at night.

Flushing Volunteer Fire Department Responding to a Fire Alarm 103

A Bit of Farm Land in the Heart of Greater New York 105

Acre after acre, farm after farm, and never a sign of city in sight.

One of the Farmhouses that have Come to Town 107

The old Duryea House, Flushing, once used as a head-quarters for Hessian officers.

East End of Duryea House, where the Cow is Stabled 108

The Old Water-power Mill from the Rear of the Old Country Cross-roads Store 109

The Old Country Cross-roads Store, Established 1828 110

In the background is the old water-power mill.

Interior of the Old Country Cross-roads Store 111

The Colony of Chinese Farmers, Near the Geographical Centre of New York City 112

Working as industrially as the peasants of Europe, blue skirts, red handkerchiefs about their heads 113

Remains of a Windmill in New York City, Between Astoria and Steinway 114

The Dreary Edge of Long Island City 115

The Procession of Market-wagons at College Point Ferry 116

Past dirty backyards and sad vacant lots 117

New York City Up in the Beginnings of the Bronx Regions—Skating at Bronxdale 119

Another Kind of City Life—Along the Marshes of Jamaica Bay 121

There is profitable oyster-dredging in several sections of the city 123

Cemetery Ridge, Near Richmond, Staten Island 126

A Peaceful Scene in New York 127

In the distance is St. Andrew's Church, Borough of Richmond, Staten Island.

A Relic of the Early Nineteenth Century, Borough of Richmond 128

An Old-fashioned, Stone-arched Bridge. (Richmond, Staten Island) 129

An Old House in Flatbush 131