CONTENTS.
Romesh Chunder Dutt
I.
THE CITY OF NEW YORK
33
I.
Historical
33
II.
Descriptive and Statistical
49
II.
THE HARBOR OF NEW YORK
59
III.
THE CITY GOVERNMENT
64
IV.
THE RING
75
I.
The History of the Ring
75
II.
Personnel of the Ring
100
V.
BROADWAY
118
I.
Historical
118
II.
Descriptive
123
VI.
SOCIETY
135
I.
Analytical
135
II.
Fashionable Extravagance
141
III.
Fashionable Follies
153
IV.
Fashionable Children
155
V.
A Fashionable Belle
157
VI.
Fashionable Entertainments
162
VII.
Marriage and Death
166
VII.
THE MUNICIPAL POLICE
171
VIII.
THE BOWERY
186
IX.
PUBLIC SQUARES
194
I.
The Battery
194
II.
The Bowling Green
196
III.
The Park
197
IV.
Other Parks
200
X.
THE FIFTH AVENUE
204
XI.
STREET TRAVEL
211
I.
The Street Cars
211
II.
The Stages
216
III.
Steam Railways
221
XII.
HORACE GREELEY
225
XIII.
THE TOMBS
232
XIV.
THE PRESS
244
I.
The Daily Journals
244
II.
The Weekly Press
255
XV.
WALL STREET
258
I.
The Street
258
II.
The Stock Exchange
264
III.
The Government Board
269
IV.
The Gold Exchange
272
V.
Curbstone Brokers
275
VI.
The Business Of The Street
276
VII.
Stock Gambling
279
VIII.
The Ways Of The Street
284
IX.
Black Friday
290
XVI.
THE FERRIES
299
XVII.
THE HOTELS
304
XVIII.
IMPOSTORS
316
XIX.
STREET MUSICIANS
324
XX.
THE CENTRAL PARK
332
XXI.
THE DETECTIVES
351
I.
The Regular Force
351
II.
Private Detectives
364
XXII.
WILLIAM B. ASTOR
372
XXIII.
FASHIONABLE SHOPPING
375
XXIV.
BLEECKER STREET
386
XXV.
CEMETERIES
390
I.
Greenwood
390
II.
Cyprus Hills
391
III.
Woodlawn
392
IV.
Calvary, and the Evergreens
393
XXVI.
THE CLUBS
394
XXVII.
THE FIVE POINTS
398
I.
Life in the Shadow
398
II.
The Cellars
405
III.
The Missions
412
XXVIII.
THE MILITARY
422
XXIX.
NASSAU STREET
426
XXX.
THE METROPOLITAN FIRE DEPARTMENT
430
XXXI.
THE BUSINESS OF NEW YORK
441
XXXII.
THE SABBATH IN NEW YORK
445
XXXIII.
THE POST OFFICE
448
I.
Internal Arrangements
448
II.
The New Post Office
456
III.
The Letter Carriers
460
XXXIV.
A. T. STEWART
464
XXXV.
PLACES OF AMUSEMENT
470
I.
The Theatres
470
II.
Minor Amusements
485
XXXVI.
THE MARKETS
487
XXXVII.
THE CHURCHES
491
I.
The Sacred Edifices
491
II.
The Clergy
498
XXXVIII.
BOARDING-HOUSE LIFE
502
XXXIX.
THE RESTAURANTS
508
XL.
THE CHEAP LODGING HOUSES
511
XLI.
THE LIBRARIES
513
XLII.
PROFESSIONAL MEN
519
XLIII.
PROFESSIONAL CRIMINALS
522
I.
The Thieves
522
II.
The Pickpockets
531
III.
The Female Thieves
533
IV.
The River Thieves
534
V.
The Fences
539
VI.
The Roughs
542
XLIV.
THE PAWNBROKERS
546
XLV.
THE BEER GARDENS
550
XLVI.
JAMES FISK, JR.
555
XLVII.
TRINITY CHURCH
565
XLVIII.
THE HOLIDAYS
572
I.
New Year’s Day
572
II.
Christmas
577
XLIX.
THE SOCIAL EVIL
579
I.
The Lost Sisterhood
579
II.
Houses of Assignation
587
III.
The Street Walkers
589
IV.
The Concert Saloons
594
V.
The Dance Houses
597
VI.
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