PREFACE

CONTENTS

THE ILLUSTRATIONS

THE PERSONALITY OF AMERICAN CITIES

1 OUR ANCIENT HUB

2 AMERICA'S NEW YORK I

3 ACROSS THE EAST RIVER

4 WILLIAM PENN'S TOWN

5 THE MONUMENTAL CITY

6 THE AMERICAN MECCA

7 THE CITY OF THE SEVEN HILLS

8 WHERE ROMANCE AND COURTESY DO NOT FORGET

9 ROCHESTER AND HER NEIGHBORS

10 STEEL'S GREAT CAPITAL

11 THE SIXTH CITY

12 CHICAGO AND THE CHICAGOANS

13 THE TWIN CITIES

14 THE GATEWAY OF THE SOUTHWEST

15 THE OLD FRENCH LADY OF THE RIVERBANK

16 THE CITY OF THE LITTLE SQUARES

17 THE AMERICAN PARIS

18 TWO RIVALS OF THE NORTH PACIFIC AND A THIRD

19 SAN FRANCISCO THE NEWEST PHOENIX

20 BELFAST IN AMERICA

21 WHERE FRENCH AND ENGLISH MEET

22 THE CITY THAT NEVER GROWS YOUNG

BY
EDWARD HUNGERFORD
Author of "The Modern Railroad,"
"Gertrude," etc.

WITH FRONTISPIECE BY
E. HORTER

NEW YORK
McBRIDE, NAST & COMPANY
1913

Copyright, 1913, by
McBride, Nast & Co.

Published November, 1913

TO
MY LITTLE DAUGHTER
ADRIENNE.