Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City. James Dabney McCabe

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4057664599674

Table of Contents

       I. THE CITY OF NEW YORK

       I. HISTORICAL.

       II. DESCRIPTIVE AND STATISTICAL.

       II. THE HARBOR OF NEW YORK.

       III. THE CITY GOVERNMENT.

       IV. “THE RING.”

       I. THE HISTORY OF THE RING.

       II. PERSONNEL OF THE RING.

       V. BROADWAY.

       I. HISTORICAL.

       II. DESCRIPTIVE.

       VI. SOCIETY.

       I. ANALYTICAL.

       II. FASHIONABLE EXTRAVAGANCE.

       III. FASHIONABLE FOLLIES.

       IV. FASHIONABLE CHILDREN.

       V. A FASHIONABLE BELLE.

       VI. FASHIONABLE ENTERTAINMENTS.

       VII. MARRIAGE AND DEATH.

       VII. THE MUNICIPAL POLICE.

       VIII. THE BOWERY.

       IX. PUBLIC SQUARES.

       I. THE BATTERY.

       II. THE BOWLING GREEN.

       III. THE PARK.

       IV. OTHER PARKS.

       X. THE FIFTH AVENUE.

       XI. STREET TRAVEL.

       I. THE STREET CARS.

       II. THE STAGES.

       III. STEAM RAILWAYS.

       XII. HORACE GREELEY.

       XIII. THE TOMBS.

       XIV. THE PRESS.

       I. THE DAILY JOURNALS.

       II. WEEKLY PRESS.

       XV. WALL STREET.

       I. THE STREET.

       II. THE STOCK EXCHANGE.

       III. THE GOVERNMENT BOARD.

       IV. THE GOLD EXCHANGE.

       V. CURB-STONE BROKERS.

       VI. THE BUSINESS OF THE STREET.

       VII. STOCK GAMBLING.

       VIII. THE WAYS OF THE STREET.

       IX. BLACK FRIDAY.

       XVI. THE FERRIES.

       XVII. THE HOTELS.

       XVIII. IMPOSTORS.

       XIX. STREET MUSICIANS.

       XX. THE CENTRAL PARK.

       XXI. THE DETECTIVES.

       I. THE REGULAR FORCE.

       II.