Transcriber's Note: Inconsistent hyphenation and spelling in the original document have been preserved. Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. Italic text is denoted by _underscores_. The Table of Contents for this book refers to it as Volume II. The Title Page and List of Illustrations refer to it as Volume III. The Table of Contents for this volume refers to chapters ultimately published in a subsequent volume. Those chapter listings are retained, but the page number links are not active. AMERICA [Illustration: _A Cowboy_] _EDITION ARTISTIQUE_ The World's Famous Places and Peoples AMERICA BY JOEL COOK In Six Volumes Volume III. MERRILL AND BAKER New York London THIS EDITION ARTISTIQUE OF THE WORLD'S FAMOUS PLACES AND PEOPLES IS LIMITED TO ONE THOUSAND NUMBERED AND REGISTERED COPIES, OF WHICH THIS COPY IS NO. 205 Copyright, Henry T. Coates & Co., 1900 CONTENTS VOLUME II PAGE VIII. AROUND THE HARBOR OF NEW YORK, 3 IX. THE ENVIRONMENT OF LONG ISLAND SOUND, 89 X. ASCENDING THE HUDSON RIVER, 129 XI. A GLIMPSE OF THE BERKSHIRE HILLS, 241 XII. THE ADIRONDACKS AND THEIR ATTENDANT LAKES, 271 XIII. CROSSING THE EMPIRE STATE, 329 XIV. DESCENDING THE RIVER ST. LAWRENCE, 399 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS VOLUME III PAGE GRANT'S TOMB, NEW YORK 58 WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT AT "CEDARHURST," ROSLYN 94 PALISADES OF THE HUDSON 132 UP THE HUDSON FROM THE WATER BATTERY, WEST POINT 162 STATE CAPITOL, ALBANY, N. Y. 204 AROUND THE HARBOR OF NEW YORK. AMERICA, PICTURESQUE AND DESCRIPTIVE. VIII. AROUND THE HARBOR OF NEW YORK.