QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW AND STUDY 1. Why did the Dutch settle on Manhattan Island? How did the Dutch governor secure the land from the Indians? 2. What great ceremony connected with the establishment of the government of the United States took place in New York? Why was this ceremony held in New York? 3. What was the most important event in advancing the business growth of New York? 4. What effect did the arrival of vast numbers of immigrants have upon the city? 5. Why are there such tall buildings in New York? 6. Name some of the principal streets and their chief features; name some of the colleges and universities. 7. Give some facts about Central Park, The Bronx, and Riverside Drive. 8. Give some idea of the size of New York, its population, and the nationalities that comprise it. 9. Give a brief account of the means of transportation. 10. In what respects does New York rank first of all the cities of the United States? 11. What are its principal exports and imports? 12. What commercial advantages does New York enjoy? 13. What are the chief manufactured products of New York City, and how can it produce so much without many great factories? 14. Compare the harbor and city of to-day with that of three hundred years ago. 15. From a New York newspaper find out the foreign countries and the cities of this country to which vessels make regular sailings from New York. 16. Name all the railroads entering the city. CHICAGO "Chicago is wiped out." "Chicago cannot rise again." So said the newspapers all over the country, in October, 1871. And well they might think so, for the great fire of Chicago--one of the worst in the world's history--had laid low the city. The summer had been unusually dry. For months almost no rain had fallen. The ground was hot and parched, the whole city dry as kindling wood. Then about nine o'clock on a windy Sunday night, the fire broke out in a poor section of the West Side. It seemed as if everything a spark touched, blazed up. While the firemen stood by, helpless to check the flames, rows of houses and blocks of factories burned down. In a short time the lumber district was a great bonfire, the flames shooting hundreds of feet into the air. On and on swept the fire along the river front. Then the horror-stricken watchers saw the flames cross to the South Side. All had thought that the fire would be checked at the river, but the wind carried pieces of burning wood and paper to the roofs beyond. The business section was burning! The firemen worked desperately, but in vain. Hundreds of Chicago's finest buildings--stores, offices, banks, and hotels--were swallowed up by the flames. The city had become a roaring furnace, and the terrified people rushed madly for safety. [Illustration: AFTER THE FIRE]