Under the elms in Washington Park are two fine bronzes: Caverley’s statue of _Robert Burns_ and Rhind’s statue of _Moses at the Rock of Horeb_. Fortunately one of the earliest and two of the noblest creations of the sculptor Palmer are in the city of his home: his _Faith at the Cross_, his _Livingston_, and his _Angel of the Resurrection_. Albany the Old has become Albany the New. In many ways the new is more energetic and more splendid than the old. The town is large enough to show the characteristic features of our American life in its more sensitive and vigorous centres, and small enough to retain local color and distinctive traits. It is self-centred, believes in itself, and has the instinct to discern and the habit of demanding the best things. It is a place where the finest flavors of the old life linger in and temper the broader spirit and more robust movement of the new life; a place that perpetuates its traditions of social elegance and hospitality; a place, too, that has been the cradle and home of men of commanding force, who have contributed to the highest life of the nation and have left their names on enduring structures of thought and art and economic organization. The city lies at the intersection of the great thoroughfares of traffic and travel in the richest and most densely populated portion of the republic. Its facilities for production and distribution may give it in the future an enormous industrial development. This fortune is not unlikely, but, to those who estimate in large ways the values of life, it cannot heighten the beauty or deepen the charm of the Albany of to-day. [Illustration: SEAL OF ALBANY.] [Illustration] SARATOGA THE STRUGGLE FOR THE GREAT WATERWAYS BY ELLEN HARDIN WALWORTH There are names which are more than famous—they have a distinct individuality; their sound to the ear or appearance on the page arrests attention, arouses interest, and presents a clear picture to the mind. Such a name is Saratoga, with its romantic record, its picturesque scenery, and its beautiful village,—the “Queen of Spas.” Nature has furnished Saratoga with a regal setting on the lower spurs of the Adirondack Mountains, the last elevations of the Palmertown range, on the edge of the world’s first continent. [Illustration: SARATOGA LAKE, N. Y.]