Lights and Shadows of New York Life: or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great CityMcCabe, James Dabney
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Lights and Shadows of New York Life: or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City
McCabe, James Dabney
New York (N.Y.) -- Description and travel; New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
XIX.
STREET MUSICIANS, 324
XX.
THE CENTRAL PARK, 332
XXI.
THE DETECTIVES, 351
I. THE REGULAR FORCE, 351
II. PRIVATE DETECTIVES, 364
XXII.
WILLIAM B. ASTOR, 372
XXIII.
FASHIONABLE SHOPPING, 375
XXIV.
BLEECKER STREET, 386
XXV.
CEMETERIES, 390
I. GREENWOOD, 390
II. CYPRUS HILLS, 391
III. WOODLAWN, 392
IV. CALVARY, AND THE EVERGREENS, 393
XXVI.
THE CLUBS, 394
XXVII.
THE FIVE POINTS, 398
I. LIFE IN THE SHADOW, 398
II. THE CELLARS, 405
III. THE MISSIONS, 412
XXVIII.
THE MILITARY, 422
XXIX.
NASSAU STREET, 426
XXX.
THE METROPOLITAN FIRE DEPARTMENT, 430
XXXI.
THE BUSINESS OF NEW YORK, 441
XXXII.
THE SABBATH IN NEW YORK, 445
XXXIII.
THE POST OFFICE, 448
I. INTERNAL ARRANGEMENTS, 448
II. THE NEW POST OFFICE, 456
III. THE LETTER CARRIERS, 460
XXXIV.
A. T. STEWART, 464
XXXV.
PLACES OF AMUSEMENT, 470
I. THE THEATRES, 470
II. MINOR AMUSEMENTS, 485
XXXVI.
THE MARKETS, 487
XXXVII.
THE CHURCHES, 491
I. THE SACRED EDIFICES, 491
II. THE CLERGY, 498
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