“Of that condition I have no knowledge; but we all know that the first builders of New York had the hard part. They laid the foundation of all that has been done.” “All right, aunt; but the men of to-day have built well and loftily on their foundation. If they could see the Bowling Green to-day, and the magnificent commercial city of which it is the centre--if they could see the elevated roads, the motor cars, the railways, telegraphs, and ocean cable service and all the rest of our business facilities, I am sure they would have no words for their astonishment and delight.” “Well, children, I have lived a long time to-day. I belong to the--past. I am tired. Good-night, Gerard.” “Good-night, aunt. Dream of the past, but be sure that however enterprising, energetic, patriotic, and far-seeing those old-time New Yorkers were, there is just as much enterprise and energy, just as much patriotism and prudence, with the New Yorkers of to-day, for “The bold brave heart of New York Still beats on the Bowling Green!” THE END POPULAR COPYRIGHT BOOKS AT MODERATE PRICES Any of the following titles can be bought of your Bookseller at the price you paid for this volume =Adventures of Captain Kettle.= Cutcliffe Hyne. =Adventures of Gerard.= A. Conan Doyle. =Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.= A. Conan Doyle. =Alton of Somasco.= Harold Bindloss. =Arms and the Woman.= Harold MacGrath. =Artemus Ward’s Works= (extra illustrated). =At the Mercy of Tiberius.= Augusta Evans Wilson. =Battle Ground, The.= Ellen Glasgow. =Belle of Bowling Green, The.= Amelia E. Barr. =Ben Blair.= Will Lillibridge. =Bob, Son of Battle.= Alfred Ollivant. =Boss, The.= Alfred Henry Lewis. =Brass Bowl, The.= Louis Joseph Vance. =Brethren, The.= H. Rider Haggard. =By Snare of Love.= Arthur W. Marchmont. =By Wit of Woman.= Arthur W. Marchmont. =Cap’n Erie.= Joseph C. Lincoln. =Captain in the Ranks, A.= George Cary Eggleston. =Cardigan.= Robert W. Chambers. =Casting Away of Mrs. Leeks and Mrs. Aleshine.= Frank R. Stockton. =Circle, The.= Katherine Cecil Thurston (author of “The Masquerader,” “The Gambler”). =Conquest of Canaan, The.= Booth Tarkington. =Courier of Fortune, A.= Arthur W. Marchmont. =Darrow Enigma, The.= Melvin Severy. =Deliverance, The.= Ellen Glasgow. =Exploits of Brigadier Gerard.= A. Conan Doyle. =Fighting Chance, The.= Robert W. Chambers. =For a Maiden Brave.= Chauncey C. Hotchkiss. =For Love or Crown.= Arthur W. Marchmont. =Fugitive Blacksmith, The.= Charles D. Stewart. =Heart’s Highway, The.= Mary E. Wilkins. =Holladay Case, The.= Burton Egbert Stevenson. =Hurricane Island.= H. B. Marriott-Watson. =Indifference of Juliet, The.= Grace S. Richmond. =Infelice.= Augusta Evans Wilson. =In the Name of a Woman.= Arthur W. Marchmont.