Gives a view of New York at about the middle of the nineteenth century. Is of interest for a comparative study of the city then, and now from the point of view of its natural divisions. (VII, 2; IX, 1.) Denison, John Hopkins. _Beside the Bowery_ (New York, 1914). (VII, 2.) Dietrich, Richard. _Lebeweltnächte der Friedrichstadt_, Vol. XXX in “Grossstadt Dokumente” (Berlin, 1905). A view of Berlin’s bright-light area. (VI, 6; VII, 2, 5; IX.) Goldmark, Pauline. _West-Side Studies_ (New York, 1914). Historical and social investigations of local urban areas, especially from the point of view of social welfare and pathology. (V, 2, 3; VI; VII, 2, 5; VIII; IX, 1.) Harper, Charles George. _Queer Things about London; Strange Nooks and Corners of the Greatest City in the World_ (Philadelphia, 1924). (II, 3; V, 2, 3; VI, 3, 5, 8, 10.) Kirwan, Daniel Joseph. _Palace and Hovel, or Phases of London Life; Being Personal Observations of an American in London_ (Hartford, 1870). (II, 3; VI; VII, 2; IX, 1, 4.) Ostwald, Hans O. A. _Dunkle Winkel in Berlin_, Vol. I in “Grossstadt Dokumente” (Berlin, 1905). A description of the more obscure areas in Berlin, particularly those of the underworld. (II, 3; VII, 2; IX, 2, 3, 4.) Scharrelmann, Heinrich. _Die Grossstadt; Spaziergänge in die Grossstadt Hamburg_, 1921. Sketches of city areas encountered in a walk about the city. Seligman, Edwin R. A. (editor). _The Social Evil, with Special Reference to Conditions Existing in the City of New York_ (New York and London, 1912). The vice area of a large city. Typical of a number of surveys of moral areas in the larger cities of the United States. Compare, for instance, with the report of the Illinois investigation, _The Social Evil in Chicago_. (VII, 2, 5; IX, 1.) Smith, F. Berkley. _The Real Latin Quarter_ (New York, 1901). (V, 3; VII, 2; IX, 2, 3, 4.) Strunsky, Simeon. _Belzhazzar Court, or, Village Life in New York City_ (New York, 1914). (V, 2, 3; VII, 2; IX, 2, 3, 4.) Timbs, John. _Curiosities of London_ (London, 1868). (IX, 1, 4.) Werthauer, Johannes. _Moabitrium_, Vol. XXXI of the “Grossstadt Dokumente” (Berlin, 1905). A report of a personal investigation of the rooming-house area of Berlin. (VII, 2, 4; IX, 2, 3, 4.) Woods, Robert A. _The City Wilderness: A Settlement Study of South End, Boston_ (Boston and New York, 1898). One of a number of similar studies viewing the city and its slums from the standpoint of the settlement worker. (V, 2, 3; VI; VII, 5.) Young, Erle Fiske. “The Social Base Map,” _Jour. App. Sociol._, IX (January-February, 1925) 202–6. A graphic device for the study of natural areas. (VII, 2.)