2. AMERICA'S NEW YORK 17 3. ACROSS THE EAST RIVER 61 4. WILLIAM PENN'S TOWN 76 5. THE MONUMENTAL CITY 95 6. THE AMERICAN MECCA 108 7. THE CITY OF THE SEVEN HILLS 127 8. WHERE ROMANCE AND COURTESY DO NOT FORGET 135 9. ROCHESTER--AND HER NEIGHBORS 153 10. STEEL'S GREAT CAPITAL 171 11. THE SIXTH CITY 185 12. CHICAGO--AND THE CHICAGOANS 198 13. THE TWIN CITIES 212 14. THE GATEWAY OF THE SOUTHWEST 225 15. THE OLD FRENCH LADY BY THE RIVERBANK 236 16. THE CITY OF THE LITTLE SQUARES 256 17. THE AMERICAN PARIS 266 18. TWO RIVALS OF THE NORTH PACIFIC--AND A THIRD 280 19. SAN FRANCISCO--THE NEWEST PHOENIX 288 20. BELFAST IN AMERICA 307 21. WHERE FRENCH AND ENGLISH MEET 318 22. THE CITY THAT NEVER GROWS YOUNG 332 THE ILLUSTRATIONS Madison Square, New York _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE Tremont Street, Boston 2 Park Street, Boston 10 The Brooklyn Bridge 18 View of New York from a Skyscraper 30 Washington Square, New York 46 A Quiet Street on Brooklyn Heights 64 An old Brooklyn Homestead 72 City Hall Philadelphia 84 In Baltimore Harbor 96 Charles Street, Baltimore 102 The Union Station, Washington 114 The Capitol 122 St. Michael's Churchyard, Charleston 146 The Erie Canal, in Rochester 154 A Home in Rochester 160 Syracuse--the canal 168 The waterfront, Pittsburgh 180 One of Cleveland's broad avenues 192 Michigan Avenue and lake-front, Chicago 204 The River at St. Paul 220 Entrance to the University, St. Louis 226