Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City

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James Dabney McCabe. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City

Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City

Table of Contents

I. THE CITY OF NEW YORK

I. HISTORICAL

II. DESCRIPTIVE AND STATISTICAL

II. THE HARBOR OF NEW YORK

III. THE CITY GOVERNMENT

IV. “THE RING.”

I. THE HISTORY OF THE RING

II. PERSONNEL OF THE RING

V. BROADWAY

I. HISTORICAL

II. DESCRIPTIVE

VI. SOCIETY

I. ANALYTICAL

II. FASHIONABLE EXTRAVAGANCE

III. FASHIONABLE FOLLIES

IV. FASHIONABLE CHILDREN

V. A FASHIONABLE BELLE

VI. FASHIONABLE ENTERTAINMENTS

VII. MARRIAGE AND DEATH

VII. THE MUNICIPAL POLICE

VIII. THE BOWERY

IX. PUBLIC SQUARES

I. THE BATTERY

II. THE BOWLING GREEN

III. THE PARK

IV. OTHER PARKS

X. THE FIFTH AVENUE

XI. STREET TRAVEL

I. THE STREET CARS

II. THE STAGES

III. STEAM RAILWAYS

XII. HORACE GREELEY

XIII. THE TOMBS

XIV. THE PRESS

I. THE DAILY JOURNALS

II. WEEKLY PRESS

XV. WALL STREET

I. THE STREET

II. THE STOCK EXCHANGE

III. THE GOVERNMENT BOARD

IV. THE GOLD EXCHANGE

V. CURB-STONE BROKERS

VI. THE BUSINESS OF THE STREET

VII. STOCK GAMBLING

VIII. THE WAYS OF THE STREET

IX. BLACK FRIDAY

XVI. THE FERRIES

XVII. THE HOTELS

XVIII. IMPOSTORS

XIX. STREET MUSICIANS

XX. THE CENTRAL PARK

XXI. THE DETECTIVES

I. THE REGULAR FORCE

II. PRIVATE DETECTIVES

XXII. WILLIAM B. ASTOR

XXIII. FASHIONABLE SHOPPING

XXIV. BLEECKER STREET

XXV. CEMETERIES

I. GREENWOOD

II. CYPRESS HILLS

III. WOODLAWN

IV. CALVARY, AND THE EVERGREENS

XXVI. THE CLUBS

XXVII. THE FIVE POINTS

I. LIFE IN THE SHADOW

II. THE CELLARS

III. THE MISSIONS

XXVIII. THE MILITARY

XXIX. NASSAU STREET

XXX. THE METROPOLITAN FIRE DEPARTMENT

XXXI. THE BUSINESS OF NEW YORK

XXXII. THE SABBATH IN NEW YORK

XXXIII. THE POST-OFFICE

I. INTERNAL ARRANGEMENTS

II. THE NEW POST-OFFICE

III. THE LETTER CARRIERS

XXXIV. A. T. STEWART

XXXV. PLACES OF AMUSEMENT

I. THE THEATRES

II. MINOR AMUSEMENTS

XXXVI. THE MARKETS

XXXVII. THE CHURCHES

I. THE SACRED EDIFICES

II. THE CLERGY

XXXVIII. BOARDING-HOUSE LIFE

XXXIX. THE RESTAURANTS

XL. THE CHEAP LODGING-HOUSES

XLI. THE LIBRARIES

XLII. PROFESSIONAL MEN

XLIII. PROFESSIONAL CRIMINALS

I. THE THIEVES

II. THE PICK-POCKETS

III. THE FEMALE THIEVES

IV. THE RIVER THIEVES

V. THE FENCES

VI. THE ROUGHS

XLIV. THE PAWNBROKERS

XLV. THE BEER-GARDENS

XLVI. JAMES FISK JR

XLVII. TRINITY CHURCH

XLVIII. THE HOLIDAYS

I. NEW YEAR’S DAY

II. CHRISTMAS

XLIX. THE SOCIAL EVIL

I. THE LOST SISTERHOOD

II. HOUSES OF ASSIGNATION

III. THE STREET WALKERS

IV. THE CONCERT SALOONS

V. THE DANCE HOUSES

VI. HARRY HILL’S

VII. MASKED BALLS

VIII. PERSONALS

IX. THE MIDNIGHT MISSION

L. CHILD MURDER

LI. THE EAST RIVER ISLANDS AND THEIR INSTITUTIONS

I. BLACKWELL’S ISLAND

II. WARD’S ISLAND

III. RANDALL’S ISLAND

LII. BENEVOLENT AND CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS

LIII. HENRY WARD BEECHER

LIV. BLACK-MAILING

LV. FEMALE SHARPERS

I. FORTUNE-TELLERS AND CLAIRVOYANTS

II. MATRIMONIAL BROKERS

LVI. EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS

I. THE FREE SCHOOLS

II. THE COLLEGES

LVII. JEROME PARK

LVIII. COMMODORE VANDERBILT

LIX. THE BUMMERS

LX. TENEMENT HOUSE LIFE

LXI. CHATHAM STREET

LXII. JAMES GORDON BENNETT

LXIII. DRUNKENNESS

LXIV. WHAT IT COSTS TO LIVE IN NEW YORK

LXV. GAMBLING

I. FARO BANKS

II. LOTTERIES

III. POLICY DEALING

LXVI. PETER COOPER

LXVII. THE “HEATHEN CHINEE.”

LXVIII. STREET CHILDREN

LXIX. SWINDLERS

LXX. ROBERT BONNER

LXXI. PUBLIC BUILDINGS

LXXII. PATENT DIVORCES

LXXIII. THE CROTON WATER WORKS

LXXIV. EXCURSIONS

LXXV. SAILORS IN NEW YORK

LXXVI. THE BALLET

LXXVII. THE POOR OF NEW YORK

I. THE DESERVING POOR

II. THE BEGGARS

LXXVIII. QUACK DOCTORS

LXXIX. YOUNG MEN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION

LXXX. CASTLE GARDEN

LXXXI. WORKING WOMEN

LXXXII. STREET VENDERS

LXXXIII. THE WHARVES

LXXXIV. THE MORGUE

LXXXV. THE CUSTOM HOUSE

LXXXVI. MISSING

Footnotes

PUBLISHER’S ADVERTISEMENTS

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James Dabney McCabe

Published by Good Press, 2019

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XXXVII. THE CHURCHES.

I. THE SACRED EDIFICES.

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