Lights and Shadows of New York Life / or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City
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BY JAMES D. MCCABE, JR.
LIGHTS AND SHADOWS OF NEW YORK LIFE; or, the SIGHTS AND SENSATIONS of THE GREAT CITY.
a work descriptive of the city of new york in all its various phases;
with full and graphic accounts of
its splendors and wretchedness; its high and low life; its marble palaces and dark dens; its attractions and dangers; its rings and frauds; its leading men and politicians; its adventurers; its charities; its mysteries, and its crimes.
By JAMES D. McCABE, JR.,
author of “paris by sunlight and gaslight,” “history of the war between germany and france,” “great fortunes,” “the great republic,” etc., etc.
James Dabney McCabe
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I. HISTORICAL.
II. DESCRIPTIVE AND STATISTICAL.
I. THE HISTORY OF THE RING.
II. PERSONNEL OF THE RING.
I. HISTORICAL.
II. DESCRIPTIVE.
I. ANALYTICAL.
II. FASHIONABLE EXTRAVAGANCE.
III. FASHIONABLE FOLLIES.
IV. FASHIONABLE CHILDREN.
V. A FASHIONABLE BELLE.
VI. FASHIONABLE ENTERTAINMENTS.
VII. MARRIAGE AND DEATH.
I. THE BATTERY.
II. THE BOWLING GREEN.
III. THE PARK.
I. THE STREET CARS.
II. THE STAGES.
III. STEAM RAILWAYS.
I. THE DAILY JOURNALS.
II. WEEKLY PRESS.
I. THE STREET.
III. THE GOVERNMENT BOARD.
V. CURB-STONE BROKERS.
VI. THE BUSINESS OF THE STREET.
VII. STOCK GAMBLING.
VIII. THE WAYS OF THE STREET.
IX. BLACK FRIDAY.
I. THE REGULAR FORCE.
II. PRIVATE DETECTIVES.
I. GREENWOOD.
II. CYPRESS HILLS.
III. WOODLAWN.
IV. CALVARY, AND THE EVERGREENS.
I. LIFE IN THE SHADOW.
II. THE CELLARS.
III. THE MISSIONS.
I. INTERNAL ARRANGEMENTS.
II. THE NEW POST-OFFICE.
III. THE LETTER CARRIERS.
I. THE THEATRES.
II. MINOR AMUSEMENTS.
I. THE SACRED EDIFICES.
II. THE CLERGY.
I. THE THIEVES.
III. THE FEMALE THIEVES.
IV. THE RIVER THIEVES.
VI. THE ROUGHS.
I. NEW YEAR’S DAY.
II. CHRISTMAS.
I. THE LOST SISTERHOOD.
II. HOUSES OF ASSIGNATION.
III. THE STREET WALKERS.
IV. THE CONCERT SALOONS.
VI. HARRY HILL’S.
VII. MASKED BALLS.
VIII. PERSONALS.
IX. THE MIDNIGHT MISSION.
I. BLACKWELL’S ISLAND.
II. WARD’S ISLAND.
III. RANDALL’S ISLAND.
I. FORTUNE-TELLERS AND CLAIRVOYANTS.
II. MATRIMONIAL BROKERS.
I. THE FREE SCHOOLS.
II. THE COLLEGES.
I. FARO BANKS.
II. LOTTERIES.
III. POLICY DEALING.
I. THE DESERVING POOR.
II. THE BEGGARS.
Footnotes.
PUBLISHER’S ADVERTISEMENTS.
