PREFACE
Here the history of New York City is told as a story, in few words. The effort has been to make it accurate and interesting. The illustrations are largely from old prints and wood engravings. Few dates are used. Instead, a Table of Events has been added which can readily be referred to. The Index to Chapters also gives the years in which the story of each chapter occurs.
INDEX to CHAPTERS
[CHAPTER I. The Adventures of Henry Hudson.
From 1609 to 1612]
[CHAPTER II. The First Traders on the Island.
From 1612 to 1625]
[CHAPTER III. Peter Minuit, First of the Dutch Governors.
From 1626 to 1633]