J. D. McC., Jr.
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I.
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THE CITY OF NEW YORK
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33
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I. Historical
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33
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II. Descriptive and Statistical
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49
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II.
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THE HARBOR OF NEW YORK
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59
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III.
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THE CITY GOVERNMENT
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64
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IV.
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THE RING
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75
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I. The History of the Ring
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75
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II. Personnel of the Ring
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100
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V.
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BROADWAY
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118
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I. Historical
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118
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II. Descriptive
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123
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VI.
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SOCIETY
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135
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I. Analytical
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135
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II. Fashionable Extravagance
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141
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III. Fashionable Follies
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153
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IV. Fashionable Children
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155
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V. A Fashionable Belle
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157
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VI. Fashionable Entertainments
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162
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VII. Marriage and Death
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166
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VII.
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THE MUNICIPAL POLICE
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171
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VIII.
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THE BOWERY
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186
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IX.
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PUBLIC SQUARES
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194
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I. The Battery
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194
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II. The Bowling Green
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196
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III. The Park
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197
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IV. Other Parks
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200
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X.
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THE FIFTH AVENUE
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204
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XI.
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STREET TRAVEL
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211
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I. The Street Cars
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211
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II. The Stages
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216
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III. Steam Railways
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221
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XII.
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HORACE GREELEY
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225
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XIII.
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THE TOMBS
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232
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XIV.
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THE PRESS
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244
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I. The Daily Journals
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244
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II. The Weekly Press
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255
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XV.
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WALL STREET
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258
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I. The Street
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258
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II. The Stock Exchange
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264
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III. The Government Board
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269
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IV. The Gold Exchange
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272
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V. Curbstone Brokers
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275
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VI. The Business Of The Street
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276
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VII. Stock Gambling
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279
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VIII. The Ways Of The Street
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284
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IX. Black Friday
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290
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XVI.
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THE FERRIES
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299
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XVII.
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THE HOTELS
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304
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XVIII.
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IMPOSTORS
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316
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XIX.
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STREET MUSICIANS
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324
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XX.
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THE CENTRAL PARK
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332
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XXI.
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THE DETECTIVES
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351
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I. The Regular Force
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351
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II. Private Detectives
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364
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XXII.
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WILLIAM B. ASTOR
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372
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XXIII.
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FASHIONABLE SHOPPING
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375
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XXIV.
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BLEECKER STREET
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386
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XXV.
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CEMETERIES
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390
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I. Greenwood
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390
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II. Cyprus Hills
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391
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III. Woodlawn
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392
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IV. Calvary, and the Evergreens
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393
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XXVI.
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THE CLUBS
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394
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XXVII.
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THE FIVE POINTS
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398
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I. Life in the Shadow
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398
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II. The Cellars
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405
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III. The Missions
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412
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XXVIII.
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THE MILITARY
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422
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XXIX.
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NASSAU STREET
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426
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XXX.
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THE METROPOLITAN FIRE DEPARTMENT
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430
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XXXI.
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THE BUSINESS OF NEW YORK
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441
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XXXII.
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THE SABBATH IN NEW YORK
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445
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XXXIII.
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THE POST OFFICE
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448
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I. Internal Arrangements
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448
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II. The New Post Office
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456
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III. The Letter Carriers
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460
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XXXIV.
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A. T. STEWART
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464
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XXXV.
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PLACES OF AMUSEMENT
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470
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I. The Theatres
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470
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II. Minor Amusements
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485
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XXXVI.
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THE MARKETS
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487
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XXXVII.
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THE CHURCHES
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491
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I. The Sacred Edifices
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491
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II. The Clergy
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498
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XXXVIII.
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BOARDING-HOUSE LIFE
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502
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XXXIX.
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THE RESTAURANTS
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508
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XL.
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THE CHEAP LODGING HOUSES
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511
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XLI.
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THE LIBRARIES
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513
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XLII.
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PROFESSIONAL MEN
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519
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XLIII.
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PROFESSIONAL CRIMINALS
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522
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I. The Thieves
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522
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II. The Pickpockets
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531
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III. The Female Thieves
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533
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IV. The River Thieves
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534
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V. The Fences
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539
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VI. The Roughs
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542
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XLIV.
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THE PAWNBROKERS
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546
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XLV.
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THE BEER GARDENS
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550
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XLVI.
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JAMES FISK, JR.
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555
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XLVII.
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TRINITY CHURCH
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565
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XLVIII.
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THE HOLIDAYS
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572
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I. New Year’s Day
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572
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II. Christmas
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577
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XLIX.
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THE SOCIAL EVIL
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579
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I. The Lost Sisterhood
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579
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II. Houses of Assignation
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587
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III. The Street Walkers
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589
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IV. The Concert Saloons
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594
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V. The Dance Houses
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597
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VI. Harry Hill’s
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600
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VII. Masked Balls
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604
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VIII. Personals
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611
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IX. The Midnight Mission
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614
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L.
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CHILD MURDER
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618
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LI.
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THE EAST RIVER ISLANDS AND THEIR INSTITUTIONS
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631
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I. Blackwell’s Island
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631
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II. Ward’s Island
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640
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III. Randall’s Island
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641
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LII.
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BENEVOLENT AND CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS
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648
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LIII.
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HENRY WARD BEECHER
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655
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LIV.
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BLACK-MAILING
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658
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LV.
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FEMALE SHARPERS
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662
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I. Fortune Tellers and Clairvoyants
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662
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II. Matrimonial Brokers
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664
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LVI.
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EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS
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666
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I. The Free Schools
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666
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II. The Colleges
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671
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LVII.
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JEROME PARK
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675
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LVIII.
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COMMODORE VANDERBILT
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677
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LIX.
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THE BUMMERS
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680
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LX.
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TENEMENT HOUSE LIFE
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683
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LXI.
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CHATHAM STREET
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699
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LXII.
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JAMES GORDON BENNETT
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703
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LXIII.
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DRUNKENNESS
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706
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LXIV.
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WHAT IT COSTS TO LIVE IN NEW YORK
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710
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LXV.
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GAMBLING
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715
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I. Faro Banks
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715
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II. Lotteries
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726
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III. Policy Dealing
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728
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LXVI.
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PETER COOPER
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731
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LXVII.
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THE “HEATHEN CHINEE”
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734
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LXVIII.
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STREET CHILDREN
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738
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LXIX.
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SWINDLERS
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745
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LXX.
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ROBERT BONNER
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756
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LXXI.
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PUBLIC BUILDINGS
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759
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LXXII.
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PATENT DIVORCES
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768
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LXXIII.
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CROTON WATER WORKS
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774
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LXXIV.
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EXCURSIONS
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778
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LXXV.
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SAILORS IN NEW YORK
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782
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LXXVI.
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THE BALLET
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789
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LXXVII.
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THE POOR OF NEW YORK
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796
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I. The Deserving Poor
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796
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II. The Beggars
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802
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LXXVIII.
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QUACK DOCTORS
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805
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LXXIX.
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YOUNG MEN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
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811
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LXXX.
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CASTLE GARDEN
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816
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LXXXI.
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WORKING WOMEN
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822
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LXXXII.
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STREET VENDERS
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831
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LXXXIII.
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THE WHARVES
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835
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LXXXIV.
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THE MORGUE
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839
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LXXXV.
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THE CUSTOM HOUSE
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843
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LXXXVI.
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MISSING
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848
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General View of New York City, showing the Bridge connecting it with
Brooklyn
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Frontispiece.
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Offices of the Tribune, Times, and World
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| Grand Central Railway Depot | 9 |
| First Settlement of New York | 37 |
| New York in 1664 | 45 |
| Broadway, looking up from Exchange Place | 53 |
| The City Hall Park in 1869 | 56 |
| The Harbor of New York, as seen from the Narrows | 60 |
| A. Oakey Hall, Mayor of New York | 81 |
| William M. Tweed | 82 |
| The New County Court House | 83 |
| The Robbery of the Vouchers from the Comptroller’s Office | 94 |
| Richard B. Connolly | 104 |
| Peter B. Sweeny | 105 |
| Broadway, at the corner of Ann street | 124 |
| A. T. Stewart’s Wholesale Store | 125 |
| New York Life Insurance Company’s building, corner of Broadway and
Leonard street | 127 |
| Broadway, as seen from the St. Nicholas Hotel | 129 |
| Saturday Afternoon Concert at Central Park | 132
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| A Fashionable Promenade on Fifth avenue | 137 |
| The German | 165 |
| Female Prisoners in the Fourth Police Station | 176 |
| A Winter Night Scene in a Police Station | 181 |
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The Bowery
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| The City Hall Park
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| The Washington Statue in Union Square | 201 |
| Fifth avenue, near Twenty-first street | 205 |
| Junction of the Fifth avenue and Thirty-fourth street, showing the new
residence of A. T. Stewart, Esq | 209 |
| New Palace-car for City travel, in use on the Third avenue line | 213 |
| Tunnel under Broadway | 223 |
| Horace Greeley | 231 |
| The Tombs | 233 |
| The Bridge of Sighs | 234 |
| Interior of Male Prison | 235 |
| The Prison Chapel | 237 |
| Court of Special Sessions | 240 |
| “Black Maria” | 243 |
| Printing House Square | 246 |
| The Herald Office | 249 |
| Wall street | 259 |
| United States Sub-treasury | 261 |
| The Stock Exchange | 265 |
| The New York Stock Exchange Board in Session | 267 |
| The Park Bank, Broadway | 278 |
| Scene in the Gold Room—Black Friday | 291 |
| Broad street on Black Friday | 296 |
| The Astor House | 305 |
| St. Nicholas Hotel | 307 |
| Fifth avenue Hotel | 310 |
| The Soldier Minstrel | 323 |
| View from the Upper Terrace | 333 |
| Foot-bridge in Central Park | 335 |
| The Marble Arch | 338 |
| Vine-covered Walk, overlooking the Mall | 341 |
| The Terrace, as seen from the Lake | 344 |
| View on the Central Lake | 346 |
| A Female Shoplifter | 376 |
| A. T. Stewart’s Retail Store | 382 |
| Lord and Taylor’s Dry Goods Store | 384 |
| A Five Points Rum Shop | 399 |
| A Five Points Lodging Cellar | 407 |
| The Ladies’ Five Points Mission | 413 |
| The Howard Mission (as it will appear when completed) | 419 |
| Nassau street | 427 |
| Fire Alarm Signal-box | 435 |
| A Fire in New York | 438 |
| The Old Post-office | 449 |
| The New Post-office | 457 |
| Booth’s Theatre | 471 |
| Grand Opera House | 474 |
| Academy of Music | 477 |
| The Old Bowery Theatre | 478 |
| Washington Market | 488 |
| The New St. Patrick’s Cathedral | 496 |
| Union Square | 505 |
| Lafayette Place | 514 |
| Clinton Hall | 517 |
| The occasional fate of New York Thieves | 525 |
| The River Thieves | 537 |
| A Fence Store in Chatham street | 541 |
| The Rough’s Paradise | 543 |
| The Atlantic Garden | 552 |
| James Fisk, Jr | 557 |
| Jay Gould | 560 |
| Trinity Church | 569 |
| New Year’s Calls | 575 |
| The result of following a Street Walker | 592 |
| Noonday Prayer Meeting at Water street Home | 599
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| Harry Hill’s Dance House | 602 |
| Scene in the Magdalen Asylum | 616 |
| Residence of the Keeper of the Almshouse | 632 |
| Small-pox Hospital | 633 |
| Charity Hospital | 634 |
| New York Penitentiary | 635 |
| Guard-boats | 636 |
| Almshouse | 637 |
| The Workhouse | 639 |
| House of Refuge: Randall’s Island | 642 |
| Bloomingdale Asylum for the Insane | 649 |
| St. Luke’s Hospital | 650 |
| Institution for the Blind | 652 |
| Henry Ward Beecher | 657 |
| A New York Free School | 667 |
| The Free College of New York | 669 |
| University of New York | 672 |
| Columbia College | 673 |
| The Cooper Institute | 674 |
| Cornelius Vanderbilt | 679
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| A New York Tenement House | 684 |
| An inside View of a Tenement House | 688 |
| Chatham Square | 700 |
| James Gordon Bennett | 705 |
| A Female Drinker | 708 |
| A First-class Gambling House | 717
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| The Skin Game | 723 |
| Peter Cooper
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Chinese Candy Dealer
| 736 |
| The Newsboys | 739 |
| Attack on a Swindler | 746 |
| A Stranger’s Exit from a “Cheap John Shop” | 752 |
| The Pocket-book Game | 754 |
| Robert Bonner | 758 |
| The City Hall | 760 |
| Tammany Hall | 763 |
| National Academy of Design | 764 |
| Steinway & Son’s Piano Factory | 765 |
| The High Bridge | 775 |
| The Fifth avenue Reservoir | 776 |
| U. S. Navy Yard, Brooklyn | 779 |
| West Point | 780 |
| New York Seamen’s Exchange Building | 786 |
| The Ballet | 790 |
| The Poor in Winter | 797 |
| The City Missionary | 800 |
| Young Men’s Christian Association Hall | 812 |
| The Library | 814 |
| The Battery and Castle Garden | 817 |
| Emigrant Hospital | 819 |
| The Sewing-girl’s Home | 823 |
| Stewart’s Home for Working Women | 829 |
| Street Venders | 832 |
| Shoe Latchets | 832 |
| “Glass put in!” | 832 |
| Balloon Man | 832 |
| Boat Stores | 836 |
| The Morgue | 840 |
| The Custom House | 844 |
| The Fate of Hundreds of Young Men | 849 |
