Lights and Shadows of New York Life | Page 3

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CLAIRVOYANTS, 662 II. MATRIMONIAL BROKERS, 664
LVI. EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS, 666 I. THE FREE
SCHOOLS, 666 II. THE COLLEGES, 671
LVII. JEROME PARK, 675

LVIII. COMMODORE VANDERBILT, 677
LIX. THE BUMMERS, 680
LX. TENEMENT HOUSE LIFE, 683
LXI. CHATHAM STREET, 699
LXII. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, 703
LXIII. DRUNKENNESS, 706
LXIV. WHAT IT COSTS TO LIVE IN NEW YORK, 710
LXV. GAMBLING, 715 I. FARO BANKS, 715 II. LOTTERIES, 726
III. POLICY DEALING, 728
LXVI. PETER COOPER, 731
LXVII. THE "HEATHEN CHINEE," 734
LXVIII. STREET CHILDREN, 738
LXIX. SWINDLERS, 745
LXX. ROBERT BONNER, 756
LXXI. PUBLIC BUILDINGS, 759
LXXII. PATENT DIVORCES, 768
LXXIII. CROTON WATER WORKS, 774
LXXIV. EXCURSIONS, 778
LXXV. SAILORS IN NEW YORK, 782
LXXVI. THE BALLET, 789
LXXVII. THE POOR OF NEW YORK, 796 I. THE DESERVING

POOR, 796 II. THE BEGGARS, 802
LXXVIII. QUACK DOCTORS, 805
LXXIX. YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION, 811
LXXX. CASTLE GARDEN, 816
LXXXI. WORKING WOMEN, 822
LXXXII. STREET VENDERS, 831
LXXXIII. THE WHARVES, 835
LXXXIV. THE MORGUE, 839
LXXXV. THE CUSTOM HOUSE, 843
LXXXVI. MISSING, 848

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
General View of New York City, showing the Bridge connecting it
with Brooklyn.................................... Frontispiece. Offices of the
Tribune, Times, and World............................ 8 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 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 The
Bowery......................................................... 189 The City Hall
Park................................................. 198 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 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 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 The Skin
Game......................................................