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THE Patron-Saint of New-York, 1; New-York
in its Early Settlement, 2; New-York in
1859, 3; Peter Stuyvesant, 4; Peter Stuy.
vesant's Pear-Tree, 5; Corner of Broad-
way and Canal-street in 1812, 7; Old
'Stadt Huys' at the Head of Coenties
Slip, S; Dutch Cottage in Beaver-street in
in 1679, 9; Alexander Hamilton, 11; Old
Sugar-House, 12; View in the Central
Park, 14; Skating in the Central Park,
15; The Park Theatre, 16; The Old Ame-
rican Museum. The Creole Vixen, 20;
She saw her Fate Out, 22; California Ad-
ventures, 24; Mr. Karl Joseph Krafft,
25; Hieroglyph of California Life, 26.
Maxime and Marguerite taking a Row up
the Stream, 37; Maxime on the Bridge of
Saints Peres, 88. On the Way, 113;
Steamer Landing, 114; Looking Seaward,
115; The Beach-Looking South, 117;
The Beach, North-Landing a Pilot, 119;
Looking Inland, 120; A Cedar Swamp,
128; The Light-Houses, 125; Lawn and
Pavillion at Congress Hall, 126; Congress
Hall, 127. Dr. Macauley's Church, 129;
Reformed Dutch Church in Lafayette
Place, 131; Dr. Alexander's Church, 132;
St. Paul's Church, 184; All Souls' Church,
135. Town of Saintes, 140; Palissy and
his Family, 141; Lucca Della Robbia's
Cup, 142; Palissy under Discouragement,
148; Palissy and his Dead Child, 144;
Palissy Relating his Accident, 145; Pal-
issy and the Dame de la Pons, 146; A
Palissy Dish, 147; Palissy Jug and Dish,
148; Palissy on the Sea-shore, 149; Pal-
issy among the Rocks, 150; Palissy at a
Huguenot Meeting, 151; Huguenot Meet-
ing Broken Up, 152; Palissy hurried off
to Bordeaux, 153; Palissy in Prison, 154;
Palissy and the King, 155. Mons. Odiot's
Interview with Mons. Laroque, the old
Privateer, 160; The Meeting on the Road
to the Castle of Elven, 161; Palisades off
Fort Lee, 225; Railway Station at Fort
Washington, 226; Wood Cliff, 227; Seat
of Mr. Chittenden, near old Fort Tryon,
228; The Palisades across from Fort
Washington, 229; The River - South
from Jeffrey's Hook, 230; Remains of the
Redoubt at Jeffrey's Hook, 231; Down the
River from old Fort Tryon, 232; The
River North from old Fort Tryon, 238;
South from Thompson's Pier, Fort Tryon,
284; Up the River from below Fort Tryon
Station, 285; View from the Residence of
Mr. Hays, 286; Railway Cut at Fort
Washington,237; North from Thompson's
Pier, Fort Tryon, 238; A Summer-house,
above Fort Tryon, 289; A Villa Peep-
South, from Fort Tryon, 240. Grounds at
Congress Springs, 241; High-Rock Spring,
242; Saratoga Lake, 243; Columbian
Spring, 244; Congress Spring, 245; Piazza
Scene at Union Hall, 246; Union Hall,
247; Congress Hall, 249; Cottages on the
Lawn of the United States Hotel, 250;
Iodine Spring, 251; United States Hotel,
252; Glimpse Eastward from the Ceme-
tery, 253; Saratoga Water-Cure, 254;
Scene Eastward on the Lake Road, 256.
Purgatory Cliffs, 887; Newport - from
Brenton's Cove, 888; Dumpling Rocks and
Fort, 3889; Windmill, 839; The old Ver-
non House, 340; Fort Adams-Approach
from Sea, 840; Chateau Sur Mer - Seat
of William S. Wetmore, Esq., 841; The
Pirate's Cave, 842; Malbone Place-Resi-
dence of Mr. J. Prescott Hall, 348; View
from Spouting Rocks, 844; The Harbor-
North, Steamer Metropolis, 845; The
Perry Monument, 346; The Ocean House,
247; Whitehall, 847; Scene from Sachuest
or Second Beach, 848; Beach Cliffe-
Seat of Mr. Delancey Kane, 849; Easton's
or First Beach, 350; The Old Mill, 351;
The Hanging Rocks, 851; The Glen, 352.
Mouth of the Spyt den Duivel, 358;
King's Bridge - from Below, 354; Rail-
way at Spyt den Duivel, 855; The Harlem
River and the Croton Aqueduct, 356;
Residence of Mr. E. B. Strange, above
Hastings, 357; Academy of Mount St.
Vincent, 358; Fonthill Formerly the
Seat of Edwin Forrest, Esq., 359; Section
of the Palisade Rocks-in Front, 360;
Yonkers - from the Railway Below, 361
Down the River - below Yonkers, 362
On the Nepperhan, or Saw Mill, River, at
Yonkers, 863; The old Manor House at
Yonkers, 864; Residence of Mr. Lilien-
thal, near Glenwood, 365; Chestnut
Grove, Glenwood-Residence of James B.
Colgate, Esq., 366; Up the River, from a
Summer-house at Glenwood, 367; North,
from the Pier at Hastings, 368.
GOD made the country, man made the city.
Cain went out from the presence of the LORD and 'builded a city.' Nevertheless, we love cities. We love their bustle, their throbbing life, their mighty influences. To them we look for the development and practical application of great ideas. In them we find the best and the worst of humanity. Learning and ignorance, wealth and poverty,
virtue and vice are there in strangest contrast. Yet cities would die out from the destructive agencies at work within them were they not replenished by an influx of life from the country. Civilization, like Antæus of old, is really strong and enduring only when it touches the earth. Its robust and manly virtues spring from the soil. The enervating vices of cities have done more to cover the earth with their ruins than pestilence and the sword of the conqueror. But cities are not our theme. Nor will we attempt to prove just now that the axis of the earth and the hub of the universe protrude through the island
of Manhattan. In consideration of its age, however, the KNICKERBOCKER, the Magazine of the Knickerbockers, in the beginning of its Fifty-fourth Volume-equally removed from the vanity of youth, and growing old only as the best wines grow old-may perhaps be allowed a few remarks on the collection of houses at the embouchure of the Hudson, known to our ancestors as 'New-Amsterdam,' and to whose Patron-Saint we used to chant the night before Christmas, in addition to our prayers:
'SAINT NICHOLAS, good, holy man,
Put your best Tabbard on you can,
And in it go to Amsterdam,' etc.
While a student of medicine in Vienna, before it was our (and our readers') misfortune to lay aside the scalpel for the pen, we remember counting on one occasion in the great auditorium of the University
the representatives of twenty-five different nations, speaking as many languages and professing almost as many religions. Yet no city in the world is so cosmopolitan, is so perfect a mosaic of nationalities as
New-York. Every language, every faith, and almost every custom and costume of civilized Europe are here represented. The pent-up streams of emigration in the old world, like the fabled fountain of Arethusa, have found new channels hitherward; and the long weltering billows, pursuing each other with even march over the broad Atlantic
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main, cast into this mart of the nation the best and the worst of her swarming millions, with the treasures and the refuse of her ancient civilizations. Pashas hold soirées at our hotels, and the expected Japanese envoy will be a lion, while pig-tailed Chinamen, the less fortunate representatives of the Flowery Kingdom, chin-chin for alms
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