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This classic 1882 work is a valentine to the Big Apple... from the
time before it earned that moniker. With the affectionate touch
that only a New Yorker by choice can muster, journalist James
Dabney McCabe, a native of Virginia, explores the history of the
metropolis, strangers in New York, the secret of the citys capacity
for generating wealth, a tour of busy New York harbor, thoughts on
Boss Tweed, Broadway theaters of the day, the various classes of
society, the citys famous parks and avenues, Wall Street, Christmas
in New York (famous even then), the NYPD and prisons, the
tenements, and much, much more, includingperhaps most intriguing,
in retrospectwhat New York will be fifty years hence (or by 1932).
Chock full of beautifully observed details about the sights,
people, and culture of the great American city, this guidebook, an
artifact of a city lost in time, will enthrall readers of travel
literature and lovers of New Yorkof any era. American writer JAMES
DABNEY McCABE (18421883) is also the author of Paris by Gaslight,
Pathways of the Holy Land, and Great Fortunes, and How They Were
Made.
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