CHAPTER XXI.--NEW YORK.

Early History of New York.--During the Revolution.--Evacuation Day.--Bowling Green.--Wall Street.--Stock Exchange.-- Jacob Little.--Daniel Drew.--Jay Cooke.--Rufus Hatch.-- The Vanderbilts.--Jay Gould.--Trinity Church.--John Jacob Astor.--Post-Office.--City Hall and Court House.--James Gordon Bennett.--Printing House Square.--Horace Greeley.--Broadway.-- Union Square.--Washington Square.--Fifth Avenue.--Madison Square.--Cathedral.--Murray Hill.--Second Avenue.--Booth's Theatre and Grand Opera House.--The Bowery.--Peter Cooper.-- Fourth Avenue.--Park Avenue.--Five Points and its Vicinity.-- Chinese Quarter.--Tombs.--Central Park.--Water Front.-- Blackwell's Island.--Hell Gate.--Suspension Bridge.--Opening Day.--Tragedy of Decoration Day.--New York of the Present and Future. 281-318