rel="nofollow" href="#ulink_f79593fb-f1d0-525a-a992-392524fdaff1">IX. THE MIDNIGHT MISSION.
L. CHILD MURDER.
LI. THE EAST RIVER ISLANDS AND THEIR INSTITUTIONS.
I. BLACKWELL’S ISLAND.
II. WARD’S ISLAND.
III. RANDALL’S ISLAND.
LII. BENEVOLENT AND CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS.
LIII. HENRY WARD BEECHER.
LIV. BLACK-MAILING.
LV. FEMALE SHARPERS.
I. FORTUNE-TELLERS AND CLAIRVOYANTS.
II. MATRIMONIAL BROKERS.
LVI. EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS.
I. THE FREE SCHOOLS.
II. THE COLLEGES.
LVII. JEROME PARK.
LVIII. COMMODORE VANDERBILT.
LIX. THE BUMMERS.
LX. TENEMENT HOUSE LIFE.
LXI. CHATHAM STREET.
LXII. JAMES GORDON BENNETT.
LXIII. DRUNKENNESS.
LXIV. WHAT IT COSTS TO LIVE IN NEW YORK.
LXV. GAMBLING.
I. FARO BANKS.
II. LOTTERIES.
III. POLICY DEALING.
LXVI. PETER COOPER.
LXVII. THE “HEATHEN CHINEE.”
LXVIII. STREET CHILDREN.
LXIX. SWINDLERS.
LXX. ROBERT BONNER.
LXXI. PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
LXXII. PATENT DIVORCES.
LXXIII. THE CROTON WATER WORKS.
LXXIV. EXCURSIONS.
LXXV. SAILORS IN NEW YORK.
LXXVI. THE BALLET.
LXXVII. THE POOR OF NEW YORK.
I. THE DESERVING POOR.
II. THE BEGGARS.
LXXVIII. QUACK DOCTORS.
LXXIX. YOUNG MEN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.
LXXX. CASTLE GARDEN.
LXXXI. WORKING WOMEN.
LXXXII. STREET VENDERS.
LXXXIII. THE WHARVES.
LXXXIV. THE MORGUE.
LXXXV. THE CUSTOM HOUSE.
LXXXVI. MISSING.
PUBLISHER’S ADVERTISEMENTS.
I. THE CITY OF NEW YORK
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I. HISTORICAL.
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On the morning of the 1st of May, 1607, there knelt at the chancel of the old church of St. Ethelburge, in Bishopsgate street, London, to receive the sacrament, a man of noble and commanding presence, with a broad intellectual forehead, short, close hair, and a countenance full of the dignity and courtly bearing of an honorable gentleman. His dress bespoke him a sailor, and such he was. Immediately upon receiving the sacrament, he hastened from the church to the Thames, where a boat was in waiting to convey him to a vessel lying in the stream. But little time was lost after
