XIV THE CREST OF MURRAY HILL 244

XV GIANT STRIDES OF COMMERCE 255

XVI BEYOND MURRAY HILL 266

XVII APPROACHING THE PLAZA 285

XVIII STRETCHES OF THE AVENUE 297

XIX MINE HOST ON THE AVENUE 312



ILLUSTRATIONS

"Massive and splendidly Gothic is St. Thomas's. The church
dates from 1825. In 1867 the present site was secured,
and the brown-stone edifice of the early seventies was for
nearly two generations the ultra-fashionable Episcopal
church of the city" Frontispiece

FACING PAGE

The Washington Arch. A splendid sentinel guarding the
approach to the Avenue. Beyond, houses dating from the
thirties of the last century, that mark the beginning of the
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