PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

PUBLISHED OCTOBER, 1912




CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE

I. THE FIRST NIGHT 3
II. STREETS 27
III. THE CAPITOL AND OTHER SITES 49
IV. SOME ORGANIZATIONS 73
V. TRANSIT AND HOTELS 99
VI. SPORT AND THE THEATER 123
VII. EDUCATION AND ART 147
VIII. CITIZENS 171




ILLUSTRATIONS

THE GLORY OF FIFTH AVENUE INSPIRES EVEN THOSE ON FOOT _Frontispiece_
DISEMBARKING AT NEW YORK _Facing p._ 10
THE DOWN-TOWN BROADWAY OF CROWED SKY-SCRAPERS 16
BROADWAY ON ELECTION NIGHT 20