CONTENTS


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I THE SHADOW OF THE KNICKERBOCKERS 1

II THE STRETCH OF TRADITION 29

III A KNICKERBOCKER PEPYS 41

IV GLIMPSES OF THE SIXTIES 60

V FOURTEENTH TO MADISON SQUARE 78

VI SOME GREAT DAYS ON THE AVENUE 100

VII SOME AVENUE CLUBS IN THE EARLY DAYS 125

VIII LITERARY LANDMARKS AND FIGURES 150

IX FIFTH AVENUE IN FICTION 165

X TRAILS OF BOHEMIA 183

XI THE SLOPE OF MURRAY HILL 199

XII CONFESSIONS OF AN EXILED BUS 211

XIII A POST-KNICKERBOCKER PETRONIUS 226